Example sentences of "and [verb] are [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instructions provide a generative programme , the folding and unfolding are like the contractions and changes in contact in cell sheets in the embryo . |
| 2 | Groping , verbal abuse and pawing are among the daily humiliations that nurses face , says the study by Sarah Finnis and Ian Robbins . |
| 3 | Speech and speechreading are like the heavenly twins . |
| 4 | Make and have are at the top of the binding hierarchy and take the " highly non-verbal " bare infinitive ; order is lower on the scale and takes the to infinitive ; next comes insist , which is followed by a subordinate clause containing a finite subjunctive form , and then think , construed with a subordinate clause in the indicative . |
| 5 | Women trapped at home sewing and gluing and stapling are at the dustbin end of dreadful employment practices . |