Example sentences of "[noun pl] be covered [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flows are covered with large , high wrinkles and ridges , concentric with the edges of the flow , where the stiff surface layer was crinkled up by the pressure of more material arriving from behind — rather like a pahoehoe surface on a basalt lava , but on a much bigger scale . |
| 2 | The undersides are covered with fine brown hairs or down . |
| 3 | Under the 1* Budget policy , guns and firearms are covered for standard perils . |
| 4 | Under 2* and 3* policies , guns and firearms are covered for standard perils but excluded under Wider Cover for Sports Equipment . |
| 5 | Such plans are covered by separate legislation under the 1974 Finance Act and will continue to attract tax relief at the rate of 25 per cent . |
| 6 | Their surfaces are covered with tiny pores through which water is drawn into the body by flagella , and then expelled through larger vents . |
| 7 | In Britain , the HSE says that the responsibilities of workers , employers and suppliers for handling sulphur hexafluoride and its breakdown products are covered in general terms under the Health and Safety at Work Act and the guidelines on the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health . |
| 8 | Looking like huge , animated pine-cones , these unusual animals are covered in large , overlapping scales that extend right down to the tip of the long , prehensile tail . |
| 9 | The World Spring Championships and the amazing Train performances are covered in full from page 41 . |
| 10 | ( Goodman , 1978 , p. 30 ) Thus in Belgium , although most industrial sectors are covered by national ( industry-wide ) agreements providing minimum conditions which can be improved upon , in sectors such as the chemical industry these provisions are almost meaningless since the bulk of collective bargaining is carried out at the level of the plant or establishment ( Blanpain , 1982a ) . |
| 11 | Until the bond is finalised , Forte clients are covered by temporary insurance . |
| 12 | The palazzo 's marble walls were made blotched and hideous by some obscene , scaly growth , and its steps were covered in green and black slime . |
| 13 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates armed with simple rods like those of the dorsal surface . |
| 14 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates and spinelets similar to those of the dorsal side . |
| 15 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small scales . |
| 16 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small scales . |
| 17 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates . |
| 18 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates similar to those of the dorsal surface . |
| 19 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates sometimes bearing a spinelet . |
| 20 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface , spinelets may be present . |
| 21 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface , they may also be armed with granule-like spinelets . |
| 22 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with thick skin . |
| 23 | The ventral interradial areas are covered by small scales . |
| 24 | The ventral interradial areas are covered by similar spinelets to the dorsal side but they become less dense nearer the proximal part of the disk . |
| 25 | Difficulties have arisen as to whether letters written to Ministers by M.P.s in the course of their duties are covered by absolute privilege . |
| 26 | Using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for developing immunoassays is also covered in relation to the development of radioimmunoassays ( RIAs ) and enzyme immunoassays ( EIAs ) , and assays for a number of different analytes such as trinitrotoluene and the avermectin family of macrocyclic lactones are covered in specific chapters . |
| 27 | The hills and mountains are covered in lush green vegetation . |
| 28 | The bag with the dress in it was crushed , her pale shoes were covered with black scuff marks . |
| 29 | My broad bean plants are covered in little brown spots on the leaves . |
| 30 | These spines are covered in small backward-directed barbs , so that once in the flesh they are almost impossible to dislodge . |