Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] are [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before any finds are washed and marked , they have to be sorted to see which are in need of conservation . |
| 2 | In reality , the cost drops the further you are from retirement , as there is longer for the benefits to accumulate . |
| 3 | Have you forgotten how easy it is to delude yourself into believing you are in love ? |
| 4 | Historians are increasingly realizing that if the experience of older people is not sought we are in danger of losing a unique individual insight into the times and events they report , and one which will die with them unless recorded ( Thompson , 1978 ) . |
| 5 | They hand over responsibility to teenage , growing up and growing away , young people , who should gradually feel they are in charge of their own lives , and eventually become fully independent . |
| 6 | The majority of delegations have nevertheless said they are in favour of including such consequences within the scope of the law of contracts , but in order to take account of the opposition expressed provision has been made for any contracting state to enter a reservation on this matter : article 22(1) ( b ) . |
| 7 | I do n't think you are in love with me , you cut in , fixing me with your eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ Everybody thinks you are on holiday because the students are not here , ’ she says . |
| 9 | To help him believe you are on top of your work , have ready any relevant financial information about his public relations campaign . |
| 10 | We asked men how well equipped they are for sex , both physically and mentally . |
| 11 | Like you are in favour of mutual respect , as well as mutual regard . |
| 12 | I know you are over age ( over 21 , she means , he said ) but I worry about you because of all that happened ( she means me being an orphan , he said ) . |
| 13 | Now I know we are at war with the German People " . |
| 14 | You know we are in partnership with Sir George Beador ? |
| 15 | ‘ I want police like they are on television , like The Bill , where they get stuck right in , ’ says one boy . |
| 16 | I know they are of course |
| 17 | Should the Fanatic start to whirl about anywhere near them they know they are in trouble ! |
| 18 | But new figures next week from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ( SMMT ) are set to show that demand for commercial vehicles is still pretty flat and what signs there are of recovery are patchy at best . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose you are on duty ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Tony , ’ he said , ‘ I suppose you are in love with Mrs Gorman . |
| 21 | ‘ First Aid ’ breathing exercises are those you can use when you find you are under stress . |
| 22 | You really feel you are on top of the world . |
| 23 | The most important question seems to be how far individuals believe they are in control of their own environment and can control what happens to them . |
| 24 | The goals of the organisation are on the whole shared or accepted by its members : only the means of achieving them are in dispute . |
| 25 | ‘ Just because they have had a slow start , it does not mean they are in trouble , ’ said Porterfield . |
| 26 | But perhaps her greatest achievement with the chimps at Gombe has been to show how astonishingly close they are to humanity — and so to narrow the gap between us and the rest of the animal world . |
| 27 | We establish order and think we are in control ; then Nu throws over the table and breaks what we have taken a lifetime to construct . |
| 28 | I hope you will print my letter for the benefit of the young women who think they are in love and are willing to overlook ‘ a few things ’ because they are afraid that they ca n't live without the guy . |
| 29 | But this does not mean that the children think they are in need of explanation and they may not have any detailed ideas about them . |
| 30 | Michael Flynn , landlord of the Brick and Tyle near Colchester , agrees that country pubs are important local meeting places , but says the threat from large pub chains means they are in danger of disappearing . |