Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [conj] [adv] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards board structure , the Proposal suggests that , for all public companies ( PLCs ) , whether or not their shares are listed or otherwise publicly traded , a distinction should be drawn between directors responsible for ‘ supervision ’ on the one hand and ‘ management ’ on the other . |
| 2 | It might , however , be the method of choice against mosquitoes in urban regions where there may be more houses than breeding places , where there is likely to be opposition to house spraying , and where the breeding places are limited and more easily identified . |
| 3 | If you would like to be more ambitious with your finish , try the methods described in the ‘ Encyclopaedia of Cottage , Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture ’ by J C Loudon , first published in 1833 : ‘ These chairs are painted but more frequently stained with dilute sulphuric acid and logwood ; or by repeatedly washing them over with alum water , which has some tartar in it ; they should afterwards be washed over several times with an extract of Brazil wood . |
| 4 | There is no let up to this activity as more improvements are made and even more planned . |
| 5 | The creatures work their way in through gratings and airbricks , prowl and are harried and occasionally stealthily fed . |
| 6 | In Verbivore as a whole , as in its fantastic sub-plot , the oral and the written dimensions of language are opposed but also intimately related . |
| 7 | Children who are described as mildly mentally handicapped are often upset to hear themselves described as such , and such terms as ‘ children with learning difficulties ’ are now in vogue . |