Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] and be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bedrooms are spacious and are traditionally furnished . |
| 2 | Prides are stable and are maintained in this way over generations . |
| 3 | Our human digestive system has a struggle with such things as alcohol , but we are resilient and are rather good at detoxifying the many dubious substances that we inflict on our long-suffering internal organs . |
| 4 | These are hollow and are connected to poison glands further up the legs . |
| 5 | The fangs are hollow and are linked to a venom gland . |
| 6 | The next Minutes , dated January 11th , 1909 , are unsigned and are the last available until May 1920 ; interestingly they record a decision to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting to alter the Sunday Caddie rule . |
| 7 | However , this is not due to white cats being stupid or careless mothers , but to the fact that a large proportion of them are deaf and are therefore unaware of the problems of their mewing offspring . |
| 8 | Nasturtium seeds are edible and are known as ‘ poor man 's capers ’ . |
| 9 | Fixed costs are unavoidable and are therefore irrelevant in the decision . |
| 10 | Again , the G1S implications are clear and are discussed below . |
| 11 | Among them are muons , negatively charged particles similar to electrons in all respects but for the fact that they are unstable and are 207 times heavier ; they are in effect ‘ heavy electrons ’ and can replace electrons in atoms to make ‘ muonic atoms ’ . |
| 12 | Overall the present arrangements are messy and are causing tension , fragmentation , and confusion between general practitioners ' roles in purchasing and provision . |
| 13 | The value z is unobservable by B. The period t payoffs to player A and are quadratic and are defined below |
| 14 | These are often run by university extra-mural departments as evening classes ( although daytime courses are held in some areas ) , and the range of courses on offer tends to depend on the lecturers that are available — introductory and basic courses are popular and are quite frequently held . |
| 15 | They are unpopular since they are regressive and are poorly related to income . |
| 16 | Radio Forth are interested and are hoping to record my progress on the cycle , and to interview all the competitors as they arrive . |
| 17 | Offshore winds are dangerous and are to be avoided at all costs . |
| 18 | I feel that Golding 's description of the attitudes of the boys is much more realistic than that of ‘ Coral Island ’ because boys are violent and are not always good . |
| 19 | THIS IS NOT THE CASE , the noises are real and are generated by the inner ear . ’ |
| 20 | On 21 July he said : ‘ These breaches are serious and were deliberately committed , quite literally in contempt of this court … |
| 21 | Chambers 1c and 1d , above , are similar and are connected by a passage above the gateway . |
| 22 | The School 's interests in Modernism and Literary Theory are wide-ranging and are reflected in its highly successful MSc in ‘ Modernism , Gender and Writing ’ which attracts a lively student body from many different countries . |
| 23 | The morning following Andrew 's futile suicide attempt , Peggy had gone into his room and , looking down on to his drawn and sickly countenance , she had asked quite quietly , ‘ Shall I phone Rosie and tell her that you 're indisposed and are unlikely to pay your usual Friday night visit ? ’ |
| 24 | Then they condemn themselves as well and until society can say that 's perfectly alright , that 's a good situation to be in , whoever it is you 're living with , and that you as a child are okay and are valued then the children themselves will be okay and I think the Sco , we lose some of the erm secondary deprivation and emotional deprivation that children in single parent families |
| 25 | Environmental management methods usually require a large workforce , are costly and are generally feasible only in townships and major commercial undertakings vital to the country 's economy , where they may prove more economical in the long run than the recurrent use of insecticides . |
| 26 | If you are sick and are in one of the excluded groups , you will be advised so that you can claim State Sickness Benefit instead . |
| 27 | The research interests of the department are diverse and are described in the handbook provided . |
| 28 | The adoral shields are large and are restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 29 | It is argued that cultural discontinuities between homes and schools do exist , are inevitable and are to be celebrated . |
| 30 | But it 's and a verb which are idiomatic and are used . |