Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’ |
| 2 | The few first letter errors which do occur are in words with silent consonants , for example know and write . |
| 3 | The first items that I wish to acknowledge are from Mr Norman Wheeler of Stokesay . |
| 4 | Stubbs points out , for instance , that many of the confusions for children acquiring literacy arise because these children are not yet familiar with some of the purposes for which writing is used and the conventions through which these purposes are articulated in their culture : ‘ many of its functions are often so specialised and particular ’ that they are ‘ mostly quite beyond children 's experience ’ and ‘ many of the situations which conventionally require writing are of a fairly specialised and restricted kind ’ ( ibid. p. 108 ) . |
| 5 | IN THE course of our lives , events take place , with which the passage of time , we come to realise are like milestones ; they have pointed us in a new direction , often posing a challenge which in the providence of God , when accepted , leads us deeper into his life and service . |
| 6 | The scientific and engineering skills which we have developed are at the cutting edge of nuclear technology , and through subsequent diversification , are improving the competitive position of customers in over 70 countries and more than 2000 organisations worldwide . |
| 7 | And the majority of those have objected are in the area of that two miles . |
| 8 | ‘ Those that I have seen are of the same basic stock , ’ he said at last . |
| 9 | ‘ Some of the worst designs I have seen are by architects for themselves . ’ |
| 10 | The broken states I have named are in a condition of near ruin . |
| 11 | I mean , in the parish over the erm what five to ten years , the things that have grown are in their own , the , various other support groups and so on . |
| 12 | The enthusiasm and excitement that TECs have generated are without parallel in our past . |
| 13 | Since the trends that I have observed are at work in most other fields of business activity it seems unlikely that the book trade will be able to avoid them . |
| 14 | That is because they understand that the decisions that we have taken are in the interests of British industry , British commerce and jobs for British workers . |
| 15 | Employees who refuse to move are in breach of contract and so , subject to the statutory test of reasonableness , a dismissal is likely to be fair . |
| 16 | It replaced square and rectangular section spar material sometime in the 1930s , and the only changes that have arisen are in the timber used and the sizes . |
| 17 | Those we have chosen are in the ‘ Noci ’ farmhouse and most have lovely old brick floors , rafted ceilings and scenes of idyllic peace from their windows . |