Example sentences of "[verb] are [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact what he has been using are exactly the same as the cheap mass-produced lasers used in CD machines . |
| 2 | The beginnings examined are interestingly compared with those featuring in films , whereas the exploration of middles and ends includes a study on theme patterning in " popstyling " , characterisation as it emerges from fictional discourse , and a functional typology of dialogue ( which is interesting , but unfortunately inadequately substantiated in terms of textual evidence ) in " actionbooks " . |
| 3 | Well Jennifer I think it 's er viburnum lanterna and it 's quite an interesting er bush because it was in the sixteenth century a er gave the tree its poetic name as he frequently come across it in old drove roads er over and across the old drove roads in the chalk downs of er from Winchester to Epsom and London but sorry about this it can grow to fifteen feet and in May it opens up its cluster of white flowers and it 's really quite an attractive thing but the berries I do n't think are so attractive so I think erm |
| 4 | By reducing the need to handle a complicated system , time is released from the already tight schedules for pupils to develop skills through a process whereby creative association and opportunities to learn and think are highly valued . |
| 5 | Clearly one source is unreliable , and the interpretations which it offers are heavily biased . |
| 6 | By contrast , those still stone free nine months or more after dissolution treatment has stopped are genuinely likely to have had complete gall stone dissolution . |
| 7 | The goods received are also posted to the individual stock record cards from the invoice which will show the prices ( Fig. 6.17 ) . |
| 8 | Presumably it is much more likely that such a problem would be picked up by professionals involved in a family , but it underlines the fact that children who are failing to thrive are very much at risk unless they are being taken to the clinic , for example , or are being seen regularly in the home by a Health Visitor . |
| 9 | Summer thunderstorms are common , but the torrential downpours which they often bring are soon evaporated in the hot sun and are of limited value to agriculture . |
| 10 | Most of the generalisations one could make are probably true for a lot of other languages as well . |
| 11 | The radical consequences of relationism and what it overthrows are neatly described by Loader : |
| 12 | Fleshy fruits of the type birds eat are often thought of as primitive in many features , that is to say that they share more characters with ancestral flowering plant fruits than do fruits with wind-dispersed seeds . |
| 13 | As we have seen , the " ants " that anteaters eat are often not true ants at all , but termites . |
| 14 | But Mr. de Lacy submits that both it and the previous cases which it applied are clearly distinguishable from the instant case because they all rested upon the critical circumstances that the lender or creditor in each case left it to the principal debtor to obtain , in such a way as he thought fit , the execution of the document . |
| 15 | Their important characteristic is that they cut across the divisions of the formal structure and usually are very powerful if the matters to be communicated are formally confidential or affect the future of particular individuals . |
| 16 | The study of how we receive and deal with information and how information is actually communicated are now fields of academic study . |
| 17 | Many opinions I formerly entertained are now given up & probably many of my present opinions will share the same fate — I wish them to be closely and fully ( as I know they will fairly ) examined without any regard to the author & therefore I can not by my presence aid your cause . |
| 18 | The problems which Bernie represents are most clearly visible against the patterned backdrop of the Union Jack . |
| 19 | The fields which Miss Lockwood owned are also left to you , Sara , with the provision that Mr. Preston must have the use of them for as long as he requires for his horses . " |
| 20 | Two of areas of difference they highlight are particularly relevant to the public sector — scope and responsibility . |
| 21 | The sores that it produces are usually found on the external surface of the penis in the male , but rarely the site of infection may be inside the urethra , and in these cases recurrent ‘ non-specific urethritis ’ may occur , which is particularly resistant to treatment . |
| 22 | Nearly all the walls and woodwork in the house are washed with colour — a technique which produces are more gentle effect than straight painting . |
| 23 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 24 | The majority of children referred are over five years , and the Society is actively seeking families who can meet the needs of these children . |
| 25 | The issues to which my hon. Friend referred are just those where the health service needs to do a little better on listening to patients ' needs . |
| 26 | When the Equal Opportunities Commission , in its equality agenda , describes child care facilities as meagre in the extreme compared with the facilities that are available in the rest of Europe , when we know that the women in work to whom the Minister has referred are often forced into part-time work because of inadequate child care arrangements and when we bear in mind his entirely complacent answer , is not it a good thing that a Labour Government are coming who will ensure that child care provision is expanded ? |
| 27 | The alien traits that this role imposes are most vivid at this point in the day . |
| 28 | Similarly , a negative attitude may turn to a ‘ do n't mind ’ one under certain conditions , for example when the items ironed are less intrinsically boring ( baby 's clothes are said to come in this category ) . |
| 29 | As we shall see , the controls which the courts have developed are as much concerned with supplementing legislative intent as with implementing it . |
| 30 | In spite of mean and unworthy insinuations to the contrary-insinuations which I fear are always inevitable in the case of men who hold prominent but not primary positions in any administration-I have felt a strong personal attachment to you as my chief . |