Example sentences of "[det] are [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most obvious examples of this are contingency theories of a ‘ culture-free ’ variety ( Hickson et al. , 1974 ) but it is also the case with certain kinds of institutional theory , such as in Biggart and Hamilton 's ( 1987 : 437 ) hypothesis that ‘ [ l ] eadership strategies in any one socio-cultural setting will have strong underlying similarities ’ . |
| 2 | That one was associated with the English dance explosion , but none of the tracks on this are dance records and they do n't pretend to be . ’ |
| 3 | Some are service agencies providing painting and decorating , gardening and catering services to the local community ; others have developed workshops which concentrate on one business activity — baking , furniture renovation and picture-framing are examples . |
| 4 | Some are street kids who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive . |
| 5 | Some are workaday freighters from Russia , Panama and Japan , their crews leaning over the rails chewing , drinking from mugs and watching the passing scene with a worldly dispassion . |
| 6 | Some are cash crops , particularly wheat which the farmers sell to the flour mills in Leith and Glasgow , and barley , about half of which is sold for making beer and whisky in Glasgow and Edinburgh . |
| 7 | How much are car mats , Paul ? |
| 8 | These are course generalisations . |
| 9 | In essence these are sash cramps without the longitudinal bar . |
| 10 | These are divestiture engagements in which the initiating member has been retained on an exclusive basis to assist in the sale of a business , and the business merits justify ( or the client specifically requests ) an international marketing program . |
| 11 | These are compromise solutions from a technological viewpoint . |
| 12 | But these are reference books that are not thrown away and that 's what makes the advertisers the benefits to the advertisers that much more important . |
| 13 | ‘ Bonds like these are share certificates issued by banks and multi-national companies . |
| 14 | These are insurance subsidiaries set up to insure some or all of the risks of a group of companies . |
| 15 | It 's been accepted that these are credit arrangements under the local government Planning and Land Act , so therefore , it is not unreasonable to argue that borrowing will not represent a new departure for the County Council in terms of being able to control capital spending . |
| 16 | Of course , we must not forget that these are ski resorts . |
| 17 | In the main these are service houses who will contract out the typesetting ( and generally printing ) work to one of the established bureau . |
| 18 | These are software products in which the expertise of a particular discipline medicine , say — is encapsulated within a computer program so that non-experts can make use of it . |
| 19 | HLP — These are help files and are numbered to correspond to the menu options . |
| 20 | Remember that these are colour effects , and they will therefore not show up on a black and white viewfinder . |
| 21 | Other breeds have colour-pointed varieties such as the White Galloway and White Welsh , but these are colour varieties within their breeds rather than separate breeds and quite often their non-standard colour can be traced back to crossings with White Park or British White in the past . |
| 22 | Some of these are mirror images of those previously cited ; for instance , the recession meant less need for businessmen to seek out large industrial sites , central government began running down the overspill programmes and giving greater attention to the rejuvenation of inner city areas , and ‘ baby boom ’ was replaced by ‘ baby bust ’ . |
| 23 | Really want a teaspoon , these are dessert spoons . |
| 24 | These are polyene pigments usually containing 40 carbon atoms in the molecule ; they are readily soluble in fat-solvents and are characteristically synthesized by plants ( Lederer , 1938 ; Feltwell and Rothschild , 1974 ) . |
| 25 | These are unit trusts that have unique characteristics with special appeal for charities . |
| 26 | See that 's these are these are beech legs . |
| 27 | ‘ Basically these are meditation machines for lazy Westerners , ’ explains Karen at the Mind Gym . |
| 28 | ‘ Basically these are meditation machines for lazy Westerners , ’ explains Karen at the Mind Gym . |
| 29 | ‘ These are arrow wounds . |
| 30 | These are escape artists extraordinaire . |