Example sentences of "are [verb] and [am/are] " in BNC.

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1 These officers , who wear the uniform of the service to which they are assigned and are not accountable to the Ministry of Defence , are often unknown to their nominal military superiors .
2 Employers may have the same anticipations as workers about the general price level , but they are more directly concerned about the price of the products they are producing and are far better informed about that .
3 ( NB In practice , these figures are adjusted and are estimates of revenues . )
4 Instruments may , however , be executed before 20 August if they are binding and are signed and delivered unconditionally before that date even though the property may in certain circumstances be delivered after that date .
5 Such ‘ trailing cables ’ which follow behind the machine are exposed and are susceptible to damage .
6 But what 's gon na happen is , these little mistakes are happening and are picking it up .
7 As the series is shared between the two parts , the note successions are varied and are not mirrored .
8 If you will , some experiences with objects outside of us can be digested ( Bion , 1961 ) because they are enjoyed and are satisfying .
9 All the handles are turned and are 45mm long , and fitted with brass ferrules .
10 Provided that environmental concerns are met and are specifically addressed in the planning process , we believe that output from the opencast sector must be blended with output from the deep-mine sector .
11 The prostaglandins are usually manufactured at the site where they are needed and are short-lived molecules , being very quickly destroyed .
12 Our mussels are cleaned and are sold fresh , staying that way for at least five days — by which time they could be in the south of France . ’
13 The question therefore arises as to how far these forms of citizen action are growing and are going to supplement much more conventional types of political participation such as voting and contacting elected representatives and officials .
14 PAR reports , as with so many other government reports , are classified and are not available to anyone except a small number of ministers and senior civil servants .
15 Common to them all is the fact that they are acted and are therefore simulations of reality , which may be done with varying degrees of realism or fantasy .
16 A more satisfactory perspective , Wood argues , is to view the resulting production system as the product of a struggle between contending groups , a struggle which , moreover , is conditioned by the particular product and labour markets , technology , and trade unions which are surrounding and are a part of the conflict .
17 ‘ We only work to the laws which are enforced and are made by Parliament . ’
18 For the nuclear industry the standards are agreed and are well advanced in the civil avionics sector and are referenced in the Bibliography .
19 Ideas are born and are exchanged between one partner and another — as equals speaking to equals — talking the same language : that of aeronautics and space technology .
20 Once those systems are in place , there must be periodic audits to ensure that those operating the systems know what they are doing and are prepared to do it .
21 They are usually highly experienced in what they are doing and are unlikely to miss the truth of what is going on .
22 Horses which rear , nap or are bad in traffic should only be dealt with by professionals , who knows what they are doing and are prepared to take the risks involved .
23 The administrative apparatus of the state has a special political significance when all social and economic relations are socialized and are planned and managed under central political direction through administrative institutions .
24 Certain contracts are excepted and are therefore not cancellable under the Regulations ( even if made during or following an unsolicited visit or an excursion ) , namely any contract :
25 What is significant in this disparity between the views of Sheldrake and Burr is the understanding that electro-magnetic fields are generated and are ‘ effects ’ of more subtle formative ‘ causes ’ .
26 The manner in which archivists and historians are dealing and are ready to deal with electronically produced data , and the adequacy of this response and of potential responses varies with the environment and nature of the data concerned .
27 Energy levels of up to 4kT are illustrated and are estimated ( according to a classical Boltzman distribution ) to be approximately 10% populated .
28 However , there are two significant additional factors : on the one hand the parents use sign language and therefore growth in the infants from gesture into sign ( rather than into speech ) is predicted , but on the other hand just over half of the sample infants are hearing and are acquiring both sign language and spoken English during this phase .
29 All overheads are fixed and are not expected to change from the present cost of f2,000 per month .
30 Local or ‘ slave ’ printers are supported and are common for users outside the Registry .
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