Example sentences of "[vb base] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think Americans and Russians find it strange that we are 100% funded by government and over 50% of the cases we bring are against government departments . |
| 2 | It was built in 876 , and those ancient parts of the church that remain are among the few fragments from that time that still exist , not only in Milan , but also in Lombardy . |
| 3 | The gestures they make are at one with their interesting footwork . |
| 4 | All the samples you make are of use to you . |
| 5 | The perceptual distinctions we make are of the very stuff of our existence , and in some way the foundation of all else . |
| 6 | If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions . |
| 7 | Data creation and data capture are at odds with each other ; the protagonists and the interpreters of history are still at cross purposes . |
| 8 | I read recently that applicants for the Institute of Advanced Motorists test are in the ratio of one woman to four men , but the success rate shows virtually the same number of women passing as men . |
| 9 | The various modifications which these organs undergo are of considerable taxonomic importance and are dealt with in the chapters devoted to the different orders of insects . |
| 10 | They have to communicate to their public and explain how the services they provide are of value . |
| 11 | Babies born to women who smoke are on average 200 grams lighter than babies born to comparable non-smoking mothers . |
| 12 | Seven of these figure are in the current show , two done directly onto the gallery 's walls . |
| 13 | The charities which benefit are for men and women . |
| 14 | The funds they receive are for specific services — hence the term ‘ fund accounting ’ . |
| 15 | Most of the photographs I receive are of unsaleable objects , with a smattering from the lunatic fringe such as the lady from Virginia who wanted to sell the handcuffs used to detain Charles Manson when he was first arrested . |
| 16 | The descriptions of them in the books we read are for the most part as unlike the truth as are the descriptions of aristocratic life in the books they read . |
| 17 | I keep Koi in the main pond and goldfish in the other and like many fishkeepers ( whom I suspect are in the same situation as I ) I felt that I would be happier with some sort of quarantine/treatment facility for use when I purchase new fish . |
| 18 | I mean , Ride are from bloody Banbury , how happening is that ? ’ |
| 19 | Nature , Sickert insisted , is not going to sit still and wait till you have got what is there — all the most interesting things that happen are of the most momentary description . |
| 20 | The things that matter are in this book . |
| 21 | The only modern poems I enjoy are by Kipling . |
| 22 | We will not normally discuss the technology out of which the architectures that we describe are to be implemented . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , in terms of the numbers of temporary workers involved , the industries we consider are amongst the most important ones . |
| 24 | Many of them are well known , such as Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle , but we have to ensure that people are aware that some of the lesser-known sites they visit are in the care of Historic Scotland , and that they realise many more are on offer , ’ says Bill . |
| 25 | Things that we perceive to be solid and separate are in reality just various forms of energy . |
| 26 | The explicit arguments of which I know are to my mind hopeless . |
| 27 | The people who know are in the careers service . |
| 28 | The conclusions which historians draw are in themselves controversial . |
| 29 | I mean if you speak three different languages you could use three different words to put the same sort of thought of a picture dog , chien , hound there 's probably an Italian and a and that but if you speak the languages then different words different codes if you like are for the same idea . |
| 30 | A LOT OF the enquiries that we get are on the lines of ‘ will a Series III such and such from a LWB fit my SWB Series II ? ’ |