Example sentences of "[verb] are [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to carry the smallest possible quantity of water or get the best possible price in the market , the judgements you make are important in a way those made in a water tray or school shop can never be . |
| 2 | This simple set of features which we have claimed are necessary for a discussion of topic are required , quite independently of topic considerations , in any form of discourse analysis . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , a willingness and an ability to bargain are essential in a president who aspires , as they all must , to be ‘ on top in fact as well as name ’ , and who hopes to bring about significant public policy change . |
| 4 | Oralists believe that every deaf child of normal intelligence can learn lipreading and speech , and that signing and fingerspelling are harmful to a child 's learning process . |
| 5 | The four skills of reading , writing , listening and speaking are well-practised in a wide variety of tasks , including scanning , summarizing , categorizing , building definitions , and comprehension . |
| 6 | There are several accounts of the events of this crucial period in the history of British ‘ race relations ’ : what follows is an attempt to highlight some of the features which I feel are pertinent to a discussion of ‘ racial problem ’ films of the era . |
| 7 | The processes involved are common to a wide range of information — from research findings to new professional or practical developments , from innovative ideas or policies to parliamentary legislation . |
| 8 | There are notices in departmental rooms regarding this matter and I would remind you that such activities as copying are illegal without a licence . |
| 9 | All the pick-ups you 've mentioned are daft as a brush . |