Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] a different [noun] " in BNC.

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1 People seen in a different context are treated in a different way .
2 For example , we have withdrawal groups for music , not that their ordinary subjects are disrupted in this way , but it can be so organized on the timetable that they are withdrawn at a different period each week , and getting together , for example , to play in the school orchestra erm is of terrific value .
3 However , the blood-tests for syphilis are regarded in a different light , and prolonged courses of treatment may be prescribed , sometimes spanning several years , in a vain attempt to clear the blood of evidence of past syphilitic infection .
4 On this side of the Atlantic , they are seen in a different light , as ideologies that justify the playful eclecticism of democratic politics and free-market economics .
5 ‘ See ’ references are generally used to link two terms which represent similar concepts , but which are presented in a different form .
6 The books are written in a different form to other books .
7 These are subatomic particles that are similar to the more familiar pi-mesons , but which are made from a different combination of quarks , the fundamental building blocks of matter .
8 The hummingbirds in South America , and the sunbirds in Africa , are equipped in a different way .
9 It can not be so if the managers are drawn from a different pool , which can happen if emoluments in the private sector drift too far away from those in the public sector .
10 The 1692 Fairy Queen quarto exists in five or six different states ; the prologue , preface and dramatis personae are bound in a different order in different copies , and the prologue is missing in at least one , showing that the preliminaries were thrown hastily together .
11 The data are based on a different population than is seen in British clinics but it provides quantitation of the degree of obesity in practice .
12 From here , they are translated into a different kind of polymer called a polypeptide or protein .
13 Often , the aphids feed on one kind of plant in spring and summer , but their eggs are laid on a different kind of plant .
14 We are cut from a different cloth , Stu and I. And on my cloth , if I did n't hurry , the water-stains would soon be replaced by sweat-marks .
15 On the surface all is well ; but the steps taken are danced to a different tune .
16 In all , 838 post-1976 imprints were identified , and in 814 instances ( 97% ) the method of acquisition was determined ; in the remaining cases , which principally concerned newspapers and serials — types of publication which are stamped in a different way from monographs — the method of acquisition could not be established in the time available .
17 In the summer we enjoy holiday classes which are taken by a different teacher each week and to which many friends from other classes in the district come to join us .
18 It is interesting also that slight changes in the colour of the so called visible vessel are associated with a different risk of rebleeding ranging from 18 to 50% .
19 This change of policy , which reflects a growing understanding of the nature of mental disorder , and the development of the social services generally , means that the needs of the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped are perceived in a different light .
20 Books about colonialists are usually very different from those about , say writers : they are written by different kinds of authors , ask different kinds of questions , are couched in a different style .
21 The robot specialises in problematic " blister " packs , which normally pose a nightmare for recyclers because the blisters are composed of a different material from their backing , which can be made of cardboard or a different kind of plastic .
22 For example the leases of the factories may be owned by one service company whereas the long term supply or customer contracts are held by a different company .
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