Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] are [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has even been suggested that some coral reefs , which it will be recalled are mostly dead coral and debris , are being destroyed rather than built up : they could be relics of higher sea levels . |
| 2 | Their important characteristic is that they cut across the divisions of the formal structure and usually are very powerful if the matters to be communicated are formally confidential or affect the future of particular individuals . |
| 3 | Short of drastic action , to split up a major firm ( as in the AT&T case in the US ( Alcoa , United Shoe , AT&T , and IBM ) or to order divestment ( as in Supply of Beer , 1989 ) , the remedies that can be applied are invariably weak . |
| 4 | It also follows that in looking at whether to call in , Ministers do not consider the planning merits of the proposal , but only whether the kind of issues that need to be decided are more appropriate for consideration in a wider than local context by the Secretary of State . |
| 5 | If the tasks to be done are more complex , and surrounded by a higher degree of uncertainty , then co-ordination may be done more efficiently through instructions and information passed down the managerial hierarchy . |
| 6 | ( c ) The law is , therefore , that persons who obtain goods by presenting a cheque which they know will be dishonoured are not guilty of theft . |
| 7 | Blanket embargoes such as the ‘ red-lining ’ of areas in which loans will not be advanced are probably rare in rural districts , but restrictions are sometimes placed on older cob , stone and thatched buildings so that many cheaper properties may not be mortgageable . |
| 8 | It is also desirable to establish that the owners of the business to be sold are not likely to have irreconcilable differences among themselves over what the selling price should be . |
| 9 | The grounds upon which the powers to impose conditions may be exercised are very similar to those which are available in relation to processions ; section 14 provides that if the senior police officer believes that a public assembly may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or that the purposes of the persons organising it is to intimidate others with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do , he may impose conditions as to the place of the assembly , its maximum duration or the maximum number of persons who may constitute it as may appear to him necessary to prevent the disorder , damage , disruption or intimidation . |
| 10 | This makes very good sense , for in the wild there is much less food available during the winter , and the plants which can be found are less nutritious in winter than in summer . |
| 11 | If we do , does this mean that the use of coercion , enthusiasm or the encouragement to be involved are equally acceptable ? |
| 12 | such goals that can be indicated are frequently vague , multiple and contradictory . |
| 13 | Sometimes the behaviours to be learned are too complicated for the child to attain at once . |
| 14 | While most of the strands from which the new synthesis would be woven are already visible before the war , they could only be patterned into a new web within the altered conditions of the university in society , and in the " national life " of the post-war era . |
| 15 | In the female mammal , all the eggs that will ever be ovulated are already present at birth and are stored in a state of ‘ suspended animation ’ in the ovary . |
| 16 | Subjects which may be investigated are very wide-ranging and may be drawn from history , the environment , politics , culture or from issues of local concern — housing , consumer issues , education etc . |
| 17 | Make sure that parts to be maintained are easily accessible , to cut down on repair bills in the future |
| 18 | The emergence of new complex subjects presents no cause for revision in a faceted scheme , provided that the simple subjects from which the complex subject can be constructed are already present . |
| 19 | The methods with which the relation between knowledge and social groups shall be studied are necessarily interpretative because there are no objective , epistemological criteria which can arbitrate trans-historically on the nature of truth . |
| 20 | Markets in exchange traded futures are much more " transparent " than the corresponding over the counter markets : the prices at which a future can be purchased are publicly available , and are the same for everyone . |