Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he wins a subsequent bout also by disqualification , then he must be withdrawn for his own safety , since it is obvious that , in this tournament at least , he is not protecting himself adequately . |
| 2 | While leaders of all the main political parties expressed their condemnation of the March 31 violence , David Waddington , the Home Secretary , asserted on April 1 that certain Labour MPs who advocated non-payment must bear some of the blame for the events of the previous day , and Patten called for the Labour whip to be withdrawn from them . |
| 3 | It was an affliction rather than a gift , and I was to be healed of it two years later by what I believe was the power of Christ . |
| 4 | Turning and seeing her , he affirms her deed as an act of faith : ‘ Daughter , your faith has made you well ; go in peace and be healed of your disease . ’ |
| 5 | The priest was the only one who could declare a person to be healed from their leprosy . |
| 6 | By ensuring rejection in this way he was also ensuring that he would not be enslaved by anyone else 's methods of work . |
| 7 | ‘ The plane will be guarded from its arrival in Paris , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Whale ( 1977 , p. 80 ) has justified unregulated commercial control of the press by arguing that ‘ a newspaper controlled by a commercial group writes inhibitedly about a handful of concerns at most ; a paper owned by the state , the effective alternative , would be guarded in its outlook on whole areas of the national life ’ . |
| 9 | Such self-indulgence needs to be guarded against what is pleasurable for teachers is not necessarily beneficial to children . |
| 10 | He may be disgusted , offended , annoyed , angered and no doubt a number of other things as well ; and he may be provoked by what he sees and hears into breaking the peace . |
| 11 | Only where the person using the foul language makes it plain that he has no intention of resorting to violence , and there is no bystander who is likely to be provoked by what the defendant is doing , is no offence committed under this section . |
| 12 | Wrexham Hospital had only that month installed one , after years of jumble sales and coffee mornings on its behalf , and Nigel was among the first patients to ( I nearly wrote ‘ benefit ’ ) be diagnosed by it . |
| 13 | The details of it all were a little mundane to him and he did not necessarily want to be implicated in them . |
| 14 | Biological response modifiers such as cytokines and growth factors released in peritumoral tissues , perhaps by the neoplastic cells themselves , may well be implicated in their activation . |
| 15 | It will be intriguing to see whether Romania 's rather conservative tactics will be altered under their new manager , Mircea Paraschiv , and new coach , Florin Popovici , who both took over last month . |
| 16 | It is only justice that the laws should be altered in their favour . |
| 17 | Its meaning can be altered by its altered context . |
| 18 | Every day , we can either be driven by the past — repeating our customary patterns and habits , believing in old limitations — or we can be propelled by our future , by our Dreams , by what we are becoming . |
| 19 | We have talked in this book about the bereaved person 's need to talk and be recognized as someone having a mourning role , but if few people know us anyway , they are less likely to be aware of the major change in our life and we are less likely to feel able to talk to them about it . |
| 20 | The legal model 's attempt to equate corporate managers with ordinary entrepreneurs acting so as to maximize the profits of the company should be recognized for what it is — a failure . |
| 21 | Suddenly , the economic miracle of the past decade began to be recognized for what it was . |
| 22 | And now we 've all managed to carve out or own identities , and to be recognized for our own distinctive bodies of work . ’ |
| 23 | His blessing always comes as a surprise , and can be recognized by its very ‘ arbitrariness ’ and seeming absurdity . |
| 24 | I believe therefore that our music is to be recognized by its melodies , and that it is highly important that they be distinctive , with clear-cut , decisive shapes . |
| 25 | I bought him different clothes , and had his hair cut , but to me he looked just the same , and I lived in constant fear that he would be recognized by someone who had known him in the past . |
| 26 | High purpose was something that could be recognized in someone , like a gleam in the eye or a tone of voice ; it meant that even when that person dabbled in something doubtful , they undoubtedly had good reason for doing so . |
| 27 | One may think that as the ethical equality of human beings comes to be recognized in our society , the masculine nature of their religion will become an ever more pressing question for Christians . |
| 28 | Aenarion decried the departure of the Dragon-riders as a betrayal and swore he would be avenged on their prince . |
| 29 | The whole scheme will be policed by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , currently seriously understaffed with suitable recruits hard to find . |
| 30 | The Mutawas informed the physician that the new mother would be removed that day and taken away to be stoned for her crime against God . |