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 | 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 . |
| 7 | What overweight people think slim people are like |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | UNIONISTS fear low-profile politicians are to be targeted by the IRA . |