Example sentences of "are [adv] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , put in a few pages at the end of chapters , they are rather an ‘ add-on ’ . |
| 2 | We are rather an old congregation , there 's no doubt about it , apart from the here . |
| 3 | Possums are mostly an annoyance for co-workers , who learn not to rely on them . |
| 4 | PEUGEOT cordless drills are obviously an attractive prize as our wordsearch competition ( WW/Nov.91/p.1143 ) brought a pile of correct answers into the Woodworker office . |
| 5 | Firstly TBDFs are basically an extension across borders of a phenomenon which in the 1980S expanded dramatically at national level . |
| 6 | It also follows from Parsons 's argument that there is a general belief that stratification systems are just , right and proper , since they are basically an expression of shared values . |
| 7 | They police waterways , clean coastlines , help ships in trouble , and are basically an integral part of international co-operation and patrol . |
| 8 | The current serious cut-backs in adult education and the social services due to economic difficulties are perhaps an indication that the Church should step in to make available its local resources in building plant and volunteer personnel . |
| 9 | For example , it is possible that clinical cases are only an extreme form of a normal reaction to the short winter days . |
| 10 | The times are only an indication of when results are due . |
| 11 | Numbers are very small , and of course tabular data are only an extremely crude summary of a very complex range of feelings ; however ( excluding those whose attitudes were not known or impossible to summarise ) , it appears that three carers in the action samples felt the strain had lightened , four that it had remained the same and five that it had worsened . |
| 12 | In fact , its sense organs and body are only an outward expression of this inward patterning , which we call instinct . |
| 13 | When wet nights are only an occasional problem try and see whether there is any pattern . |
| 14 | But even if you do have to pretend , just this once , that you are only an ordinary tourist , that trip will live in your memory , even if it is n't entered in your log-book . |
| 15 | ‘ They are only an average valleys side who change in the pub , ’ he chuckles . |
| 16 | The insects are only an annoyance on the rare days when there is n't a breeze blowing , and are more than compensated for by the wealth of bird life in the area And it is not only birds . |
| 17 | To the West are the rugged moors of Brontë Country , and the magnificent Dales and Peaks are only an hour 's drive away . |
| 18 | While the negotiability of international bills of exchange was recognized as early as 1603 , and of domestic bills less than a hundred years later , Chief Justice Holt refused to extend the principle to promissory notes , which ‘ are only an invention of the goldsmiths in Lombard Street , who had a mind to make a law to bind all those that did deal with them ’ . |
| 19 | Even the National Front are only an extension of a marked allegiance to patriotism , authority and the Government . |
| 20 | Wedding bells are merely an incidental punctuation in a life which will already be committed to career , aerobic class and the occasional night with the lasses . |
| 21 | Quite often however the question of whether materials are merely an annoyance or in fact a danger to health is a quantitative one . |
| 22 | Truffles are merely an expensive and tasty seasoning ; but morels are more substantial , to be relished intact , whole and good . |
| 23 | With only 38 hectares , its few vineyards are merely an extension of Bouzy 's , growing over the ridge of the Bois des Dames and down the slopes of forested valley in which Louvois is situated . |
| 24 | Therefore the lists of reasons below are merely an indication of the range , rather than a ranking . |
| 25 | Networks are merely an enabling technology , and the applications that run on them little more than means to an end : information . |
| 26 | Avoid situations where you are merely an added attraction or gimmick ! |
| 27 | These are merely an essential introduction . |
| 28 | These duties are merely an extension of their usual council duties . |
| 29 | It should be borne in mind , however , that the modules which constitute the award are merely an indication of the expected level of competence to be demonstrated by office workers who hold a qualification at Level I and II . |
| 30 | You are normally an all action sort , but today you are not at your explosive best . |