Example sentences of "[verb] are [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but the trips he 's using are big . |
| 2 | The seaplanes that do remain are small aircraft , not generally used for scheduled passenger services . |
| 3 | There are few forested areas of the world that remain untouched by human activity and those that do remain are unlikely to survive intact in the future . |
| 4 | In terms of a common form of theism , we have suggested that those world religions we have examined are all fundamentally monotheistic — they believe in one God . |
| 5 | But so far as the confusions about to be examined are concerned , it does not solve the difficulty . |
| 6 | Which two places on map H do you think are best for new warehouses and distribution ? |
| 7 | Which do you think are good , entirely good ? |
| 8 | Switching , if I may , from Victorian novelists to more contemporary novelists , who do you think are good novelists of today ? |
| 9 | Wayne 's World may have made Scooby Doo hip , but we 're talking serious addiction to cartoon characters that even your five-year-old sister would think are naff . |
| 10 | So in this chapter you will find some pointers for looking at what you might think are everyday activities . |
| 11 | But the approach is not adequate by itself : on the one hand , not all of the functions which government consciously decides to perform are public ; and on the other hand , there may well be functions performed by non-governmental bodies which have not attracted government attention , encouragement or participation but which nevertheless are of public importance . |
| 12 | So far all he has received are 100 free shares . |
| 13 | Such attempts as we can make are essential . |
| 14 | The regulations which a licensing board may make are concerned with procedure only . |
| 15 | In contrast , the rules of dress or of how we eat are unwritten guides to behaviour . |
| 16 | What is more , many naturally-occurring chemicals are highly toxic : the natural foods we eat are stiff with potentially damaging chemicals — plants , in particular , spike their products with an armoury of defensive substances ( see p 15 ) , fungi on the plants contribute their own toxins , and the bacteria in our gut add to the number we absorb . |
| 17 | This last objection can be put in a form applicable to many of the theories discussed in this book : that it may be a mistake to try to define the essential features of literature in absolute and objective terms ; that such definitions as one may devise are likely to be relevant only to certain kinds or certain features of literature , or merely constitute one among a number of possible ways of approaching the subject . |
| 18 | Amongst the flowers that turn a very dark colour when pressed are deep red primulas and auriculas , as well as small orchids . |
| 19 | The related themes I am pursuing are difficult to keep apart , and really require a contrapuntal or fugal exposition . |
| 20 | Innominate Crack and Kern Knotts Crack are both 4c , though the first is the harder overall and more suited to the modern climber , being less of a squirm than the other . |
| 21 | Moreover , what we perceive far exceeds what actually interacts with our nervous system ; for what interacts with our nervous systems is occurrent energy and what we perceive are continuant objects ( see earlier , p. 98 ) . |
| 22 | The four surviving landscapes Modigliani painted are dry , limpid scenes with an air of desolation ; trees dominate , cypress trees or leafless trees , standing like sentinels in front of the houses and buildings , as if waiting for the people to emerge . |
| 23 | Also calculated are various indices of readability , including Flesch-Kincaid , Flesch Reading Ease , Gunning 's Fog Index , and the LIX factor . |
| 24 | Some common names are OK ( Oscar , Jack Dempsey , Convict are current throughout the UK ) but ‘ Yellow Dwarf Cichlid ’ could be any one of several dwarfs from Africa or South America , and ‘ Butterfly Cichlid ’ can mean at least two different fish . |
| 25 | The only freedoms of the truly enslaved are subtle subversion and private dissent . |
| 26 | Among the many others honoured are Olympic oarsman Matthew Pinsent , a lock-keeper who created the Pooh Sticks championships and a typist who works in an insolvency department . |
| 27 | Conditions in England while the tax was being gathered are likely to have been grim , considering the devastation caused by the recent fighting , and that the tribute came on top of the large amounts levied in Æthelred 's reign . |
| 28 | Now , what we do n't want are detailed particulars of the shop , the salesperson 's home address and physical attributes . |
| 29 | The millionth customer , the millionth unit produced , the 200 per cent sales performance and a major project completed are all worthy of the Profitboss 's endeavours to achieve publicity for his team . |
| 30 | Students who are provisionally enrolled are subject to the Charter , Statutes , Ordinances and Regulations of the University as are from time to time in force . |