Example sentences of "[verb] are [prep] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its pleasingness rests purely within the intrinsic aesthetic since the similarities intended are of a purely visual nature . |
| 2 | If this sounds like a trite tear-jerker , the writing and acting are of a highly intelligent quality and Joan Knight 's production never becomes mawkish . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | The CNAA , in its desire to ensure that the courses which it validates are of a sufficiently high standard , has necessarily concerned itself with the resources and ethos of institutions as a whole and has not hesitated to pass judgment on them , going , some would argue , beyond the responsibilities laid upon it by its Royal Charter . |
| 5 | The differences between schooled and unschooled children that Greenfield 's material suggests are at a less universal and profound level than her descriptions imply . |