Example sentences of "[verb] are [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The properties of the state so formed are related in a probabilistic way to the properties of the states out of which it is composed [ the photon has a chance unc a of transmission ( which is a certainty for polarisation along y ) and a chance cos ' a of not being transmitted ( which is a certainty for polarisation along x ) ] This is what is meant by the superposition principle : that states can be combined in this way with a probability interpretation of the result . |
| 2 | Even more striking is the provision that if such a tenement is not alienated , but the alms for which it was originally given are neglected over a period of two years , then the property shall again be recoverable at law by the donor or his heirs . |
| 3 | The candidate who brings his whole library to such an examination often fails : the facts that he needs are lost in a multitude of pages . |
| 4 | A point worth noting is that when the State of Tennessee issued the order to revoke the charter of the Highlander Folk School , the entire assets of the school were sold at public auction , including the land , buildings , library , stock etc , and having learned this savage lesson from experience , the land and buildings on which the new Highlander Research and Education Center is now located are owned by a separate Trust which is completely distinct from Highlander , and is now answerable for any of the activities which take place there . |
| 5 | If the webs of potato harvested are sprayed with a particular strain of Phoma that does not occur naturally , tubers harvested immediately after spraying developed gangrene rots , from which the abnormal strain could be cultured . |
| 6 | The results reported are intended as a contribution to the debate about early retirement as a mechanism for sharing the current job shortage . |
| 7 | Passenger manifests are kept for a long time . |
| 8 | The use of a spectacle-case for protection and the habit of keeping the lenses clean helps to ensure that these aids to sight are kept in a usable , effective condition . |
| 9 | Taking the Gaussian coordinates to be at y we assert that the coordinates for which eqn ( 6.16 ) holds are given by a transformation where the are some constants . |
| 10 | When it mis-classifies an instance , all the cells which were addressed are reset to a random value . |
| 11 | Every single action the Profitboss performs , every single decision he makes and everything he says are geared to an end-result . |
| 12 | The selection of letters that are similar to what was written are retrieved with an indication of how close a match was obtained . |
| 13 | However , where facilities are available for use over short periods of time , the rudiments of camera acting are taught in a structured way . |
| 14 | If we regard our guide as simply looking for advice as to what moral rules are correct , unrelated to a particular decision which he is called upon to make or to a particular situation in which he is involved then it will be impartiality of the first and last types which are particularly relevant : that is , the formal requirement that legislation is to be universalised , and the material requirement that the decisions made are based on a consideration of all relevant factors . |
| 15 | Those girls who attempt to escape are found in a few days . |
| 16 | Swedish agricultural policy is principally directed towards the enlargement of farms and an overall reduction in crop acreage and farm labour , but rural communities which earn the major part of their income from agriculture or forestry and whose populations are declining are recognised as a national asset whose survival should be safeguarded . |
| 17 | Cancer specialists say new reasearch shows greater evidence of a link between children suffering from leukaemia and the work carried out by their fathers at nuclear sites.Families of children who 've died are calling for a public inquiry . |
| 18 | Those at three E of the schedule for Mr costs are agreed at a total of a hundred and forty four thousand six hundred and fifty nine pounds and fifty nine pence . |
| 19 | This change of policy , which reflects a growing understanding of the nature of mental disorder , and the development of the social services generally , means that the needs of the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped are perceived in a different light . |
| 20 | THE FAT Lady Sings are embarking on a lengthy Irish tour next month . |
| 21 | In the longer term , IBM is even thinking about making PC-DOS 6 processor-independent so that any forthcoming lines of handhelds are n't limited to Intel Corp chips , Ms Dimfel says the same people producing the Taligent/Workplace OS micro-kernel are looking at a ‘ pico-kernel ’ optimised to run just PC-DOS . |
| 22 | The small , frightened freedoms that we enjoy are underpinned by a global system that requires that they be paid for by rigorous and intensifying dispossession of the poor of the earth , the destruction of the resource-base , the ousting of indigenous peoples who happen to occupy the last remaining deposits of ‘ raw materials ’ to which the global market now stakes its superior claim . |
| 23 | Sometimes the channel is direct , and the goods sold are incorporated into a manufacturing process which results in a different end-product . |
| 24 | In business , copies of every letter mailed are kept in a file to record what was said and what was agreed . |
| 25 | However , it is worth emphasising that the stages and the measures on which they are based are derived from a grammatical description and that , in the case of children with language difficulties , it can not be assumed that structurally based measures are predictive of functional skills ( Blank et al . |
| 26 | The problems which those words can create are illustrated by a provision such as : If the Buyer fails to pay any instalment promptly in accordance with the terms of this contract the Seller may terminate the contract , recover goods already delivered and retain all payments already made . |
| 27 | These will include the relative gravity of the offences alleged in the two sets of proceedings ; the degree of connection , on facts or law , between them ; the degree of prejudice which the defendant may suffer , in the shape of adverse publicity or in other respects , if the lesser matters are brought to trial first ; the likely time-spans of the two sets of proceedings ; the possibility of hardship to the defendant in being required to divert attention and resources to the defence of the lesser charges whilst the graver are in preparation ; the risk that if the lesser charges are postponed the lapse of time may render a fair trial of them more difficult ; the desirability in the public interest of ensuring that charges properly brought are pressed to a conclusion . |
| 28 | Since many of the representations proposed are based on a hierarchical organisation of discourse content , we shall consider critically the possibility of characterising ‘ topic ’ in terms of the top-most elements in the hierarchical representation . |
| 29 | The commands being executed are represented as a pattern of ‘ on ’ and ‘ off ’ switches in the central processor unit , so that a switch that is in the off state is carrying as much information as one that is on . |
| 30 | The interviewee has to assume that all the questions an interviewer asks are asked with a reason , although some may seem irrelevant and some unnecessarily personal . |