Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [am/are] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Because these movements are superimposed on movements caused for other reasons ( such as the moon 's gravity ) , and because the continents are in the way , these movements are very complicated indeed .
2 The forms are of the Letter Rogatory itself , which follows the functional layout of the Hague ‘ Request ’ rather than the formal , almost supplicatory , style of a traditional letter rogatory ; a statement of Essential Information for the Addressee , corresponding to the Hague ‘ Summary of the Document to be Served ’ ; and a Certificate of execution or non-execution again on the model of the corresponding Hague document .
3 But there is this thing that all of the forms are in the intellect and all of the forms ah are in the intellect and all of the forms do somehow weave together into some sort of unitary thing .
4 Erm in Plato talks about the , the weaving together of forms and it says erm er it 's it 's er through the weaving together of forms that reason arises in us and but then again this is the level of as well so I think that this is the , the origin of this notion that all the forms are in each , they 're all woven together somehow .
5 But although there are hundreds of freshwater lochs in Shetland , the majority are on the acidic peatlands and do not produce enough underwater vegetation to satisfy the needs of big grazing birds like swans .
6 It is noteworthy that the majority are of plants starting with the letter ‘ A ’ which , as has been explained , proportionately outnumbered the other letters in the Figures .
7 I now live in a small Perthshire village , substantially less homogeneous than the one in which I grew up but in which there are also a few catholic families and where the majority are of presbyterian Scottish/Ulster stock .
8 The majority are in the upland regions of the North and West ( figure 7.1 ) .
9 The majority are from the surrounding small towns and villages , but some exhibitors come from as far afield as Lincolnshire .
10 In general the number of European galleries participating is fairly low and the majority are from Los Angeles or Maine .
11 The contracts are with the Kuwait Oil company and cover maintenance of all KOC 's production facilities and the provision of manpower for the ‘ Al Tameer ’ rebuild project of Kuwait 's oil gathering centres .
12 The contracts are to be let in two blocks .
13 The best way to secure future jobs and future collieries is to win the largest possible share of the electricity-generation market , and the contracts are to be renewed next year .
14 Understandably , despite such possible complexity , the purchaser will not be interested in the legal semantics of how the contracts are to be transferred but will be interested in two main practical concerns : firstly , in receiving the benefit of the contracts in return for performing the burden and secondly , in not paying for a contract if the purchaser can not benefit from it .
15 The contracts are among £1.6mworth of research secured by the university last month and brings its total research income to £14m .
16 What he means is that although in one sense the competitively won money is very desirable — it gives a terrific boost to Imperial 's research and , because many of the contracts are from industry , keeps the university closely in touch with the real world — it actually contributes next of nothing to the core costs of the college , of which , of course , academic salaries are the largest single component .
17 About 15 posts are supervisory and management jobs and the remainder are for checkout , shelving and other staff .
18 Two-thirds of the homes have been constructed and the remainder are on target for an autumn completion .
19 Ten parts of South Africa ( not necessarily contiguous geographical entities but based on ethnic groupings ) have been designated by the government as " homelands " for Africans ; four of these have been declared independent sovereign states but are recognized only by South Africa and by each other ; the remainder are at various stages of " self-government " .
20 Most of the remainder are in the 40–70 range , with the highest grades reaching almost average mental ability .
21 The remainder are in effect , although they may be called from memory with the READ PALETTE prompt from the PATTERN instruction in the main menu bar at the top of the screen .
22 Only 50 of the remainder are in London , with the rest in Trowbridge , where Barclays stores the securities it is responsible for .
23 The Paulistas are to Brazil what the Milanese are to Italy : they are the businessmen , the ones with the energy and the drive and , as a consequence , they are disliked by the rest of the Brazilians .
24 If the excesses are of equal amounts one excess only shall be deducted .
25 Comparisons of this kind are difficult to make with accuracy over long periods of time ; but the direction and size of the change are beyond doubt .
26 Businesses targeted for the support are in the small to medium range , employing five to 50 people and must be able to show their viability and potential for growth .
27 The argument is that the clubs are in charge of several factors which can affect the over rate , i.e. the balance of the playing staff , the choice of captain , stewarding of sightscreens , etc .
28 The geographical nature of the North-East dictates that the vast majority of North-East based national football reporters gravitate to Newcastle and Sunderland on a daily basis because the clubs are in such close proximity .
29 Price Waterhouse , which took over from BDO Binder Hamlyn after the 1991 annual audit , points out in a ‘ subject to ’ report that the accounts are on a going concern basis and that the group is dependent on the continuing availability of adequate banking facilities .
30 The famous ‘ spider woman ’ of Erddig duly appears on the cover of The Servants ' Hall , but most of the accounts are of the menservants .
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