Example sentences of "[verb] are [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then I , I , it 's unfortunate that you had your first I mean someone who had no experience of headmastership , head , head teachers , I mean all the head teachers I should think are in financial problems this year cos it 's really there first full year |
| 2 | But new questions about the relations of language and what language represents are of great importance to our understanding of Renaissance culture . |
| 3 | Tagalog concepts are directly relevant to the present discussion because the Buid with whom I lived are in daily contact with Tagalog speaking immigrants from neighbouring islands . |
| 4 | Notes that you can consult are of great value , but much of the fundamental interpretation of your subjects must be based on an effective memory when notes are not to hand . |
| 5 | The holes drilled are for light weight — and they are just that . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It welcomes my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's brilliant Budget for its changes in the uniform business rate , which it says are of enormous help to business , a great deal of assistance to growing firms and just what businesses have requested . |
| 8 | The funds they receive are for specific services — hence the term ‘ fund accounting ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Loco workings have now slumped to nearly zero and the only locos seen are on civil engineers ' trains . |
| 11 | The proliferation of data and the increasing need for multiple datasets by researchers mean that online catalogues , navigation systems to link different catalogues and software for catalogue searching are of critical importance . |
| 12 | I mean , Ride are from bloody Banbury , how happening is that ? ’ |
| 13 | Prices shown are for double rooms . |
| 14 | Although the history of Scotmid is very much of local interest , the carriages they collected are of national importance . |
| 15 | We 've been without a Marshal nearly four months — not that I ca n't cope , but you know how it is when half the boys we get are on National Service and by the time you 've begun to knock them into shape they 're ready to leave . ’ |
| 16 | The foundation and framing are of English oak , the panels and case are mahogany , while the interior woodwork is polished white hornbeam . |
| 17 | Those that are employed are on low wages ; the majority are unemployed . |
| 18 | Ribbons and slashing are of contrasting bright colours identifying the individual regiments . |
| 19 | The main problems of overcrowding are in local prisons , which act as holding centres before inmates are moved to training or open prisons . |
| 20 | We therefore believe that , provided level-1 lesions are not included in the calculation ( because of uncertainty about whether they are progressive ) , our findings support the hypothesis that patients in categories A–D are at increased risk of developing melanoma . |
| 21 | In a normal conversation , the people involved are of equal status , and any one of them can change the topic under discussion or introduce new points . |
| 22 | When the signals involved are of low-enough frequency for reactive and other frequency-dependent effects to be negligible , the Z-parameters are given by the slopes of appropriate static characteristics at the operating bias levels . |
| 23 | All the bikes we hire are in excellent condition , and we can offer smaller cycles for children . |
| 24 | that the premises in respect of which the grant was made have been completed in accordance with the plan thereof lodged with the board , or ( b ) that the premises have been completed and that such deviations from the said plan as exist are of minor importance and have not materially altered the character of the premises or the facilities for the supply of alcoholic liquor thereat . |
| 25 | The punchcards in the basic packs which are marked for colour changing are for manual yarn changing , where it is the pattern that is intended to change ; so these wo n't work with the colour changer either . |
| 26 | The issues discussed are of considerable interest , For various reasons . |
| 27 | A great many assessment systems are competitive in that the extrinsic rewards they offer are in short supply and each student who wants them is asked to demonstrate that he or she is more deserving than others , or others are less deserving . |
| 28 | Apart from the language and culture barrier in dealing with the USSR , this airframes are in military zones which are strictly no-go areas — even in post- Coup era ! |
| 29 | In particular , it is no evidence that the correct quantity or number of goods has been delivered or that the goods delivered are in good condition or of the correct quality . |
| 30 | Well Boris Yeltsin this morning has said that he wants a veto over the use of nuclear weapons and about ninety percent of which I think are on Russian soil , that perhaps can be interpreted , additional safeguard to have another veto . |