Example sentences of "are rarely [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | National flags , where still seen , are rarely flown with any respect . |
| 2 | British lagers are rarely stored ( from the German word ‘ lagered ’ ) for the period needed to develop taste . |
| 3 | In practice natural sediments are rarely composed of spherical grains , and most contain assemblages of many shapes . |
| 4 | An unusual atmosphere results : it is , so to speak , sub-XXXX Christian : there is an implication throughout of positive ideals , such as self-sacrifice and asceticism , but they are rarely pressed ; only occasionally does the narrator let himself testify . |
| 5 | Doctors who are known to carry out abortions merely pay off the necessary authorities and are rarely persecuted . |
| 6 | Despite incurring very real expenses , especially in the use of staff time , the costs of weeding are rarely built into the library budget . |
| 7 | The complexities of anatomy and pelvic-floor physiology may be a challenge to even the best general physicians who are rarely faced with these patients . |
| 8 | systems are rarely tested in a comparable way , for example in terms of actual input , number of writers , size of vocabulary and so on ; |
| 9 | New inspectors and advisers , who are usually drawn from the ranks of teachers , are rarely trained , it says . |
| 10 | Commons are scattered throughout the county , and although rights of common are fiercely defended they are rarely exercised , and many commons are returning to woodland . |
| 11 | Arguing that a dominant group may be so well entrenched that it is unaware of any potential challenge , Lukes points to the importance of socially and culturally patterned behaviour , to ways of acting and thinking which are taken for granted and which are rarely exposed to serious challenge . |
| 12 | Although such findings are not in dispute , and of course are rarely undertaken in areas where public antagonism to the institution is known to run high , there is continual pressure to replicate them and repeat the consoling message . |
| 13 | Although some protection is provided by appeal to the Mental Health Review Tribunal or nearest relative right to discharge , in practice both are rarely undertaken or successful , relative to the total sectioned . |
| 14 | ‘ Breakfast ’ and ‘ Here I Go ’ are just two examples of the quartet 's regimental inspiration , and Eugene Kelly 's vocals are rarely elevated above the pathologically dour . |
| 15 | While it is true that the warmth of hospitality , generosity and friendliness to be found in the West of Scotland has no equal , it is also true that the depths of rudeness and disgustingly mannered carelessness that passes for ethnic character are rarely surpassed . |
| 16 | Besides , some of the most spectacular and valuable tries are scored on the wing , and these are rarely converted ’ . |
| 17 | Health visitors are rarely employed as such outside the NHS , although the qualification itself can provide an entry gate to other positions , particularly in advisory capacities to child health and other voluntary organisations , in health education and teaching at tertiary and higher education levels . |
| 18 | The saxophones are rarely employed as a group in the orchestra , but the E flat alto has now and again been used for solos , e.g. in Ravel 's orchestration of Mussorgsky 's Pictures from an Exhibition , Vaughan Williams 's Job and Britten 's Sinfonia da Requiem . |
| 19 | While standards have become tighter for landfills and incinerators , they are rarely imposed on the plants at which recycled materials are sorted for reprocessing . |
| 20 | Although these disorders are genetic in origin , they are rarely inherited . |
| 21 | Although it is possible to interpret ‘ freedom of the press ’ in such a way as to include within it the ‘ freedom ’ to make a political choice and to volunteer one 's support , it does seem that political parties of the left are rarely favoured by newspapers . |
| 22 | Issues are rarely debated , other than superficially during campaigns , and what the President proposes once he is in office bears no necessary relation to the platform on which he and his party ostensibly fought the campaign . |
| 23 | But James 's great houses are rarely inhabited by ancestral families : Lord Mark is an exception , and Lord Warburton offers to move from Lockleigh if Isabel ( however mistakenly ) argues damp from its moat ; in any event , his family 's hold on the house is so frail that his sisters seem no more than faded chintz figures among the faded chintz of their drawing-room . |
| 24 | Nevertheless these devices are rarely run under optimum operating conditions . |
| 25 | He uses words like ‘ daft ’ ; phrases and dialogue that are rarely heard in songs but immediately provide flavour . |
| 26 | It may be the case that we are capable of deriving a specific conclusion ( 7c ) from specific premises ( 7a ) and ( 7b ) , via deductive inference , but we are rarely asked to do so in the everyday discourse we encounter . |
| 27 | People who ‘ do n't mind ’ about anything are people unused to giving an opinion , probably because they are rarely asked for one . |
| 28 | Today , of course , there is a real question-mark over the importance of negotiability when cheques are rarely transferred , and when non trade-related commercial paper is either not issued or is located per-manently in depositories . |
| 29 | Clownfish are rarely observed in the wild without their protector and contrary to what is often recommended , they are not happy in the aquarium without an anemone . |
| 30 | It is quite uncommon for a pornographic magazine to come before a jury , because publishers are rarely prosecuted . |