Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [conj] [art] [noun sg] is " in BNC.

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1 All madeiras are blended and the blender is an artist , giving the blend its distinctive characteristics .
2 If kin are recognized but no contact is maintained , then clearly support is not being given .
3 No redundancies are foreseen and a relocation is not currently intended .
4 ( All leading spaces are stripped when the line is originally entered . )
5 Results of searches are normally dispatched by first-class mail the day they are received if the application is received by first post .
6 Some of the most important features of the remedies are highlighted and the information is presented in an easy-to-use tabular form .
7 Finally at the highest level , the limits of reason are exposed when a critique is mounted of a form of thought as such .
8 Unfortunately the meetings are happening when the shop is open .
9 Owner of a Cheltenham haulage firm , Ralph Davis , says his drivers are trapped and the situation is nasty .
10 A year and several headaches later — like the waiting list that developed rapidly for places for the under twos — the number of children has increased to 15 ( total capacity 30 ) , more are expected and the nursery is operating to plan .
11 The layers are repaired and the skin is sutured .
12 Hops are added and the mixture is boiled .
13 Er , applications are accepted from all officers who have completed a two year period of probation and no applications are considered whilst an officer is in his probation .
14 Cleaned fittings , after disinfection , are re-assembled and the whole is left to air dry for a short period before the empty cabinet is brought down to working temperature and re-filled .
15 This gave rise to the ‘ fine-tuning hypothesis ’ which suggested that learning opportunities are maximised if the adult is able to ‘ fine tune ’ her speech so that its structural complexity is always slightly in advance of that of the child .
16 However , expectations of three-cornered comparisons are dashed because the work is arranged in a straightforwardly linear and chronological fashion , and the same issues are not necessarily addressed in each of the three separate discussions on the three rooms .
17 Many poor harmonizations are written because the student is trying to think of melody and harmony together , and inevitably both suffer in consequence .
18 The Cattle of the Cottagers are impounded when the Forest is driven by the Keepers , as all other Cattle are ; and when the Owners take them from the Pound ( paying the usual Fees to the Keepers ) they turn them again into the Forest , having no other Means of maintaining them … the Cottagers … are detrimental to the Forest , by cutting Wood for Fuel , and for building Huts , and making Fences to the Patches which they inclose from the Forest ; by keeping Pigs , Sheep etc. in the Forest all the Year ; and by stealing Timber .
19 Several coats of polyurethane proofing are applied and the fabric is soft and flexible .
20 It can be useful in traffic if one can distinguish between a mini-car and a ten-ton lorry approaching ; on a train journey , the vibration can reveal when breaks are applied and the train is slowing down .
21 It is only if all these conditions are met that the adult is likely to respond appropriately ( see acts performed by children 's first words , Chapter 3 ) .
22 assumptions which are made unless a contradiction is reached ;
23 Essentially , two parallel trenches are made and the turf is folded over towards the centre .
24 She says they 're knotted as the time is almost here for the stunt .
25 THE shopping 's done , the presents are wrapped and the excitement is building up .
26 I am told that a modification is being worked on that will stop the engine rotating in the glide .
27 I am told that a baby is due to be born in September 1992 .
28 ‘ If I am told that the economy is much worse than the Government has said … there 's something wrong with the way things are run in this country .
29 I am told that the authority is not answering the telephone and that is not good enough .
30 A proper budding knife will be required — a penknife is no good at all — which is like a planting trowel in that both ends are used and the handle is not just for holding in the hand .
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