Example sentences of "are [verb] [prep] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The main subject areas are referred to as superfields , of which there are ten .
2 Many of these are technology gatekeepers , and are referred to as consultants .
3 Recipients of services , whether they are referred to as users , clients or patients , are entitled to be consulted about their treatment and care and to participate as fully as possible in decisions about their lives .
4 They used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds , but now that their very primitive character is recognised , they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply , blue-greens .
5 The two new patients are referred to as cases 4 and 5 .
6 Instead it provides a writeable control store and a micro-instruction set oriented wards the interpretation of what are referred to as S-languages ( for secondary languages ) .
7 VARIABLES — Characteristics , attributes or qualities that can vary in magnitude among individual cases or which have different categories are referred to as variables in statistical analyses where , usually , their relationship ( for example , between education of mothers and the number of children ever born to them ) is studied .
8 At sites where a number of periods of occupation overlie one another , the archaeologist has to identify and record very large numbers of what are referred to as contexts — divisions of the excavated material that can be distinguished in some way from their neighbours .
9 Nevertheless , multiple persons and entities , such as ‘ shipowners , ’ ‘ charterers , ’ ‘ possessors of property shipped , ’ ‘ masters of the vessel , ’ their ‘ agents , ’ and even ‘ ships ’ are referred to as carriers in bill of lading law and practice once they are made responsible for loss or damage to cargo .
10 Because the activity is taking place in London , rather than in the home countries of the currencies in question , the markets are referred to as Euromarkets .
11 They are referred to in disputes to tell the parents what happened and are believed in preference to the ‘ naughty ’ child .
12 The more important elements of the definition of the new offence are referred to in paragraphs 34–58 .
13 These are referred to by researchers as attitudes , values , beliefs and opinions .
14 These are looked after by teams of directly employed cleaners , under the control of a hygiene officer .
15 It appears that the surfeit rings in the crystal are compensated for by holes at the lattice sites .
16 Species resembling this one in general shape are met with in rocks of Cretaceous and younger age .
17 They are made of in pieces of redwood or pine .
18 bodies are made in in planks you see and there 's a rib in it .
19 Education is rarely named by providers for fear of alienation and women are talked about in ways which make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end .
20 Rights are thought of as things which are possessed , enjoyed , exercised , yielded up , foregone , etc .
21 Similarly , trade unions are thought of as institutions whose objectives and practices are fundamentally opposed to the public interest .
22 The notions of system and homology are gone ; neither literature in general nor individual texts are thought of as systems , and consequently analogies with linguistic structures do not apply .
23 Evidence about who actually acts as an unpaid carer has to be pieced together from various statistical sources , but the best informed estimates seem to be that very few people are cared for by non-relatives , and that women provide about 75 to 85 per cent of relative care .
24 A further 25,000 are cared for in homes run by voluntary organizations and 78,000 are cared for in private residential care .
25 ‘ All the guys down here will choose to wear plain , dark wetsuits , although quite a few of us are dictated to by sponsors on that front .
26 Most marriages are entered into with expectations on both sides of sexual compatibility .
27 It is suggested therefore that photocopying , faxing and catering for meetings , which require a minimum of training , are dealt with by members of the Typing Pool .
28 One inescapable consequence of operating a highly discretionary decision-making process is a marked degree of disparity in the way similar offenders are dealt with by sentencers in different parts of the country .
29 As you probably know , about ninety eight per cent of all criminal cases are dealt with by magistrates ' court , which is a truly remarkable figure , and I think you have to think about it twice when it 's first said .
30 Many disputes are dealt with by bodies other than courts .
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