Example sentences of "are [noun pl] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the chemistry on the earth is rather special — it 's the sort of chemistry we 're used to doing at the temperature on the earth in the conditions that occur on the earth , but interspatial space the conditions are quite different and so , in fact , it turns out the chemistry is different , and so also we find that there are molecules that we do n't expect . |
| 2 | The trouble is , toilets are toilets and they do n't and they |
| 3 | These are states that we acquire as life 's internal and external pressures take their toll . |
| 4 | They are foreigners and they appear to be drinking . |
| 5 | Now sheep are animals that we tend to regard as being pretty stupid and most of the time they 're timid creatures who will run away at the slightest sound or sight of something strange in their midst . |
| 6 | ‘ These people are animals and they have no part to play in our community . |
| 7 | They clearly have social , economic and political ramifications and affect man 's relationship with his fellow man : all men are brothers because they partake of the same reality and share the same Ātman . |
| 8 | Matthew ( 4.7 ) : These beads are cylinders and they 've got a hole right through them . |
| 9 | However , hillwalking is largely safe but there are risks and we have to educate people about these risks if we are going to improve safety . |
| 10 | There may be pupils whose eye condition makes it difficult to tolerate bright light and who suffer to some extent from photophobia ( for instance those who are albinos or who have coloboma ) . |
| 11 | the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir |
| 12 | Although there are only a handful of breeding peregrines known in the Lothians , there are sites where they have been seen regularly at the start of the breeding season , and then mysteriously disappeared . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's not the end of the world but there are matters that we have to give thought to . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They are mutes but I doubt if they would become involved . |
| 15 | of the , the national average and it 's not because erm they 're paying high wages to get the , the most able people , it 's because there are mechanisms , institutional mechanisms that keep wages high , there 's no market in the jobs for , th these are generalizations but I think they are fairly , fairly true erm becau there is no market for er for the jobs , for civil service jobs that appointments are made and it is much more important who you know than , than what , what you know and the old boy network , as it 's called , in this country is fairly important in the English Civil Service but a similar sort of network tends to be far more important in developing countries , something that is euphemistically called patronage erm but we might call the old boy network or er er jobs for the boys whatever , but erm |
| 16 | ‘ They seem to think we are troublemakers but we have women , children and people over 70 years of age . ’ |
| 17 | Therefore , as I have frequently said in letters to Opposition Members and to my hon. Friends , we regard the support of students as the proper duty of the education system , rather than of the social security system , although there are exceptions that we support under the social security system . |
| 18 | At any one time , therefore , most of the many beliefs that constitute our knowledge of what goes on in the world are beliefs that we do n't know we have . |
| 19 | Depending on who you are , some of these fantasies may well come true , but for most of us , these are dreams that we keep to ourselves for company on lonely training runs and to help with motivation . |
| 20 | He spent a month there , and his photographs show that the production of tyres , which are things that we take for granted , depend on individuals , their skills , and a surprising amount of physical effort . |
| 21 | I , I 'm sorry to keep saying ‘ Yes ’ to everything that you 're , you 're suggesting , but yes , we are thinking about communication skills , particularly the encouraging and helping children to learn to write properly , I do n't mean calligraphy , I mean actually write and express themselves on paper , oral communication , and things of this kind are things that we do want to pay attention to . |
| 22 | On the other hand I would have ticked s erm location of services er and public and utility because th these are things that we need to know at the design stage . |
| 23 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 24 | Th these are things that we need to look at |
| 25 | I mean , you know there are things that we need to address in-house , to make sure that we give you er , an efficient service . |
| 26 | ‘ Alyssia , ’ he began , ‘ there are things that you do n't understand . |
| 27 | They are things that you do which actually improve your department both in the short and in the long-term . |
| 28 | Yes , I mean several points that you 've raised , and these are things that I 've picked up from the newspapers and I 'll make the point , I 'm no expert but I as I understand it , the allied erm forces have erm substantially greater number of aircraft in the area than the Iraqi airforce had , so that 's one point . |
| 29 | There are things that I have thought to myself about these . |
| 30 | are napkins that we 've been buying in antique fairs . |