Example sentences of "are [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You stick a Frownie on the parts of the face you are most likely to screw up in pain — the forehead , the outer end of the cheekbones — so that when your face starts to contract , you will realise it is happening , and relax your features into a seraphic , line-free mask . |
| 2 | But the Greeks , though they enjoy buying the products of other people 's factories , are stubbornly reluctant to go in for factories themselves . |
| 3 | Because the elite , through their superior wealth , are better able to live up to the so-called modern values , which are all the more costly to support because of their external source , they are further differentiated from the poor . |
| 4 | Perhaps for the sake of brevity , although not for precision and clarity , it is not unusual in some catalogues and lists to find some species roses included under the rambler heading , which like R. wichuraiana , have the same sprawling habit and are sufficiently vigorous to get up into trees . |
| 5 | Soilless composts will do very well as they are , keeping them slightly on the dry side , but be very careful , as such composts take a long time to dry out but then do so completely with alarming rapidity , and are exceedingly difficult to wet through to the centre of the root-ball . |
| 6 | There is again some anecdotal evidence that such degrees are less likely to lead on to postgraduate research , and some of the figures in Table 3.2 suggest this ; but such assertions need to be tested empirically . |
| 7 | The sentences are less likely to run out of puff in mid-stream and trail off into inaudibility . |
| 8 | They are so keen to get on with it that they can be guaranteed to see the rabbit before any human and are fast off the mark . |
| 9 | They are scarcely free to shop around for the officer who would give them the easiest time . |
| 10 | There followed the annus mirabilis of 1889 during which , on Wilson 's later estimate , 130,000 members were enrolled in branches at 45 ports , a number representing , net of officers , engineers , cooks and stewards , " almost the whole of the seamen in the British mercantile marine " , though , he added with unusual candour , " it is true that they are not all paying up at the present time " , partly , it seems , because of the union 's policy of issuing " privilege tickets " involving no entry money or contributions until members could afford to pay . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it is a shame that more people are not convinced by the results that care in the community is producing and are not prepared to move over in greater numbers , ’ says Mrs Polson , who was also a sister at Aycliffe Hospital during her 10 years there . |
| 12 | But they will also be suitable for students who have just finished Standard Grades , but are not ready to go on to Highers . |
| 13 | When a ring of netting is placed round a warren , all bolting rabbits must be caught provided that they are not able to get back into the burrow . |
| 14 | A council spokesman said : ‘ All employees are issued with identity cards which they are always happy to hand over for close inspection . |
| 15 | The rest of the poem is concerned with the social causes of human misery : the Female Vagrant tells us that This is dismissed by many critics as ‘ tainted with Godwinism ’ , but I can not myself see that lines like these are ever likely to become out of date . |
| 16 | This on-line printer library can magic up a driver for any printer you are ever likely to meet in under a couple of minutes . |
| 17 | when I want to buy a shirt , that men 's shirts are usually all sealed up in a package |
| 18 | By day , however , they are more likely to move in on someone else 's kill and carry off parts that other jaws can not crack ( below ) . |
| 19 | Most aphids can grow up either as a wingless stationary form or a winged migratory form ; they are more likely to grow up with wings if the local population density is high . |
| 20 | Partners who divorce are more likely to end up as local authority tenants even if they were previously owner-occupiers ( Holmans , Nandy , and Brown 1987 ) . |
| 21 | Species with good jumping ability are more able to get out of pits than are species that can not jump ( Rackham , 1982 ) . |
| 22 | However , in abstract thinking it has always been our habit to assume the role of Ego perfectly isolated from spontaneity ; and even when in theory we have learned to distinguish the play-acting from real life , we are still liable to slip back into thinking as though the agent applying ‘ Be aware ’ were indeed an Ego unaffected by inclination veering with awareness . |
| 23 | They may draw some comfort from a survey revealing recession-hit parents are still prepared to spend out on youngsters . |
| 24 | They may draw some comfort from a survey revealing recession-hit parents are still prepared to spend out on youngsters . |
| 25 | 3 STEVE BULL scored twice as England finished their European Championship Under-21 qualifying campaign with a flourish in Jastrzebie Zdruj , but they are still likely to miss out on a quarter-final place for the first time since the competition began 13 years ago . |
| 26 | Yet ambitious and confident consultants , especially those good at business development and successful at winning shootouts , are still able to branch out on their own , and it would not be healthy for the industry if this were otherwise . |
| 27 | ‘ Some of the residents are still able to go over to the shops . |
| 28 | Social workers and their managers are clearly ready to knuckle down to the task of making the policy work for users . |
| 29 | Marconi are also certain to go up after beating Pyestock ‘ K ’ and Ash ‘ K ’ and drawing with Frimley ‘ E ’ . |
| 30 | They are afraid to stay in in case their doors are kicked in , but they are also afraid to go out in case their homes are done in while they are out . |