Example sentences of "are [verb] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For policymakers the key point to recognise is that the way that people whom the organisation wishes to lose are treated is paramount , not just for their sakes , but also for those whom the organisation wishes to keep . |
| 2 | At the end of the last chapter , it was apparent that the classification scheme which we are using is fallible . |
| 3 | In other words , although social scientists certainly want to make sure that the information that they are gathering is accurate , this is only a necessary — not a sufficient — goal . |
| 4 | It is one of the most significant and important respects in which the recession from which we are recovering is different from all previous recessions . |
| 5 | The substrate on which the pellets are resting is important , and pellets on soft soil could be pushed into the soil rather than being crushed . |
| 6 | ( 1 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is held or to the premises of a registered club : ( a ) if the holder of the licence or , as the case may be , the club gives notice of the application of the section to the premises In accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below , and ( b ) as from such date as may be specified in the said notice : Provided that , in the case of premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held or the premises of a club , the licence-holder or the club , as the case may be , shall not give notice of application as aforesaid , and this section shall not apply to such premises , unless the licensing board for the area within which the premises are situated is satisfied that the premises are structurally adapted and bona fide used , or intended to be used , for the purpose of habitually providing the customary main meal at midday for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises . |
| 7 | ( 1 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is held or to the premises of a registered club : ( a ) if the holder of the licence or , as the case may be , the club gives notice of the application of the section to the premises in accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below , and ( b ) as from such date as may be specified in the said notice : Provided that , in the case of premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held or the premises of a club , the licence-holder or the club , as the case may be , shall not give notice of application as aforesaid and this section shall not apply to such premises , unless the licensing board for the area within which the premises are situated is satisfied that the premises are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , for the purpose of habitually providing , for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises , substantial refreshment to which the sale and supply of alcoholic liquor is ancillary . |
| 8 | ( 1 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a public house licence is held and in respect of which an application for Sunday opening has not been granted under Schedule 4 to this Act : ( a ) if the holder of the licence gives notice of the application of the section to the premises in accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below , and ( b ) as from such date as may be specified in the said notice : Provided that a licence-holder shall not give notice of application as aforesaid , and this section shall not apply to the premises for which he holds his licence , unless : ( i ) the licensing board for the area within which the premises are situated is satisfied that the premises are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , for the purpose of habitually providing the customary main meal at midday or in the evening , or both , for the accommodation of persons frequenting the remises , and that the part of the premises mentioned in subsection 3 ) below does not contain a bar counter . |
| 9 | To this the applicant and his advisers respond that however understandable the authorities ' current attitude may be the course which they are adopting is unfair , for two cumulative reasons . |
| 10 | The information we are gaining is essential in developing more realistic models . ’ |
| 11 | Ask your dealer if the species you are purchasing is captive bred or wild caught . |
| 12 | Does the Secretary of State realise that his comments have failed to persuade the House that the policy that he and the Government are operating is right ? |
| 13 | In one form or another these issues , which are really all variations of the same issue , are of very long standing , but the style in which they are presented is liable to change very rapidly . |
| 14 | Consequently , the statements , and the concepts figuring in them , will be as precise and informative as the theory in whose language they are framed is precise and informative . |
| 15 | In a bilateral system comprising a network of reciprocal relationships the entity against which claims are made is evident . |
| 16 | The matter of which they are made is crushed right out of existence … but it leaves behind it a gravitational field , as if it were still there but compressed into a very small volume of space . |
| 17 | The crimes that are put under these headings were identified in the last chapter , but that such distinctions are made is clear , for example , in the casual remarks the police make when responding to the respective incidents . |
| 18 | LOCKJAW is actually another term for the extremely serious condition of Tetanus , and so I think what you are describing is recurrent dislocation of the tempero-mandibular joints , which link the jaw to the skull . |
| 19 | The green left sleeve brassard carries a red-on-yellow rampant Lion of Scotland patch , which we are told is special to the CO and his crew . |
| 20 | As with repayment loans , the interest you are paying is eligible for tax relief ( see under MIRAS on page 25 ) . |
| 21 | After all , if what I think you are supposing is true , it would hardly be in my interest for such information to emerge . |
| 22 | This is a pity , for arguably an appreciation of both the importance of the social construction of feminity and masculinity and the extent to which fundamental concepts are gendered is necessary before the process by which men and women 's thinking about marriage and divorce can be understood . |
| 23 | We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend . |
| 24 | We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend . |
| 25 | Their actual meaning is unclear because the definition of the population on which they are based is ambiguous . |
| 26 | They tell you that what you are experiencing is real , ’ he says . |
| 27 | We can see that the quality of education students are getting is deteriorating . |
| 28 | With non-admissible algorithms the order in which spanning hypotheses are found is unknown , and there is , therefore , no principled way of knowing when to stop . |
| 29 | It is possible that the question you are asking is different from the sorts of discussion you have encountered in what you have read on the subject . |
| 30 | Far from winning concessions , however , they will find what they are doing is abhorrent both to the Protestant and Catholic communities . |