Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bonington 's adventures on Everest an Annapurna are interlarded with other events ; Fowler and Saunders on Spantik , and even a passing nod to Moffat and Edlinger . |
| 2 | For example , in the provisions for extension of time , an extension may be given if the works are delayed for any reason beyond the control of the contractor ( a clause of much wider scope , incidentally , than in other JCT contracts ) , and the contractor is not required to provide information to assist the supervising officer in making an extension . |
| 3 | The majority of all black pupils are enrolled at primary level : 78 per cent of all enrolments in the DET 's jurisdiction ( compared with 56 per cent of all white enrolments ) . |
| 4 | In Britain , 15 per cent of the 18–24-year-old population are enrolled on higher education courses . |
| 5 | Tears come from the deepest emotions , from joy and beauty and often they are tinged with nostalgic sadness . |
| 6 | These can go a very long way to mollifying those individuals whose journeys are lengthened by traffic-affecting measures . |
| 7 | They have abandoned leaves to reduce loss of water by transpiration , and their stems are swollen with stored water . |
| 8 | The victims are gathered for quick repairs before another round . |
| 9 | Each autumn the hazelnuts ripen on the bushes nearby , are gathered in dry weather and shaken to expel earwigs lurking in their casing . |
| 10 | The garden 's main crops of apples and pears are gathered in late September and through to the first weeks of October . |
| 11 | You and your staff will maintain the well-established convention whereby ministers do not concern themselves with the detailed information which may be obtained by the Security Service in particular cases , but are furnished with such information only as may be necessary for the determination of any issue on which guidance is sought . |
| 12 | As a comic opera , it is very much sui generis : all the recitatives are furnished with orchestral accompaniment , and the music is both continuous and strongly unified . |
| 13 | There is a very pretty sitting-room and the bedrooms are furnished in traditional style in three delicate pastel shades — one for each floor . |
| 14 | The bedrooms are furnished in older style and have a private bathroom , though they do vary in size . |
| 15 | " The fabric of family life of millions of our people has been shattered , … our economy lies in ruins and our people are embroiled in political strife . " |
| 16 | Britain 's role as Kingston described it could be called that of a peace-keeping force , and his stones of intrigue and skirmish are punctuated by anti-war sentiments . |
| 17 | These problems are emphasized with large data volumes , multiple authorship , complex inter-node and intra-node relationships , need for multiple views of same hyper-medium , and a desire to integrate the hyper-base with other types of application within the organization . |
| 18 | about joining the airport policy consortium to making sure that members and officers views are er sort of , er officer and member representation and to make sure that Hertfordshire 's views are heard on this policy consortium because as Peter quite rightly said , erm it 's made up of members and officers of County and District Council 's South of the river and yes although their com their main intention is opposing terminal five , regrettably yes they are considering expansion at Stansted er , er far more than an alternative . |
| 19 | Most cases are heard by part-time chairmen who must be solicitors , barristers or advocates of five years standing . |
| 20 | Parts of a day are calculated as one day . |
| 21 | At first sight , this could turn out to be the bargain of the century , because the asset-values are calculated on 1991 prices , even though Russian prices rose by a vertiginous 2,600% during 1992 . |
| 22 | The following figures have been extracted from our management accounts , are calculated at constant exchange rates and take account of the effect of UK Refining : |
| 23 | Index figures are calculated for each artist in each succeeding year . |
| 24 | Recall and precision scores are calculated for each search . |
| 25 | Because the concern here is with general trends and not annual variations , the rates are calculated for five year blocks . |
| 26 | Lattice enthalpies determined through the Born-Haber cycle can be regarded as experimental values since the lattice enthalpies are calculated from experimental values . |
| 27 | All of the objects and characters are solid 3D objects which are calculated in real time . |
| 28 | Figure 3.5 clearly shows the improvement in performance obtained when scores are calculated in this manner . |
| 29 | We do not do this , perhaps because of the spelling , but it is important to remember that the contrasts between and , between and and between and are neutralised in this context . |
| 30 | Policy strategies which attack the social and economic determinants of ill-health are dismissed as futile attempts at social engineering . |