Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [coord] [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social security benefits are calculated and paid to the public by a very large number of Department of Health and Social Security staff based in regional and local offices throughout the country . |
| 2 | The forms are checked and returned to the census officer for coding . |
| 3 | The fact that where goods are designed and manufactured to the buyer 's special order the seller will have greater knowledge of the buyer 's requirements and the buyer will rely on the seller 's skill may make it less reasonable for the seller to exclude or limit liability ; on the other , hand , if goods are manufactured to the buyer 's special order , it may be more reasonable to expect the buyer to insure against losses . |
| 4 | After a year in the cage the hens are caught and transported to the slaughter house . |
| 5 | In a strict order of preferential treatment , the newest titles are placed on the top rack , and moved down weekly , until the volumes on the bottom rack are superseded and returned to the publisher for pulping . |
| 6 | The needles are selected and returned to the working position on every row , whereas on Brother and Toyota the needles are in the selected position at the start of every row . |
| 7 | Where necessaries are sold and delivered to a minor or to a person who by reason of mental incapacity or drunkenness is incompetent to contract , he must pay a reasonable price for them . |
| 8 | Items of expenditure are summarised and posted to the ledger at regular intervals . |
| 9 | It is of vital importance that open spaces and parklands are protected and maintained to a high standard , and that schemes such as the floral baskets , spring bulb displays , extensive tree planting are continued and expanded if Belfast is to become an increasingly attractive city for future generations . |
| 10 | Two sensations — one past , one present — are thus bound together by the continuity of awareness between these two moments , and we recognise that the two components are inter-related and belong to the same class . |
| 11 | The main vessels that are cut and connected to the new liver are biliary duct , the hepatic artery which supplies the liver with blood from the heart , the portal vein which drains blood from the stomach and the gut and the hepatic vein which takes the blood back to the heart . |
| 12 | A manicure is a skilled service in which you nails are cut and filed to the desired shape . |
| 13 | Northamptonshire Tourist Guides are trained and qualified to a nationally recognised standard by the East Midlands Tourist Board with support from the Northamptonshire Enterprise Agency , Northampton Borough Council and other local authorities . |
| 14 | 2 Interpreters , who are trained and qualified to a nationally consistent standard , to work with service providers who are trained to accommodate language and cultural differences . |
| 15 | Battens are plugged and screwed to the wall at 400mm ( 16in ) centres to take boards 1220mm ( 4ft ) wide , but of course other sizes of boards can be used if necessary . |
| 16 | The webbing is cut and the ends sealed to prevent fraying , and then the leather end pieces are glued and stitched to the webbing using either an automatic stitching machine or electric sewing machine . |
| 17 | It consists of a boat-like main hull and two outrigger pontoons , or sideswimmers , which are lifted hydraulically to rest on top for road travel and which are extended and lowered to the sides for stability on the water . |