Example sentences of "and [am/are] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Real diamonds have a quite distinctive , soapy texture to the surface and are immune from water . |
| 2 | ‘ The notion that independent schools are in a velvet-lined rut and are immune from pressures is incorrect , ’ said Mr Smith . |
| 3 | They are of high quality , finely carved and are Byzantine in treatment with deep undercutting and drilling ( PLATE 30 ) . |
| 4 | They were given police bail and are due before Liverpool city magistrates on November 30 . |
| 5 | The best coffee beans are of the arabica type and are low in caffeine . |
| 6 | The above three methods , while allowing you to send a tangible piece of paper as a gift , do mean you incur postal costs and are reliant on UK and foreign postal systems . |
| 7 | The above three methods , while allowing you to send a tangible piece of paper as a gift , do mean you incur postal costs and are reliant on UK and foreign postal systems . |
| 8 | The above three methods , while allowing you to send a tangible piece of paper as a gift , do mean you incur postal costs and are reliant on UK and foreign postal systems . |
| 9 | The Temiar transplant young petai ( Parkia speciosa , Leguminosae — grown for their edible seeds ) seedlings into their gardens after the rice harvest and are reliant on bamboo for many purposes : house building , blowpipes and cooking pots for example , as well as knives to cut the umbilical cord in childbirth . |
| 10 | We have studied top management groups that are not good at problem solving and decision making precisely because the participants have weak egos and are uncomfortable with competition . |
| 11 | The compilers keep all processes in a multi-processing system busy , and are adaptable to architectures that can execute more than one instruction per cycle — such as RISC . |
| 12 | These mustards are usually from Dusseldorf and are similar to Bordeaux varieties , often containing herbs and spices . |
| 13 | These formulations are supplied in liquid form and are similar in texture to detergents although with a slightly acrid smell unless perfumed . |
| 14 | They say land values are going to soar and are incensed at Costner 's demand that local laws be changed to raise the maximum gambling stake from £3 to £60 — a move they feel is certain to attract crime . |
| 15 | People who live in the country and are close to nature , like Tess , keep many of the pagan ideas of their ancestors in their souls . |
| 16 | ‘ People are giving lip-service to security and are hell-bent on therapy above anything else . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Declare : ( 1 ) That on the taking of the accounts and inquiry order to be made and taken herein by Chief Master Munrow on 14 March 1988 the plaintiffs are entitled to raise objection to items in the defendants ' said accounts on the grounds that the items were and are unreasonable in amount but so that any doubts are to be resolved in favour of the defendants . |
| 18 | The most brilliant blues can be provided by Salvia patens and from the morning blooming Commenlina coelestis , both of which flower all summer and are easy from seed . |
| 19 | It is true that the two eldest sons , William 19 or 20 , and Thomas 16 or 17 , might have been working in the mine as subsidiary members of a gang and are unrecorded in accounts . |
| 20 | Some of the passages can be explored , and are accessible from Princesshay , parallel with the High Street . |
| 21 | Shopping and other facilities are located at ground level underneath the garages and are accessible by lifts . |
| 22 | — All variable costs remain unchanged and are proportional to volume within this range of activity . |
| 23 | The Governing Body has decided that the income from this fund , which is used according to the By-Law to provide Edith Haynes Scholarships for either undergraduates or graduates of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body , will for the present be available to make grants in the first instance to mature graduates of the College who wish to continue or resume academic work , and are ineligible for State Studentships , or similar public support , by reason of age or inability to meet the requirement of residence in the U. K. Should no such applicant come forward , graduates of another university who are or have been members of the College reading for a further degree will be considered eligible . |
| 24 | The pollution standards in a consent are defined locally by each water authority and are specific in application , with each consent negotiated on an ad hoc basis . |
| 25 | The classrooms are cramped , lack sufficient electric sockets and are deficient in lockfast areas in which to store expensive items of equipment . |
| 26 | The tentacle pores are small and are absent on arm segments beyond the second or third segment . |
| 27 | All departments in the School have strong research activities and are involved with industry through collaboration in both teaching and research . |
| 28 | Weak wheats do not rise and are suitable for biscuit-making . |
| 29 | They can be used with most front or rear-seat lap/diagonal adult seat belts , and are suitable for babies weighing up to about 10Kg . |
| 30 | a set of capital letters which are smaller than standard and are equal in size to the lower case letters for that typesize . |