Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [noun] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | September had twenty per cent above average and both the National Rivers Authority and Thames Water say underground reserves are at or above average . |
| 2 | Campaigners say single mothers are in particular need of better childcare to give them a fair chance in the labour market . |
| 3 | Dances which emphasize indecent movements are to be regarded as obscene . |
| 4 | All three are inter-related , however , since State fiscal problems are in general greatest in the South , where discrimination against blacks has traditionally been greatest , and where the electoral situation for long favoured one party . |
| 5 | A nationwide poll conducted by The People reveals that most women believe high-powered courtiers are behind a ‘ dirty tricks ’ plot to smear the Princess of Wales . |
| 6 | There is an element of utopianism in drafting such proposals , though I believe these ideas are worth pursuing . |
| 7 | This hypothesis is supported by the fact that most plant families that produce bird-dispersed seeds are of very wide distribution and that several of them are held to be primitive , e.g. Annonaceae , Lauraceae , while several genera conspicuous in this trait are found in both tropical America and Australasia . |
| 8 | Price All prices are in £ |
| 9 | DAVID Hunt was lobbied by trade unionists yesterday when he visited offices where they claim 1,000 jobs are under threat . |
| 10 | The legs that deliver that blow are in proportion to the rest of the tiger 's body , the circumference of the upper joint often being as much as 21 in ( 54 cm ) . |
| 11 | What overweight people think slim people are like |
| 12 | Well , I 'm in agreement with you , and I think most environmentalists are in agreement that sustained growth is the way forward , and they have to be sustainable for the economies of the people who actually live there to survive , and sustainable for the whole planet to survive . |
| 13 | I think most men are under the impression that we all want to look like Samantha Fox , but if you have a big chest it 's very difficult to handle all the hassle you get when you walk down the street . |
| 14 | The books that follow this pattern are at first sight attractive , ideal for ‘ face-on ’ displays , and can even seem to have some serious purpose . |
| 15 | The foods that commonly cause or aggravate these conditions are for the most part excluded from the diet . |
| 16 | There has been a tendency to accept uncritically that all policies which help small firms are to be recommended since it is the small firm sector which in future will create new jobs and new wealth . |
| 17 | UNIONISTS fear low-profile politicians are to be targeted by the IRA . |