Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deposits of galena are widely distributed but by no means equally accessible to early centres of civilization . |
| 2 | In laser surgery , CO 2 lasers ( wavelength 10.6 ) are widely used because of the high absorption in water , and therefore in any soft tissue . |
| 3 | DAVID HUME in 1757 wrote ‘ There is a universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves and transfer to every object those qualities with which they are intimately acquainted and of which they are intimately conscious . ’ |
| 4 | The humans are slowly dying because of the radioactive dust caused by a human war . |
| 5 | Today the docks are little used except by barges carrying timber , but they cover an area of eight acres and many elegant brick-built warehouses and wharves survive . |
| 6 | Youngsters ( over 18 ) are especially needed and of course all those who are young at heart ! ! |
| 7 | It has been suggested that early alarms were ignored but I would like to emphasize that we are greatly curtailed as to actions a public body can take based only on hearsay and rumour . |
| 8 | Trolls are greatly feared because of their unthinking ferocity and indiscriminate appetite . |
| 9 | Notice how some of the words when repeated are better spoken than at other times , according to the level of passion in the delivery . |
| 10 | They may be imposed in the form of obligations of strict liability to which defences are extremely limited or in more general and voluntary concepts of negligent omissions and commissions . |
| 11 | The box terrapins are so called because of their ability to close the undershell or plastron at both front and back . |
| 12 | The warehouses known as the ‘ Little Germany ’ are so called because of their flamboyant architectural style . |
| 13 | French Tomatoes are so called because in the traditional recipe French cream cheese is used in place of the low fat cottage cheese . |
| 14 | Broom flowers are so constructed that as the insect lands , the stamens , packed under tension inside a sealed capsule of petals , shoot out and strike the underside of the bee , covering its furry abdomen with pollen . |
| 15 | Black-clad , a little spidery , they are so mince as to be minuscule . |
| 16 | Research on the influence of cultural factors on intelligence testing and test results have been conducted on a wide scale and the results are endlessly discussed because of the inextricable mixture of technical and value judgments . |
| 17 | Glass vessels are normally interpreted as for drinking . |
| 18 | ABOVE Greyhounds are lively , affectionate dogs , but are best muzzled when off the lead , as they retain their coursing instincts and may chase smaller dogs . |
| 19 | The classic reds of Bordeaux are best left until at least a decade after the vintage date printed on the label . |
| 20 | Many of the small creditors , bed and breakfast owners , are already struggling because of the recession . |
| 21 | Gross : The adults are easily identified because of their specific location in the abomasum and their large size ( 2.0-3.0 cm ) . |
| 22 | But Neill said : ‘ We are not moving because of people pestering us . |
| 23 | The principles he acts upon are not adopted because of his social position or natural endowments , or in view of the particular kind of society in which he lives or the specific things that he happens to want . |
| 24 | Extremes in hair style are not advocated whilst on duty . |
| 25 | However , O. cordifera appears to be a valid species which can distinguish from O. clavigera by the following characters : the shape of oral shield which is rounded slightly irregular in O. clavigera but pentagonal to rhombic often with an acute proximal angle in O. cordifera , the adoral shields are not separated as in O. clavigera but meet in the midline , proximal to the oral shield in O. cordifera and the larger size of the granules of the disk in O. cordifera . |
| 26 | Consequently , as older trout die they are not replaced and in time the trout population disappears . |
| 27 | Where a reduction of share capital of this nature is proposed which does not affect the cash resources of the company , and creditors are not affected because of the subsequent restoration of issued share capital , it is usual for the court to dispense with an enquiry as to creditors . |
| 28 | Their findings are not recorded but in 1938 self-service carving was discontinued . |
| 29 | Spoken messages can be stored in electronic mailboxes and retrieved by telephone , and by several people at the same time — because the messages are not recorded as on a tape recorder , but on electronic pulses in the computer 's memory . |
| 30 | Total hours are not prescribed because of the special nature of the trade ( i.e. exemptions , extensions and licensing hours which vary from district to district ) . |