Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 These dogs look happy enough , but they could be riddled with canine complexes .
2 I knew I 'd see the facades of Nabataean temples chiselled into the rock and that the cliff-walls would be riddled with empty tombs .
3 The Italian showman ( left ) will be roared on this weekend by a huge home crowd in the northern Italian resort as he launches his defence of the giant slalom and slalom titles he won with ease last year .
4 Last night 400 bikers were drifting away from Pier Head to other ports after being told extra boats would be chartered from alternative ports today .
5 Carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) emmission levels are to be stabilised by 1994 , and reduced by three to four per cent by 2000 .
6 This also means that it is not possible to compare the dissociation from isolated GC sites with that from clusters of such sites which may be stabilised by cooperative interaction .
7 It can be blended with other fibres too .
8 A total of 500 tonnes of HEU will be blended into 15,000 tonnes of fuel , which makes the deal worth $12 billion .
9 Otherwise stock may be withdrawn to many areas without proper records being kept .
10 However , he refused to attach too much importance to these since they could be withdrawn at any time unless they were passed into law .
11 They earn interest in dinars , calculated at the current exchange rate , and the principal can normally be withdrawn at any time in the given foreign currency .
12 Only a small fraction of a bank 's total deposits will be withdrawn at any one time , and banks always make sure that they have the ability to meet their customers ' demands .
13 The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties .
14 Although the rates on GIBs do tend to lag behind general market rates , fast action is often necessary to take advantage of opportunities — when interest rates fall , issues can be withdrawn without any notice , and replaced by a new issue offering a much lower return .
15 New evidence of ozone layer thinning in the Northern Hemisphere has spurred governments to tighten still further their timetables for CFCs to be withdrawn from industrial use .
16 Kleymenov , deputy head of General Headquarters of the Soviet Armed Forces in Ulan Bator , ended with an agreement in early March that all remaining Soviet troops would be withdrawn from Mongolian soil ; the operation would begin in 1991 and be completed by 1992 .
17 Government subsidies would be withdrawn from loss-making parastatals , which would have to become self-financing .
18 It says that life-support equipment could be withdrawn from some terminally-ill people .
19 A separate problem , examined in the following pages , is how to decide which titles should be withdrawn from any one section of the stock .
20 Counsel may be briefed with the approval of the Area Director ; assistance may be withdrawn in certain circumstances ; costs may be awarded out of the legal aid fund to an unassisted party ; the statutory charge operates subject to specified exceptions .
21 These two examinations are to be withdrawn in 1994 with the increasing emphasis on national vocational qualifications .
22 It was felt that this would enable more rail services to be withdrawn in rural areas without ‘ undue hardship ’ ( an ill-defined term ) being caused to the communities currently served by rail .
23 The approximately 370,000 Soviet troops remaining in East Germany would be withdrawn in three to four years , a process for which Germany would provide financial assistance .
24 All American forces would be withdrawn by 30 June 1949 .
25 Once issued , bonuses can not be withdrawn by Clerical Medical regardless of future economic conditions and provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term .
26 Although Aquino insisted that the plan had the support of at least 15 members of the 23-strong Senate , the Senate President and key opponent of a continued US presence , Jovito Salonga , remained suspicious of the plan , characterizing it as vague and ill-defined and insisting that all combat troops had to be withdrawn within one year .
27 It was also agreed that Zimbabwean troops guarding the two strategic corridors across the country be withdrawn within one month .
28 Attendance allowances will be withdrawn after four weeks .
29 You know what I mean , that is down to the individual really is that er that they should actually find out and i , that needs to be highlighted to all
30 Ideally the MIS should be operated on the basis of ‘ management by exception ’ , ie it should enable managers to delegate confidently in the sure knowledge that significant variances in actual performance compared with standard performance will be highlighted in timely fashion by the system .
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