Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [adv] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | These objects are actually made of brass , but are believed to have been used for the weighing of gold dust ( fig. 9.4 ) . |
| 2 | If such machinations are seldom heard of in this period it is unlikely to be because they were rare . |
| 3 | Regional planning authorities are also informed of proposals for revocation , modification and discontinuance of Use Orders , and can make representations or objections on them to the secretary of state . |
| 4 | Local authorities are often composed of these kinds of functional departments . |
| 5 | How come the V&A 's lift signs are still made of black chipboard with white plastic letters that drop off at regular intervals ? |
| 6 | The Council is of course very keen to ensure that all coaches are well informed of what is available . |
| 7 | All our sketches are much approved of and highly complimented by our friends . |
| 8 | Such themes place Scottish studies at the head of urgent European concerns , at a time when cultures are often thought of as monolithic , and when cultural exclusivity is a source of often violent conflict . |
| 9 | The groups are usually composed of genetic kin , but not always . |
| 10 | Organizations are thus conceived of as purposive social arrangements , as stable social groups with internally differentiated roles that are brought together for some purpose . |
| 11 | In this country , tortoises are usually thought of as land animals , terrapins as freshwater and turtles as sea-living , or marine , reptiles . |
| 12 | Kolve , however , would argue even this moral content away , suggesting that possible religious images are systematically emptied of their moral potential in the telling of the tale , to celebrate " " the possible sovereignty of comic order within the world of daily life , a world temporarily — by an act of imaginative exclusion — unshadowed by Last Things " " : Noah 's Flood really is transformed into " " Nowelis flood " " . |
| 13 | In conclusion , tutors are again reminded of their great responsibilities for achieving the high aims set out in the first paragraph . |
| 14 | DHAs are now composed of five executive directors with a chairman and five non-executive members selected on the ‘ basis of the skills and experience they can bring to the authority ’ ( White Paper , para 8.6 ) . |
| 15 | Such arrangements have for some time been permitted so long as clients are fully informed of the nature of the company and the profits go to the firm . |
| 16 | Nucleotide sequencing showed that these sequences are exclusively composed of T 2 AG 3 repeat units . |
| 17 | Classes in ordinary schools are increasingly composed of pupils of different ethnic origin , cultural and religious persuasion , pupils who may have physical or sensory impairments , learning difficulties or social and emotional problems , since the neighbourhood school rather than the special school is seen to be the first choice for children 's education . |
| 18 | Schools are also composed of individuals ( children and teachers ) and are responsible to other individuals ( parents ) within the framework of a community . |
| 19 | Even in Northern Ireland , the districts are best thought of as the lower tier in a system that simply lacks a democratically elected higher level of local government . |
| 20 | The plantations are often considered of little value as bird habitats , but there can be no doubt of their importance at some stages of their development . |
| 21 | Particularly interesting will be how rivalries are both conceived of by fans themselves , and represented in local and national media . |
| 22 | ‘ Parents are sometimes accused of abuse ’ |
| 23 | As already mentioned , spreadsheets are often thought of as the key number crunching application and therefore benefit most from a numeric coprocessor . |
| 24 | The fixed , space-defining elements are strongly built of solid masonry , like houses in a town , and are linked by paths formed with steel , glass and lightweight titanium zinc ( RHEINZINK ) cladding . |
| 25 | Like your hair , nails are primarily composed of keratin , a fibrous , porous protein , whose cells stretch when nails are exposed to water . |
| 26 | And the Australians are also thinking of bringing in both Brendon Julian and Michael Slater for a taste of international cricket . |
| 27 | Teeth and bones are largely composed of calcium and it is essential that enough of this mineral is present in the diet for them to remain strong . |
| 28 | The tight intra-system cycling of nutrients that occurs in tropical rainforests between the biomass and the litter means that soils are rapidly depleted of nutrients once the vegetation is removed , as illustrated in Fig. 7.5 . |
| 29 | Two criticisms are frequently made of it : it is boring and it does n't exploit the full potential of the medium . |
| 30 | To demonstrate that chromosomal P. anserina telomeres are also composed of T 2 AG 3 repeats we set up hybridization experiments using the synthetic probe ( T 2 AG 3 ) 4 . |