Example sentences of "[be] [verb] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Similarly , the description of the conventions regarding the form of language to be used are to be interpreted more as a parody and critique of the rival Academy than as evidence of what members of the Royal Society really did . |
| 3 | Bentham 's intention here was explicit , for as he remarked ( Works , IV p 70 ) : " It is obvious that the more the persons to be inspected are under the eyes of the persons who should inspect them , the more perfectly will the purpose of the establishment have been attained . |
| 4 | Such faults as can be detected are of little consequence to the average kite-maker . |
| 5 | The majority of African departments adopt these curricular policies and materials directly ; any changes which may be effected are of a minor quantitative nature . |
| 6 | The actions which have to be taken are by definition inward ones — things we can do ourselves . |
| 7 | The activities in which citizens are to be engaged are to be far removed from any levers of real political power . |
| 8 | ( Addresses where these can be obtained are at the end of the book . ) |