Example sentences of "[verb] are [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amounts given are for a tank : |
| 2 | The broken states I have named are in a condition of near ruin . |
| 3 | Some of the solutions adopted are of an intricacy that to a British observer seems almost unbelievable . |
| 4 | The only parties she attends are in a business capacity … ’ |
| 5 | It would be a fitting coincidence if United are in a position to win the title at West Ham next Wednesday night . |
| 6 | At present , however , it is worth observing that the degree of foregrounding in this passage , and the interpretative process it elicits are of a kind more readily associated with poetry than with prose . |
| 7 | The figures quoted are for a mix of wastes requiring incineration . |