Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They a they er they 're not going to know that are they ? |
| 2 | For example it may influence the availability of such services as play-groups and nursery schools when young children have wider opportunities to practice communicating ; new types of activities and different relationships can be explored in these settings which add to the child 's capacity to communicate and are critical at this stage of development . |
| 3 | They say land values are going to soar and are incensed at Costner 's demand that local laws be changed to raise the maximum gambling stake from £3 to £60 — a move they feel is certain to attract crime . |
| 4 | The good ones are those which , for all their rough edges , are found to work and are widely used . |
| 5 | Creep tests provide a measure of this tendency to deform and are relatively easy to carry out . |
| 6 | Senior officer Ken Sweeney said that the prison was already operating within the provisions of the new Food Safety Act : ‘ Although we do n't have to , we already invite in EHOs because we have nothing to hide and are open to advice . ’ |
| 7 | Genuine old rocking horses of real quality are increasingly hard to find and are likely to be very expensive , as are the products of some of the very fine contemporary rocking horse makers who work in various parts of the country . |
| 8 | In practice , however , students are not enthused by participative bureaucracy so that volunteers are difficult to find and are probably not representative . |
| 9 | Characteristically , the data used may be more difficult to obtain and are usually more spatially aggregated ; modelling software which permits feedback loops is essential ; |
| 10 | I think you will destroy them ; you are a ruthless woman ; how ruthless I am yet to know and am just beginning to discern . |
| 11 | If there is a special gadget you wish to try but are unable to borrow , consider the possibility of making one yourself . |
| 12 | The old patterns are allowed to persist but are made progressively more inconvenient . |
| 13 | In Chapter 1 , we defined unemployment as the number of people who are willing and able to work but are unable to find jobs and we pointed out that the unemployment percentage ( or rate of unemployment ) is the number of people unemployed expressed as a percentage of the labour force . |
| 14 | Local government , then , is better informed and easier to monitor than are national bureaucracies established to provide particular services . |
| 15 | rhetorical question is , you know is it is that a question you wanted to try to answer or are you erm |
| 16 | Do you want anything else to drink or are you alright for a bit ? |
| 17 | The main difficulty is that such heavy feeders are easy to overfeed and are capable of quickly fouling the aquarium water . |
| 18 | who are requested to reach and are paid by a private concern ( W.I. , T.G. , sports sections of a firm etc . ) |
| 19 | These are easy to remember and are said to occur together in combinations which are difficult to treat , and require an interdisciplinary team of helpers . |
| 20 | Highly heat-efficient — over 80% on some models — the stoves are quick and simple to install and are virtually maintenance-free in operation . |
| 21 | In the USA , I discovered from a report by Dermot Pungavie in the Daily Mail , for those mourners who wish to view but are short of time , one funeral director in Chicago has come up with the novel idea of drive-in viewing . |
| 22 | There must be mechanism for identifying persons in need and for reaching out to those willing to participate ; it may also at times be necessary to reach out to those who do not wish to participate but are at risk of harm to themselves or others . |
| 23 | Problems are sometimes difficult to spot and are certainly unlikely to be highlighted by the vendor or his solicitor . |
| 24 | We decided that Shakespeare 's plays were mere patterns of imagery , without human beings in them , and by a strange act of critical abnegation , deliberately blinded ourselves to all sorts of psychological insights , which the Victorians had been able to see and are now being seen again . |
| 25 | In the long run , persistent current account deficits are difficult and costly to sustain and are damaging to an economy . |
| 26 | While stress-relaxation measurements are useful in a general study of polymeric behaviour , they are particularly useful in the evaluation of antioxidants in polymers , especially elastomers , because measurements on such systems are relatively easy to perform and are sensitive to bond rupture in the network . |
| 27 | Right daddy , are you coming down to play or are you at least you 've got the table . |
| 28 | Draughtproofing materials need not be expensive , are easy to fit and are available at most hardware and department stores . |
| 29 | ‘ I think it 's a waste of time growing vegetables such as sprouts and cabbages that take a long time to grow and are cheap in the shops , but I enjoy growing beans , carrots and marrows . |
| 30 | Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’ |