Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice natural sediments are rarely composed of spherical grains , and most contain assemblages of many shapes . |
| 2 | If your elderly parent is , by nature , affectionate and demonstrative , always kiss her warmly on arrival , and when you leave ; for many old people are greatly deprived of essential physical contact . |
| 3 | Just about level with the Straits of Gibraltar and 1,300 kilometres from the Portuguese coast are the Azores , a small group of islands which are entirely built of volcanic rocks , where eruptions took place in 1957 and 1973 . |
| 4 | ‘ The trout are literally dying of old age , ’ said fishery spokesman Aidan Barry . |
| 5 | Thus it seems likely that the winter population and a substantial passage in February and March are largely composed of stellata ; passage of this species continues through April and May , and is then joined by a large movement of arctica ; immer is always a scarce species . |
| 6 | You some of you are already thinking of easy things to ask . |
| 7 | The needles are usually made of stainless steel ( the first needles were of stone , then bone and bamboo ! ) and are so fine that you should n't feel pain . |
| 8 | Roman silver dishes , for example , are usually made of high purity silver , typically over 94 per cent , but also contain a small percentage of copper ( about 3 per cent ) . |
| 9 | The groups are usually composed of genetic kin , but not always . |
| 10 | The poor are collectively starved of political resources and support . |
| 11 | How come the V&A 's lift signs are still made of black chipboard with white plastic letters that drop off at regular intervals ? |
| 12 | Rivers in this area are mainly comprised of domestic and industrial effluent , and many have been fishless in living memory . |
| 13 | The fixed , space-defining elements are strongly built of solid masonry , like houses in a town , and are linked by paths formed with steel , glass and lightweight titanium zinc ( RHEINZINK ) cladding . |
| 14 | John Berriman , 37 , and Dawn Lazenby , 24 , both of Wentworth Crescent , Braintree , are jointly accused of aggravated burglary and committing an indictable offence while in possession of a firearm . |
| 15 | In fact , the tools turn out to be either simply copper or arsenical copper ( none are made of bronze ) , whereas weapons are never made of copper alone and most are tin bronze . |