Example sentences of "[adv] are [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If guests have no credit cards they are usually asked to prepay for their stay at the hotel and all incidentals in bars and restaurants etc. are on a cash basis . |
| 2 | Most amateur gardeners are ‘ afraid of the knife ’ and do not prune hard enough , leaving too much old wood , with the result that the growth buds that grow on are at the top end of 3 or 4 or more inches ( 8 or 10 or more cm ) of the previous season 's growth . |
| 3 | Why not with Dr Primo Nebiolo , president of the IAAF , who never ceases to eulogise about the greatness of the sport while around him , those attuned to what is really going on are in no doubt that cheating remains rife . |
| 4 | The examples given below are for the summer of 1979 , when interest rates were lower than while this report was being written ( with a bank base rate of 14 per cent in summer 1979 , compared with 17 per cent in spring 1980 ) . |
| 5 | The instructions below are for the Osma system in which the joints , elbows and outlets have their own fixing holes . |
| 6 | Section references below are to the Companies Act 1985 unless otherwise indicated . |
| 7 | These people obviously are in the wallpaper business . |
| 8 | Even if it were possible to draw such a distinction satisfactorily , the advantages of doing so are at the moment not at all clear . |
| 9 | The members of the new lower class , of those who are not chosen for the meritocracy , not only are at the bottom but are there because they both deserve to be and know it . |
| 10 | The scenes with the two together are among the most passionate and amusing in Michael Pennington 's production . |
| 11 | You produce a good magazine each month ; the readers ' letters alone are worth the annual subscription . |
| 12 | The pictures of the smokers alone are worth the price of admission : Burri 's series on the cocky Che Guevara chomping on a cigar ; Cartier-Bresson 's puckish Jean Genet drawing on a cheroot ; Erwitt 's vain Mishima posed with a cigarette ; and Halsmann 's immortal Hitchcock ( above ) . |
| 13 | To the keen birdwatcher these two species alone are worth an expedition . |
| 14 | Swindon might be fourteen places above Oxford in the League , but the form guide shows Oxford are on a roll , Swindon away are in a rut . |
| 15 | Top footballers the world over are about the same standard but the hun-grier , more aggressive animal is the victor . |
| 16 | Secrecy confers power on those who know the secret while those who do not are at a disadvantage . |
| 17 | Note that the values which have been supplied above are for a typical medium-sized installation . |
| 18 | The first two types of educational computing in the list above are at the moment basically the province of such departments — but it is good to know that in many schools and colleges there are strong links with mathematics . |
| 19 | THE couch cavorted upon by Joanne Whalley-Kilmer in her portrayal of Christine Keeler in the film Scandal and the pulpit used by Peter Sellers in the film Heavens Above are among the items to be sold in an auction of stock from the country 's largest supplier of theatrical and television props . |
| 20 | The categories discussed and exemplified above are among the most problematic in translation but are by no means the only ones that cause difficulty . |
| 21 | As a result , hundreds of would-be joystick junkies have been climbing the walls with frustration , as the only compatible datarecorders that have been available lately are of the decidedly dodgy import variety and wo n't work with many games — especially budget releases . |
| 22 | Further down on the same side are the remains of Foxholes Side Lock , which served Foxholes Basin , now filled in. the banks hereabouts are in a poor state of repair and restoration has been in progress between here and the m62 Trans-Pennine Motorway bridge . |
| 23 | Despite this ambiguity , the term ‘ client ’ is used in this book to distinguish those who are about to be , or already are in a relationship with the agency through the attention of a social worker . |
| 24 | People who superficially are in the same position in a family — brothers and sisters , mother and fathers — are likely to define their responsibilities very differently and , perhaps more importantly , to be expected by others to define them differently . |
| 25 | However does n't this expose how vunerable we still are at the back — Norwich virtually snatching the match with the only opportunities they had and Leeds failing once again up front . |
| 26 | The clergy were and still are in a special position , holding power over the laity because of it . |
| 27 | A tape which keeps pet birds amused , a disposable finger pad to clean your teeth and a gadget to unblock sinks quickly are among the weird and wonderful products dreamed up by inventors this year in a bid to beat the recession . |
| 28 | Of course you will grieve for the loss of your child , but I hope you will soon find out how caring and considerate people usually are of a woman in these circumstances . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh yes ’ her mother had said with a smile of-surprisingly-reminiscence ; ‘ the dashing types usually are in the end . ’ |
| 30 | I think both are on the cards . ’ |