Example sentences of "they [am/are] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We therefore might be misled into thinking that they are of the same logical type . |
| 2 | Your own death : If they are honest , most people are not so much afraid of being dead as they are of the way they arrive at that state . |
| 3 | They are of the substance of dreams and of an intangible reality — hybrid ideas of the mind . |
| 4 | Should the local authority refuse to initiate formal proceedings for some reason , perhaps because they are of the opinion that the odour does not amount to a statutory nuisance or they themselves are causing the offending odour , then an individual complainant may himself take summary action under s.99 of the Public Health Act 1936 , ( see Chapter 3 ) but may not bring proceedings in the High Court . |
| 5 | But so far no one has determined whether they are of the type that produces the trichothecene toxins . |
| 6 | The only exceptions to the sequential rule are inserts , which can be added in without affecting any of the other material provided that they are of the same length as the material which they are replacing . |
| 7 | They are of the underrated because the universal characteristic of high skill is that , to an observer , the performance does not appear to be very difficult . |
| 8 | Whilst they are of the belief that regulation encourages diversity and underwrites artistic freedom , Brittan maintains that regulation is no different from censorship . |
| 9 | Yet … such concepts as ‘ quantitative and qualitative superiority ’ , ‘ nuclear war as a continuation of politics ’ and ‘ victory in a nuclear war ’ are as much a feature , if not more so , of the political-military literature of the [ Chief Political Directorate ] as they are of the journals and books which are more clearly military . |
| 10 | Expressed one way , as we generally shall , they are of the form If a occurred , then even if any events or conditions logically consistent with a and b had also occurred , in place of those which did , b would still have occurred . |
| 11 | Rare words like whimsey and winter-crack do occur , but they are of the kind one may suppose to have local dialect currency . |
| 12 | Discussions of deindustrialization are as often discussions of the deindustrialization of the employment location of the working population as they are of the declining importance of industrial production as a part of total production . |
| 13 | They are spurred by a marked sense of vocation : they are of the generation which grew up after the war when pollution came to be popularly identified as a serious problem needing urgent attention . |
| 14 | They are of the order of mm , and each neuron may have 10 3 to 10 5 such synapses from other neurons on its dendrites and cell body . |
| 15 | They are of the opinion that a Wooden Bridge on the water of Killarow near the Walk-Mill is very necessary , and should be built as soon as possible and made so sufficient that Horses may pass . |
| 16 | Whether the mother or the father is younger or if they are of the same age , has little effect on the infants ' survival chances , in so far as both parents are in the age most favourable to procreate healthy infants . |
| 17 | They are of the Italian mode . |
| 18 | In Figure 4.13 LECTURER and SUBJECT are known as ‘ siblings ’ because they are of the same level but of different types . |
| 19 | Accordingly , futures contracts will not be investments of the same kind as debt securities or even contracts for differences , although SFA may perhaps agree that they are of the same kind as contracts for differences for this purpose ; in practice , however , any dealer who normally deals in futures contracts is usually likely to deal in contracts for differences in any event . |
| 20 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 21 | Aye , they 're of the tinkery breed . |