Example sentences of "[noun] are [noun] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glues have improved since then , but the bows now coming to the fore are compound ones with wheels and pulleys and complex sights . |
| 2 | Many of the features of the Modular Course which present difficulties for monitoring are design features of the Course . |
| 3 | Flood defences are thge Cinderella of public services . |
| 4 | All fruits , and leafy and root vegetables are food sources of fibre . |
| 5 | The principles of the common law invoked in such cases are nemo judex in causa sua ( no man can be a judge in this own cause ) ; or auctor in rem suam ( no man should act in his own interest ) . |
| 6 | The three most striking cases are Mr Hearst in America , Lord Rothermere in England and Lord Beaverbrook . |
| 7 | Intersparsed with these activities are steamer trip on Lake Ullswater and visits to the Keswick Pencil Factory , The Steamboat Museum , Dove Cottage , The ‘ Ratty ’ Railway , a local farm , the swimming pool at Troutbeck and the Brockhole Centre where pupils enjoy an afternoon of Environmental Studies . |
| 8 | Thus s and t are equivalence classes of integers mod n . |
| 9 | Previous recipients of the award are Lord Houghton of Sowerby PC CH , Ruth Harrison OBE and Eileen Bezet . |
| 10 | And at two strategic points along each side of the punt are metal tubes into which can be slid umbrella poles or bank-sticks . |
| 11 | Also in the money are George Hitchell from Company Quality Assurance Department at Risley and Yvonne Woodman of Engineering Department at Chapelcross . |
| 12 | Three implications followed immediately from Vine and Matthews 's brilliantly original modification of sea-floor spreading : first , the ‘ strips ’ should always be parallel to the ridge axes ; second , they should be symmetrical about the ridge , so that the strips on one side are mirror images of those on the other ; third , and most important , the rocks furthest away from the ridge should be older than those nearest to it . |
| 13 | Yet we know that organizations are power systems in which political skills are vital . |
| 14 | About 17% across the programme are day patients in hospitals , going for industrial therapy perhaps in the younger age groups . |
| 15 | The US Federal Communications Commission is urging the four rival teams bidding digital systems to set the US high definition television standard to merge their rival systems into a grand alliance : the remaining contenders are AT&T Co with Zenith Electronics Corp , General Electric Co Inc 's National Broadcasting Corp unit with Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA and the David Sarnoff Research Center , and two alternate bids led by General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; if the rival contenders fail to strike an alliance , final testing on the four improved systems will begin in April and conclude in late summer . |
| 16 | Three patients , however , were followed serially and showed that serum carnitine concentrations are gluten dependent in coeliac disease patients . |
| 17 | Valid entries are issue numbers of the form NN.NNA where N is an integer between 0 and 9 , and A is an alphabetic character . |
| 18 | Thus in the same building as the photographs of SS officers selecting the Jews on the ramps of Birkenau are news pictures of British paratroopers ordering the concentration camp survivors away from postwar Palestine . |
| 19 | Laurence Irving painted a ceiling of teasing satyrs and zodiac signs , and the pictures are Punch cartoons in red lacquer and gilt frames . |
| 20 | The two variables are infant mortality per 1000 live births and gross national product per head . |
| 21 | Other examples of French work of the ninth century showing particularly early examples of the French contribution in apse development towards later chevet designs are S. Germain at Auxerre ( crypt , 859 ) and S. Philibert-de-Gardlieu , 847 . |
| 22 | The homes are Hustledown House in Stanley ; Gainford House , Chester-le-Street ; Palatine House , Durham City ; Ridgeway House , Station Town ; Dene House , Bishop Auckland ; Greenfields House , Newton Aycliffe and Hollyhurst and Baydale Lodge in Darlington . |
| 23 | The homes are Hustledown House in Stanley ; Gainford House in Chester-le-Street ; Palatine House in Durham City ; Ridgeway House in Station Town , near Wingate ; Dene House in Bishop Auckland ; Greenfields House at Newton Aycliffe ; and Hollyhurst and Baydale Lodge in Darlington . |
| 24 | The latter has for many years been the preference of the majority of established practitioners : according to a recent Law Society survey , almost 75 per cent of solicitors in practice are equity partners in a firm . |
| 25 | All of these famous or pioneering gentlemen are household names in history . |
| 26 | Ten minutes walk from the harbour are shingle beaches with safe swimming , pedalo hire and a windsurfing school for the energetic . |
| 27 | The winners are Mr Berry of Burgess Hill , Mr McCombe of Maghull , Mrs Misrahi of Tottenham , Mr Johnston of Aberdeen and Mr McLaren of Edinburgh . |
| 28 | All drills , whether grammatical or phonological , which preserve a constant pitch pattern in the responses are substitution drills from the point of view of intonation . |
| 29 | Sources indicate that the most likely sites are government warehouses in the Midlands or RAF bases . |
| 30 | The sites are Ben Lawers in Tayside , St Abbs Nature Reserve in Lothian and Craigievar Castle in Grampian Region . |