Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't I do n't think that the the er four thing bumf thing that includes that long list really need to be altered any more . |
| 2 | Benefit of the Doubt must be given that all employed by the Grand Canyon were brain damaged at birth and were given their bureaucratic procedure in India . |
| 3 | We recognise why that is , and it is a perfectly reasonable requirement that they should be given that free school meal , but it is producing a rather sudden burden for education authorities which they are finding difficult to accommodate at present . |
| 4 | I also conclude that , to enable him to make such representations , he should be given such relevant information as he does not already have . |
| 5 | However , the limitation of the sound guide is equally evident : only a small number of works can be given such exceptional treatment . |
| 6 | He can be given one more magic item from Warhammer or Warhammer Magic at the standard points cost . |
| 7 | Ringa Hustle raced home a 5-2 winner … he may be given one more race in Ireland before they retire him to stud … |
| 8 | Hartlepool Council officials are to be given one last chance to persuade the government that they should be given a slice of its City Challenge cash . |
| 9 | Like the other seven pupils , I would be given two one hour lessons , and then ½ hour on the fifth day . |
| 10 | But I 'd much rather be given useful relevant information like where I am . ’ |
| 11 | The request for a deployment under this article ended weeks of political wrangling , during which the army had urged that it should be given wide martial law powers to act in Sind under Article 245 of the Constitution . |
| 12 | The package is expected to allow all Hong Kong residents who qualify — officials , security staff and leading businessmen — to be given automatic British residence status , although Whitehall is keen to avoid loopholes which other Commonwealth citizens might exploit . |
| 13 | The package is expected to allow all Hong Kong residents who qualify — officials , security staff and leading businessmen — to be given automatic British residence status , although Whitehall is keen to avoid loopholes other Commonwealth citizens might exploit . |
| 14 | Whatever their condition , they should always be given appropriate loving care . |
| 15 | Nor does the Chancellor demand free elections for East Germans immediately , his aides say , but would first like to see them be given greater personal freedom and basic human rights . |
| 16 | Our next step will be to show how the same two-part chords of Example 114 can be given much more tension through harsh dissonances added in a lower part : The lower part is always a semitone or a major 7th from an upper part . |
| 17 | So everyone is unhappy and , what is worse still , the children are being brought up to believe that the old should always be given second best and be prepared to shrink into the smallest ‘ shell ’ that is offered to them . |
| 18 | They should not be given legal binding force . |
| 19 | He hoped that the government would set an example to the nation by inaugurating a period of change , but he did not believe that the estates of the realm should be given extensive political rights or that the power of the tsar should be dramatically reduced . |
| 20 | But why only males should be given this extra piece of breathing apparatus has not satisfactorily been explained . |
| 21 | As we pointed out then , although a stretch of discourse can appear to be largely concerned with a single individual , or one discourse subject , so that the discourse may be loosely reported as being ‘ about ’ that individual , this should not lead us to claim that all discourses are about single individuals or can be given convenient one-word titles . |
| 22 | In fact , the legal force of any particular rule depends partly on the source of its authority ( essentially , whether it is supported by statute or not ) ; partly on the way it is drafted ( rules which are drafted in precise technical language are more likely to be given some legal force than are rules drafted loosely and non-technically ) ; and partly on its contents . |
| 23 | It also saw frequent proposals that diplomats should be given some systematic training to fit them for the posts they were to occupy . |
| 24 | A I think that the design considerations of your notice board should be given some careful thought . |
| 25 | Given that safety for passengers must be paramount , you might like to consider if such a code of practice should be given some statutory status , or how else the good practice it describes might be disseminated and enforced . |
| 26 | These preliminary definitions of concepts may be given some more substance by considering the relations between them , and also their relations with the concept of economic class . |
| 27 | The Helsinki process should be institutionalised straight away with the formation of an Environmental Security Council which should be given some legislative powers as soon as possible . |
| 28 | I spoke to a number of women who started their working lives in the grant-aided film and video sector , to find out whether the personal choices they had made could be given any wider significance . |
| 29 | She did not expect Diana to tell her friends or for Morton to be given any more secret details about the royals . |
| 30 | These factors make it unlikely that his dicta , even if accepted by other members of the Court , could be given any more general applicability . |