Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] are [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The last two groups to perform are from Donegal and Leitrim .
2 The programmes undertaken are of two main types , the one country-specific , the other regional in emphasis .
3 Unless otherwise specified , the futures contracts reported are for the USA .
4 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 .
5 Because the calories consumed are in the form of particularly bulky , filling and satisfying food your appetite will not be sharpened nor your willpower lowered by actual physical hunger .
6 Some of the solutions adopted are of an intricacy that to a British observer seems almost unbelievable .
7 The oleic acid concentrations used are in the range encountered in patients with steatorrhea .
8 Copyright-cleared background music recordings can be obtained by mail order , and the addresses to contact are to be found in the relevant hobby magazines .
9 In situations of this sort the exchange may need special rules , or even powers , which allow it to act for reasons of market integrity alone , and in order to preserve investor confidence , regardless of whether the parties involved are at fault .
10 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 .
11 One method which has previously been tried , albeit unsuccessfully , seeks to invoke principles of international law that would allegedly relieve taxpayers from their liability to pay tax on the ground that their assessments are rendered invalid by the unlawful purposes to which the taxes levied are to be applied .
12 I remind the hon. Gentleman that since the Government took office all the redundancies in the British coal industry have been voluntary and that the terms offered to miners affected are among the most generous in British industry and can reach £37,000 per man affected .
13 The models illustrated are from the Colt Roto range , available through branches of The Loft Shop .
14 Although an attempt was made to be representative in the choice of these films it is clear that if the effects observed are of any practical significance it should be possible to observe them on a more varied stimulus set .
15 The transactions covered are in broad terms financial agreements .
16 This observation is necessary not because the lines quoted are of great importance to her poetry , but to give a balanced view of her own conflicts as a domestic servant .
17 However , all the speed thresholds mentioned are for guidance only .
18 This covers sales to the fields of business , industry , and education and training organisations , and many of the programmes sold are in the science documentary area .
19 The other side chains shown are in contact with the phosphate backbone .
20 It should be stressed that the figures given are for manufactures only and do not include exports of primary products or raw materials .
21 The holes drilled are for light weight — and they are just that .
22 Loco workings have now slumped to nearly zero and the only locos seen are on civil engineers ' trains .
23 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 .
24 A nationwide study has revealed that the managers surveyed are of those Managers nearly 80% do n't take the holiday their entitled to .
25 These Accounts are drawn up for a period of 52 weeks ended on 27th March 1993 and the comparative figures stated are in respect of a period of 52 weeks ended on 28th March 1992 .
26 Most of the radionuclides released are of local or regional concern , because their half-lives are short compared with the time required for dispersion to greater distances .
27 When an agent telephones the company with an order , the computer operator is able to tell the agent very quickly whether the goods required are in stock .
28 The figures quoted are for a mix of wastes requiring incineration .
29 Plastic lenses are lighter , an advantage if the lenses required are of high power , but with the disadvantage of scratching easily .
30 The items noted are in no special order and are certainly not comprehensive .
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