Example sentences of "are [adj] [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The classrooms are cramped , lack sufficient electric sockets and are deficient in lockfast areas in which to store expensive items of equipment . |
| 2 | Furthermore , most of the front-line states are dependent on transport routes through South Africa , which has imposed substantial increases in transit costs , tightening its hold on their economies and raising the cost of imports . |
| 3 | Ferry schedules and precise timings are subject to weather conditions on the day of departure . |
| 4 | Investment trusts are similar to unit trusts in that they allow persons and companies to obtain a share in a diversified portfolio of assets and have a specialist fund manager to control the portfolio , but are fundamentally different from unit trusts in other ways . |
| 5 | The following extract , and the questions after it , are typical of context questions in terms of depth of detail and range of knowledge required . |
| 6 | Just as they are subordinate to trade unions at home , so they yearn to be subordinate to trade unions abroad . |
| 7 | As my hon. Friend says , the schemes are valuable in building bridges between the police and the community . |
| 8 | Failures in this process , however , are explicable in realist terms as the protection of national sovereignty . |
| 9 | Feargal McSorley from BAT said : ‘ Many of those who attended Tuesday 's performance are involved in drama groups within their school or youth club , so of course they are delighted to get the opportunity to see a modern classic being staged by the very talented opera company . ’ |
| 10 | Nevertheless , both MSC and other agencies are involved in training schemes for adults , and it can be argued that this is the most appropriate form of ‘ educational ’ provision for the unemployed . |
| 11 | If you are involved in training others for urban mission , contact Rosy Fairhurst at FYT Headquarters . |
| 12 | The HeI stars are known to be at the Galactic Centre because many are coincident with temperature peaks in the dust associated with the spiral of ionized gas flowing into the centre . |
| 13 | Minimum investment is £1,000 , and net interest rates are good for cheque accounts at 10.25 per cent for balances below £10,000 and 10.44 per cent above that figure . |
| 14 | The prison is packed with murderers , the gibbets are heavy like apple trees in the autumn , the branches bend with their rotten fruit . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd like to present a petition containing five hundred er plus signatures from residents in road area who are concerned with traffic conditions on that road . |
| 16 | The swans that we are concerned about build ships on the River Tyne . |
| 17 | My members are concerned about pay differentials with semi-skilled workers not hospital porters and cleaners . ’ |
| 18 | Blaxter and Paterson 's more recent study , undertaken in Scotland , suggests that mothers remain an important source of advice to , and support for , young women who are concerned about health matters in relation to their own children — at least for working-class women , with whom their study was concerned . |
| 19 | Anyone aged 18 or over can hold a PEP as long as they are resident for tax purposes in the UK . |
| 20 | Second , we are sceptical about trade figures in general and , third , these figures only account for less than half Britain 's trade . ’ |
| 21 | Clios are unattractive to car thieves as a result . |
| 22 | However , with DNA treated with cisplatin major transcriptional blockages are apparent at RNA lengths of 37 , 43 , etc. following transcription from the UV5 promoter ( Fig. 2a ) , as are blocked transcripts with lengths of 55 , 63 , 64 , etc. from the N25 promoter ( Fig. 2b ) . |
| 23 | They may be able to order bricks of a particular type if they do n't have them in stock , or it may be worth investigating whether second-hand bricks are available from demolition contractors in your area . |
| 24 | Maps of national parks and walking areas are available from book shops in the main cities and also from street kiosks . |
| 25 | It is well known that money-lenders typically charge exorbitant interest rates which are insensitive to interest rates in the organised money markets . |
| 26 | Travel Students receiving an award from the SOED are eligible for travel expenses in excess of £60 . |
| 27 | Of the total livestock units in these areas — 14,688 million — 59% ( 8,713 m ) are eligible for headage payments including 2,488 m dairy cows . |
| 28 | The tentacle pores are small and are absent on arm segments beyond the second or third segment . |
| 29 | Sulphur fins are attached to sapphire bodies , orange spots are scattered on a sage-green flank , chocolate-brown scales are individually rimmed with peacock blue , tails are patterned like archery targets with a golden centre surrounded by outers of scarlet , black and white . |
| 30 | Teachers are entitled to discipline pupils in respect of conduct while out of school , such as on a school trip or bullying out of school where a pupil 's conduct ‘ impinges on the school ’ . |