Example sentences of "[verb] are [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | The seller should of course resist such warranties because of their vagueness , and insist that , if he is to give such a warranty , the purpose should be clearly specified in the contract , with sufficient detail to enable him to be sure that the goods that he supplies are in fact suitable for that purpose . |
| 3 | All the samples you make are of use to you . |
| 4 | Also , cooling can produce spectral shifts in emission wavelength , so although it may have potential uses for geological applications where CL emission at room temperature is meagre , the full effects of cooling are at present poorly known and the technique can not be recommended as a regular practice for petrographic purposes . |
| 5 | The battles and skirmishes of middle-class rural boundary disputing are of interest only to their panting protagonists . |
| 6 | It is your responsibility to ensure that you and those for whom you are booking are in possession of valid passport and any appropriate visas ( please see Holiday Information on page 14 ) . |
| 7 | Some of the problems are highly complex and unique in that lives are at stake depending on their successful resolution . |
| 8 | This action plan makes it evident that many of the organisational improvements recommended are in fact features synonymous with an ‘ openly run ’ school with an ‘ open ’ form of decision-making . |
| 9 | They have to communicate to their public and explain how the services they provide are of value . |
| 10 | An unsuccessful search terminates when the end points of the section of the list being searched are in fact next to each other , and neither matches the searched-for item . |
| 11 | Babies born to women who smoke are on average 200 grams lighter than babies born to comparable non-smoking mothers . |
| 12 | You would probably choose to use materials of this kind because the aspects of the culture featured are of relevance to your students . |
| 13 | Similarly for example 3 , syntax would choose are over arc , and for example 2 , semantics would choose dog rather than clog . |
| 14 | The garments being made are on order from stores such as C&A , Top Shop , and Wallace 's . |
| 15 | less greedily rooted are at risk . |
| 16 | ‘ The materials used are from building sites and they 're all associated with destruction . ’ |
| 17 | Questions about how examination results should be interpreted are of interest in their own right but are also important in studies of school effectiveness and wider debates about how educational institutions should be evaluated and held accountable . |
| 18 | The prices shown are per person based on two people sharing a twin/double room . |
| 19 | The other side chains shown are in contact with the phosphate backbone . |
| 20 | TIP Get several estimates , or recommendations from friends or consult Which ? magazine before deciding whether any goods or services you 're offered are in fact good value . |
| 21 | Things that we perceive to be solid and separate are in reality just various forms of energy . |
| 22 | The two who escaped are in hospital . |
| 23 | Assignment is a relation in the technical sense , but as it is a unary relation , many readers may feel more at ease if we speak of it as a property ( the two ways of speaking are of course completely inter-convertible ) . |
| 24 | They have been identified as a type of coral-like single-cell organism and the radioactive materials detected are in line with authorised effluent discharges from Sellafield during the past year . |
| 25 | Even if the rights being asserted are in reality a reflection of parental responsibility to ensure that children receive a suitable education ( although there is inevitably dispute between parent and state about the meaning of ‘ suitable ’ in this context ) , such responsibility gives rise to a considerable amount of power and authority . |
| 26 | When we are not sure , it is time to make sure — to see if the things which we believe are in fact true . |
| 27 | In anticipation of receiving your contract within the next few days , I am requesting a copy of the tape according to your specifications , which I understand are for UNIX on Sun/4 at 6250 bpi . |
| 28 | When the weans are in school |
| 29 | The weans are in ma neebors ' van , |
| 30 | But significantly all these recording are of sound effects , replete with high frequencies , for instance a ratting matchbox , or earth falling on the top of a coffin in which the dummy head is being buried . |