Example sentences of "the [noun pl] are not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The portents are not what one would call auspicious . |
| 2 | Whereas PCs are often sold at 25 per cent to 30 per cent discount , the accessories are not discounted at such high levels . |
| 3 | The essays are not primarily concerned with consciousness , and indeed ‘ consciousness ’ does not appear in the index ; they are , however , concerned with the relation of brain activity to mental processes , and to the status of psychological laws . |
| 4 | This means that the details of the contracts are not negotiable as with forward contracts . |
| 5 | LOADSA BOTTLE : Ian Botham has plenty to celebrate — the Pakistanis are not so sure |
| 6 | If you walk up and down a pebbly beach , you will notice that the pebbles are not arranged at random . |
| 7 | The accounts are not exactly the same . |
| 8 | There are no balance sheets because there are no assets or liabilities in the books : sales are only recognized when cash is received ( so there are no debtors ) ; purchases are only recognized when cash is paid ( so there are no creditors ) ; there are no stock adjustments because the accounts are not concerned with recording usage , only with the fact that cash has been paid for purchases ( so there is no closing stock figure ) ; there are no fixed assets , for the same reason . |
| 9 | On the other hand , the extent to which the return on capital employed calculation can measure operating capability , given that the accounts are not current cost accounts , is debatable . |
| 10 | The grants of Valence and Gallia Ulterior to the Alans , and that of Sapaudia to the Burgundians are not attested elsewhere . |
| 11 | Since , according to the argument above , the rights of the shareholders are not foundational , the necessary reforms may legitimately be undertaken . |
| 12 | From the nexus of contracts perspective the shareholders are not owners , but simply one of the several parties who make a contract with management to provide a factor of production ( in their case , capital ) for their common benefit . |
| 13 | Since the directors are the sole shareholders , the shareholders are not deprived of anything , and it could be said that the sole controllers are not dishonest within Ghosh . |
| 14 | In the case of language , however , the patterns are not immediately observable in the way that , say , cloud formations are : as we have noted above , they are observed in the configuration of the data after the analysis has been carried out . |
| 15 | The signs are not at all difficult to pick up . |
| 16 | Wales was once known as a fly-half factory , but since Jonathan Davies went North there has been not a single successor of world class selected for the national team and at the moment the signs are not good that one is about to come off the production like . |
| 17 | The signs are not always immediately apparent or indicative , and can easily lead us up the garden path ; we have to learn to recognize the various spots and blemishes , however small . |
| 18 | Even at setts which are used regularly , the signs are not always clear if there are only a few animals present . |
| 19 | In Scotland things are still intact , but the signs are not good ’ . |
| 20 | It is time to go downstairs , to see how Deirdre is getting on in the kitchen , to make sure the butlers are not drinking too much . |
| 21 | In England the courts are almost certain to take the view that the way taxes are spent is a political question which the courts are not the proper bodies to consider , and that no taxpayer has sufficient interest to raise this matter in court . |
| 22 | It must be stressed that the courts are not challenging the merits of the decision but rather the power of the body in question to reach that particular decision . |
| 23 | The courts are not permitted to consult Hansard . |
| 24 | The courts are not solely responsible for the prison numbers crisis , however . |
| 25 | When they exercise powers of review , the courts are not attempting to decide whether or not the original decision was right or wrong . |
| 26 | In other words the courts are not required to be so vigilant in his case as he is presumed to have negotiated the terms of his contract . |
| 27 | This principle applies in full force in dealing with the harmonic idioms of the present day , in which discords are approached and quitted with the utmost freedom , and there is often little or no feeling of resolution at all , for there must always be ‘ part-writing ’ and the notes must ‘ go somewhere ’ and not be left in the air , so to speak , even if the progressions are not in accord with nineteenth-century harmonic notions . |
| 28 | Even Father says the Germans are not a bad lot really . |
| 29 | This is our forward area and the Germans are not far off . ’ |
| 30 | In nearly all examinations the scripts are not judged simply on the questions that the student has answered , where he has not answered all he was expected to answer . |