Example sentences of "it [verb] are [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the algorithm starts with an empty grammar , the only symbols it has are those in the text . |
| 2 | Once an agreement has been registered in the register of restrictive agreements ( which is open to public inspection ) , the Director General may refer it to the Restrictive Practices Court for a decision on whether the restrictions it contains are contrary to the public interest . |
| 3 | The State Administration for Environmental Protection has made public the names of 3,000 businesses which it says are responsible for the lion 's share of China 's industrial pollution . |
| 4 | Research and development costs £20,000 : these are sunk costs and it follows are irrelevant to the decision . |
| 5 | SNH , in its submission to Lord Donaldson 's inquiry on the prevention of pollution from merchant shipping , identifies measures which it claims are vital to the protection of Scotland 's marine and coastal environments . |