Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 1 ) How many notes are there in a Triad ?
2 2 ) How many notes are there in a Pentatonic scale ?
3 3 ) How many notes are there in a Chromatic scale ?
4 How many notes are there in a scale ?
5 MY work has been written in sand and after my death will disappear in a decade or so , ’ wrote August Bournonville ( 1805–79 ) , the Danish choreographer whose ballets are still in the repertory , and whom the Danes have been celebrating with yet another Bournonville festival in Copenhagen .
6 The atoms that are involved in these interactions are predominantly from the heavy chain backbone , but use both main chain and side chain atoms from protein G. The complex is stabilized further by the association of exposed nonpolar residues from Fab and protein G , providing a continuous hydrophobic core which is shielded from solvent .
7 Zebra finches are always on the lookout for sex outside their ‘ marriage ’ .
8 Communication links have been established on the Administration and Library LANs for the exchange of computer data with financial institutions and bibliographic databases , and discussions are underway on the use of the JANET system for the exchange of scientific data between academic institutions .
9 What two reasons are there for the Plymouth-Roscoff ferry route being less busy than other cross-Channel ferry routes ?
10 The objects are now in a safe , awaiting their reinstallation in the Nancy museum .
11 And the Copts are hardly in a position to complain .
12 More than 100 prisoners are still on the loose in 5 wings of the jail though police and warders today regained control of some sections including the remand block .
13 WHAT THE RULES SAY NOW Controlled trust accounts are now within the reporting accountant 's scope , and one of the rules relating to interest on clients ' money has changed too
14 Member States are generally in a good position to protect their own interests through the organisation .
15 Surface states are neither in the conduction band ( i.e. free , and able to conduct electricity ) nor in the valence band ( busy keeping the crystal structure together ) , but somewhere in between .
16 The western American states are in on the act , too — Oregon , California and Alaska are growing at seven per cent — twice the rate of the remainder of the country .
17 The Corinthians are not in the privileged position of judges between theological niceties .
18 The Germans are just over the river there — I 'm off on a recce directly — and I have n't time to muck about .
19 Although the standard of service offered by the special clinics is generally fairly high , in some ways the Germans are still in the Dark Ages with regard to the sexually transmitted diseases .
20 The disciplines are always on the move , generating new meanings and insights .
21 Cheap reels are not worth a second thought .
22 One of the main criticisms levelled at US and European transnational corporations in Asia , Africa and Latin America is that their operations are predominantly of the export processing variety , employing low wage workers ( mainly ‘ nimblefingered ’ young women ) in monotonous and often physically debilitating labour , the products of which constitute a small proportion of the value-added of the final commodity .
23 Nizan 's preferences are clearly for the second and third hypotheses which interconnect .
24 Instead of presenting a strong , clear answer to this misconception , many Christians show that their defences are down at the very place where modern unbelief is most devastating .
25 ‘ It is also to be remarked , ’ wrote Wallace , ‘ that the great chain of active volcanoes in Sumatra and Java furnishes us with a sufficient cause for this subsidence , since the enormous masses of matter thrown out would take away the foundations of the surrounding district ; and this may be the true explanation of the often-noticed fact that volcanoes and volcanic chains are always near the sea .
26 In another publication , circulated by the D T I to foreign embassies , the government boasts and I quote , new labour laws have been introduced so that employers are now under no statutory obligation to recognize any union .
27 The gentlemen of the Pearl are taking off their jackets to fight the bid so the British insurer 's shareholders are in for an unpredictable time .
28 Chairmen of football clubs are only in the papers and on the radio when the team is up the creek .
29 Game , local fish and fresh vegetables are frequently on the menu .
30 These very important projects are both within the Garden 's draft Strategic Plan for Information Services , which is currently under discussion .
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