Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this sound is not of this world for other sounds are heard distinctly and cause this sound to die , though it returns with the silence . |
| 2 | All the main skills are treated thoroughly and form an integrated part of the course : |
| 3 | When the permanent notes arrive the two sets are joined up and filed in the usual way . |
| 4 | ‘ Bradford are limited financially and have to sell players to cut the wage bill , ’ said Todd . |
| 5 | Information abounds — piste maps are dispensed beside lift queues , weather forecasts are posted everywhere and broadcast incessantly . |
| 6 | Cook the beans , stirring continuously , until they are heated through and look like thick porridge . |
| 7 | To conclude : I have suggested that conversational interactions , not just for speakers who obviously " straddle two cultures " but even for those who have traditionally been called " monolingual " and " monocultural " , involve the speaker in animating a series of personas which are realised linguistically and derive their symbolic value from their association with stereotypes which have reality and symbolic value for the interactants . |
| 8 | Some of the barley is used for malting to make beer but about two-thirds is fed to beef cattle which are fattened quickly and slaughtered at about 1½ years old . |
| 9 | In such circumstances the costs are carried forward and amortised over a period not exceeding five years commencing when the group begins to benefit from the expenditure . |
| 10 | Application to practice and dissertation work are carried out and supervised on the basis of individual interests . |
| 11 | In so other countries , these kinds of surveys are carried out and published by Chambers of Commerce , government ministries ( etc ) . |
| 12 | At other times it is relatively hidden , smoothed over by extensive cultivation , familiarity and the techniques of what Bourdieu calls ‘ legitimation ’ , only to be revealed when constituent elements are wrenched away and placed in a new setting . |
| 13 | The results are keyed in and validated locally using a ‘ cut-down ’ version of the reporter module . |
| 14 | ‘ West Indians ’ are grouped together and contrasted with ‘ Asians ’ and ‘ Whites ’ . |
| 15 | An alternative explanation , however , is that rhythms with a 24-hour period are received from the external world — but that these are picked up and transmitted to the body clock less effectively in premature babies . |
| 16 | If predators do not oblige , the pests are picked off and squashed — not a job for the faint-hearted ! |
| 17 | Coral spot with its orange pustules is dealt with in this way , while any rose leaves stricken with the ubiquitous rose black spot are picked off and burnt . |
| 18 | It does not matter how many people are questioned and how well the answers are added up and averaged out — asking the wrong people the wrong question will produce the wrong answer . |
| 19 | Then if a micro-instruction contains the control bits 10011 followed by zeros , the paths from the accumulator to the left-side of the adder , from the SDR to the right side of the adder , and from the result latches to the accumulator are opened ; thus the contents of the accumulator and SDR are added together and placed in the accumulator . |
| 20 | Expect some caution in the first 15 minutes , until the players are warmed up and have judged the mood and tempo of the game . |
| 21 | Stir for 5 minutes , until the vegetables are warmed through and coated with the sauce . |
| 22 | Fiction and drama , when they are done well and provide a convincing , realistic context in which serious crimes occur , can often enable us to imagine ourselves doing things which , in the abstract description , we would consider impossible . |
| 23 | Eventually when the public are fed up and lodge a sufficient number of protests , governments will take action , and action was taken in 1991 when Parliament passed an Act called ‘ The Property Misdescriptions Act ’ . |
| 24 | Now EMF are fed up and want to be serious , spiritual rock stars and mates with Bono — and still on a diet of dangerous drugs and sex . |
| 25 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 26 | ‘ Empties are saved up and locked away in an old spray store , ’ adds Mr Doig . |
| 27 | Parliamentary proceedings are written up and published in the daily Hansard . |
| 28 | To summarize , the organic compounds found in cells are built up and broken down by enzymes . |
| 29 | unc unc Remember how the metric tables are built up and learn these comparisons . |
| 30 | They become relics , like the dismembered remains of Catholic saints that are boxed up and dispersed around Christendom to provide individual churches with the Church 's authority . |