Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four most common reasons for resistance to change are : |
| 2 | Is it not also a fact that waiting lists for houses to rent are increasing and have more than trebled since the Conservatives took office ? |
| 3 | The numbers of teeth involved are often quite small , and where there is a major discrepancy between the digestion of the upper and lower teeth in columns 9 and 10 of Table 3.13 , reference to the actual numbers involved show them to be very small indeed , sometimes no more than one ( columns 7 and 8 ) . |
| 4 | If the advantages of decentralization of decision making are to be preserved , firms must be able to operate within a set of rules for competition that enable them to identify what strategies are likely to attract scrutiny , and what strategies they can pursue without hindrance . |
| 5 | Nowadays there is little real distinction between Proof and Proof before Answer and the greatest majority of cases heard are Proofs before Answer . |
| 6 | Hard work , thrift , and the enjoyment of income earned are the hallmark of the " protestant work ethic " that is still characteristic of many western societies . |
| 7 | The effects of exposure to light are difficult to accelerate in the laboratory . |
| 8 | Yet the amounts of money involved are small — the 66 per cent APR represents a charge for credit of only about 10p to 20p a week , on the amount commonly borrowed . |
| 9 | Details of any errors which may occur and the possible course of action to follow are given in Section 10.2.7 . |
| 10 | Details of any errors which may occur and the possible course of action to follow are given in Section 10.3.7 . |
| 11 | Details of any errors which may occur and the possible course of action to follow are given in Section 10.4.7 . |
| 12 | This system of payment extends to the whole education system including adult education , where numbers of books sold are reportedly very small — either because of low enrolments or because people are going to classes without books . |
| 13 | The length of time they spent there and the types of homes involved are shown in Table 1 . |
| 14 | If curricular decision-making can be described in this way , then we need to consider whether the processes of review advocated are suitable for such a fundamental task . |
| 15 | Those in which the form of words used are based on the definition of a ‘ light industrial ’ use , i.e. a Class III use under the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 , usually referred to as a ‘ no nuisance clause ’ , being imposed to protect the amenity of the locality , and |
| 16 | On Merseyside thefts from cars are down to 16,251 and numbers of cars stolen are down to 12,992 an overall drop of nine per cent . |
| 17 | Data quality is a very important issue , especially now that automatic recording devices are available , and the volumes of data handled are vast . |
| 18 | The problems of criterion referencing are considerable in relation to the benefits claimed : a structuring of the learning environment for pupils ; a focusing on objectives for teachers ; providing more information about what pupils know and can do . |
| 19 | The results obtained in the surveys should allow forecasting of the usage for a works in which the processes and the type of fabric treated are known . |
| 20 | You 'll see that both the number of requests for service , and the number of visits made are well up on previous half years , and although some of that is due to probably the highest figure on insect complaints we 've ever had for six months , and erm it 's not all that , much of it is lately the department has been very , very busy indeed . |
| 21 | Factors such as the amount of exercise required are important , because if the dog does not receive adequate exercise it is likely to become destructive and bored around the house . |
| 22 | The mosque of the sixteenth-century Al-Ghouri , the last of the great Mameluk sultans , is in very poor condition : the minaret has moved and many areas of marble facing are loose . |
| 23 | Other cases of blend dare are not so easy to categorize . |
| 24 | The results of companies acquired are included from the effective date of acquisition . |
| 25 | The net assets of companies acquired are incorporated in the consolidated accounts at their fair values to the Group after making provisions for expected reorganisation costs and related gains and losses pending reorganisation . |
| 26 | The net assets of companies acquired are incorporated in the consolidated accounts at their fair values to the group at the date of acquisition . |
| 27 | Of course , not all cases of vehicle taking are so serious : our whole approach to sentencing — brought to fruition in last Session 's Criminal Justice Act — is to have a range of custodial and exacting community penalties graduated to fit the seriousness of the offence . |
| 28 | The principles of law involved are discussed in section 8.3 of this chapter . |
| 29 | The defences that have been used to justify the campaign of law breaking are disgraceful . |
| 30 | OEMS ( like Wang and Bull ) account for 6%. 70% of models shipped are desktops , 27% desksides and 3% rackmounts — although the latter accounts for 15% of RS/6000 revenues , it says . |