Example sentences of "[verb] are [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then I , I , it 's unfortunate that you had your first I mean someone who had no experience of headmastership , head , head teachers , I mean all the head teachers I should think are in financial problems this year cos it 's really there first full year |
| 2 | But new questions about the relations of language and what language represents are of great importance to our understanding of Renaissance culture . |
| 3 | Devises are of two kinds only , specific and residuary . |
| 4 | Tagalog concepts are directly relevant to the present discussion because the Buid with whom I lived are in daily contact with Tagalog speaking immigrants from neighbouring islands . |
| 5 | Mutations that affect corepressor binding are of two types . |
| 6 | Notes that you can consult are of great value , but much of the fundamental interpretation of your subjects must be based on an effective memory when notes are not to hand . |
| 7 | The holes drilled are for light weight — and they are just that . |
| 8 | That is not say that those whom it is hoped to benefit are in any sense undemanding or unsophisticated . |
| 9 | But size and numbers of fish caught are of little importance at Scourie . |
| 10 | It welcomes my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's brilliant Budget for its changes in the uniform business rate , which it says are of enormous help to business , a great deal of assistance to growing firms and just what businesses have requested . |
| 11 | The difference is that his compound is a nanocomposite — the crystals from which it is made are between two nanometres ( two millionths of a millimetre ) and ten nanometres across . |
| 12 | The funds they receive are for specific services — hence the term ‘ fund accounting ’ . |
| 13 | Most of the photographs I receive are of unsaleable objects , with a smattering from the lunatic fringe such as the lady from Virginia who wanted to sell the handcuffs used to detain Charles Manson when he was first arrested . |
| 14 | Loco workings have now slumped to nearly zero and the only locos seen are on civil engineers ' trains . |
| 15 | The proliferation of data and the increasing need for multiple datasets by researchers mean that online catalogues , navigation systems to link different catalogues and software for catalogue searching are of critical importance . |
| 16 | I mean , Ride are from bloody Banbury , how happening is that ? ’ |
| 17 | The things that matter are in this book . |
| 18 | The regions which are leading are in some cases different from those which have been leading in terms of the historic trends over the last four months . |
| 19 | The percentages shown are for all Cambridge University/WEA Tutorial Classes which included some arranged beyond the Eastern District , e.g. Nuneaton and Rugby . |
| 20 | Prices shown are for double rooms . |
| 21 | He never wears a watch whether racing or training , never records his mileage , and has no idea what his personal bests are over any time or distance . |
| 22 | Although the history of Scotmid is very much of local interest , the carriages they collected are of national importance . |
| 23 | We 've been without a Marshal nearly four months — not that I ca n't cope , but you know how it is when half the boys we get are on National Service and by the time you 've begun to knock them into shape they 're ready to leave . ’ |
| 24 | The foundation and framing are of English oak , the panels and case are mahogany , while the interior woodwork is polished white hornbeam . |
| 25 | Those that are employed are on low wages ; the majority are unemployed . |
| 26 | ‘ All the instructions about what to do are on this sheet of paper , here . ’ |
| 27 | Such faults as can be detected are of little consequence to the average kite-maker . |
| 28 | The main problems of overcrowding are in local prisons , which act as holding centres before inmates are moved to training or open prisons . |
| 29 | We therefore believe that , provided level-1 lesions are not included in the calculation ( because of uncertainty about whether they are progressive ) , our findings support the hypothesis that patients in categories A–D are at increased risk of developing melanoma . |
| 30 | In a normal conversation , the people involved are of equal status , and any one of them can change the topic under discussion or introduce new points . |