Example sentences of "are [adj] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many animals are lighter underneath than on the back , or ‘ counter-shaded ’ . |
| 2 | The mane and the wing of the Corinthian pegasus are visible beneath and to the left of the corn ear of Metapontum . |
| 3 | If the cross-section happens to be smaller at a certain place , then the forces are larger there than at the neighbouring cross-sections , so the beam will be further constricted , etc. , leading to the so-called sausage instability ( Fig. 3.3(a) ) . |
| 4 | I had a close look at the table last night — what really — ehh — scares me is Scum 's away form — in fact they are better away than at Old Scumford — even so they are just as good away as we are at HQ … yes they are vulnerable — but as they got points from the games vs us , Newcastle , Blacburn and Scousers recently i ca n't see what ( who ) is gon na crack them ? |
| 5 | Watford are better away than at home . |
| 6 | There are a series of peaks that show up in the detector like a range of mountains as there are lots of gamma rays at different energies coming from the many naturally radioactive materials that are all around and within us . |
| 7 | Early references to the flora are present incidentally or by inference in accounts by early travellers to the islands or other writers about the islands . |
| 8 | The leading industrial countries are essential simply because of their large weight in world trade and world industrial production and income . |
| 9 | The national Freedom brochure and regionalised Freedom guides are available individually or as a set from selected Tourist Information Centres throughout Britain . |
| 10 | the books are available separately or in sets with two audio cassettes . |
| 11 | What a relief when a second circular dated 18 December arrived , saying that 0.4 mg supplements are available singly or as B group tablets . |
| 12 | Finally , ‘ dedicated ’ asset specificity refers to resources which , in principle , are usable elsewhere but for which no effective demand exists outside the present transaction ; their installation was conditional on continuing demand from a particular buyer ( see Williamson , 1983 : 526 ) . |
| 13 | More shops , offices and industrial properties are vacant today than in April 1990 . |
| 14 | Strictly , equations ( 6.5 ) and ( 6.6 ) are equivalent only if in estimating equation ( 6.6 ) the restriction is imposed that the coefficient estimated on is equal to the negative of the constant term divided by the mean of . |
| 15 | Although the minister is uniquely and personally responsible to Parliament for everything — everything , that is , outside clinical decisions — which is done or left undone in the health service , he administers it through a hierarchy of non-elective bodies on which the professions are strongly represented and are influential more than in proportion to their numbers . |
| 16 | The two mirrors are close together and at right angles , with a narrow slit-like space in between . |
| 17 | With this in mind , those concerned with information management in schools need to be aware of any new technologies which can assist in the development of learning skills which are relevant across and beyond the curriculum . |
| 18 | But there might also be , and were traditionally held to be , sentences that are true solely because of what they mean . |