Example sentences of "[verb] are a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , those are the sorts of things I take it that , that er we do think are a more interesting way of individuating people than their bodily . |
| 2 | The limitation is easy to spot : the unspoken assumption that the industrial and economic wealth of his country belongs by right to the whites ; and that any discomforts the blacks suffer are an unfortunate legacy of history . |
| 3 | It may be for everyone who comes to buy a ticket , but those who do choose to go are a small minority of the population . |
| 4 | When applications being developed are an integrated part of a total system , these techniques prove inadequate . |
| 5 | The most common experiences in the two years before a cancer is diagnosed are a significant loss or a sense of meaninglessness in the whole process of living . |
| 6 | In other words Braque is in effect saying ‘ My picture is an object , a flat surface , and the spatial sensations it evokes are a painter 's space which is intended to inform and not to deceive . ’ |
| 7 | Techniques of consumer targeting are an important additional input to market analysis , segmentation and planning . |
| 8 | The prices given are a guide line for the reader and are normally based on the cost of one person sharing a double or twin bedded room with breakfast included ( a single guest should expect to pay more ) . |
| 9 | And they point out that the applications being checked are a tiny percentage of the 340,000 dealt with this year . |
| 10 | Also included are a Stravinsky symphony and the first suite of Ravel 's ‘ Daphnis and Chloe ’ . |
| 11 | Tools included are a lightweight folding ladder that goes in a car boot ; a 1.3m ladder-frame , easy-climb alloy tower ; a lightweight vibrating plate for settling concrete paving blocks , that will fit into the smallest of cars ; a copper tube T-end joiner ; a skip loader ; a 10m two-man hydraulic lift ; Alligator saw ; a tree stump chipper ; and even a bouncy castle ! |
| 12 | Included are a Georgian manor with swimming pool near Cambridge , a 17th Century inn with solarium at Chelmarsh , Shropshire , and a former 19th Century vicarage in Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland . |
| 13 | The earliest sheets included are a group of twelve sketches from 1958 made after paintings by Velazquez , Goya and Piero della Francesca . |
| 14 | Also included are a SCSI disk driver , NFS and TCP/IP protocols and an Ethernet driver . |
| 15 | Also included are a SCSI disk driver , Network File System and TCP/IP protocols and an Ethernet driver . |
| 16 | Also included are a pair of paintings by Hubert Robert , a small-scale work by Lancret and a Nattier pastel portrait . |
| 17 | Also included are a collection of Cuban paintings , a selection of prints featuring work by Botero , Tamayo and Posada and some drawings by Diego Rivera . |
| 18 | Also included are a large green enamelled blue-ground saucer dish , Kangxi marks and of the period ( est. £25–35,000 ; $45–60,000 ) and a pair of yellow and blue dragon bowls of the same period ( est. £15–25,000 ; $25–45,000 ) . |
| 19 | Included are a water wheel , water float , his very own magnetic brave diver who dives from Bathtime Bear 's nose and slides down a shoot into the water . |
| 20 | Included are a number of ex-Aeroflot Antonov An-2 biplanes which are reported to be airworthy and available for sale at $600 each . |
| 21 | Among the projects to benefit are a creche and health care bursaries . |
| 22 | Business cards on which company information can be added are a growing aspect of the Ravenhill Business Park operation . |
| 23 | The ones we 've picked are a bit quieter and slightly more out of the main hubbub of our favourite resorts , to offer just a little more privacy and peace and quiet for those that want it . |
| 24 | Finally , the disincentives to innovate are a familiar problem in public bureaucracies . |
| 25 | Omitted are a whole host of major industries where the dominant pattern is less readily discernible . |
| 26 | Also recommended are an early recital by Jill Gomez of songs by Grandos , Turina and de Falla ; three miraculous Debussy discs by Livia Rev , and first recordings by the Hilliard Ensemble and the Camerata of London . |
| 27 | PLUG ARE a cheerful four-piece with a singer who likes to think he looks like Morrissey but actually bears a closer resemblance to a slightly wobbly Eddie Tenpole Tudor , and reveals an easy to spot Cud fixation . |
| 28 | It also welcomes the changes in VAT , which are clearly of benefit to commerce , and the measures to encourage prompt payment of VAT , the delays in which it says are a vital factor affecting a great number of firms . |
| 29 | Screaming and shouting are a help , though stress may be transferred to neighbours or family unless they are prepared for it . |
| 30 | Mr Reynolds said : ‘ The papers now revealed are a treasure house of new Joyce material and a priceless addition to our knowledge . ’ |