Example sentences of "are [adv] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fry are rather small for a mouthbrooder , but can take newly hatched brine shrimp . |
| 2 | Although only a handful of species in this large genus ( the biggest in the family with perhaps 110 species ) were examined , and only a single sample from each , while other nutrients such as minerals and vitamins were not assessed , the results are rather indicative of a pair of chemomorphological dispersal ‘ syndromes ’ within the genus . |
| 3 | Today synthetic diamonds are commercially available in a range of sizes up to the present maximum , the de Beers ‘ Synthetic Rotary Dresser ’ stones , which have a weight of 2 milligram , ( equivalent to a cubic diamond of 0.8 mm edge ) . |
| 4 | Electrode pullers may be either electromagnetically or gravity-operated and are commercially available from a number of suppliers , Minor modification may be necessary in order to fit tubing of 1.0 mm diameter because most pullers are designed to accommodate the slightly larger , standard microelectrode capillary tubing . |
| 5 | Although these are mostly non-Anglican in a land where only 2.5% of Christians are Episcopalian , they are highly significant . |
| 6 | The waterways are incredibly peaceful with a wealth of wildlife and some incredibly beautiful scenery . |
| 7 | For all its tension between unison and bedlam , its freedom to use any kind of gesture or step , you are rarely exhilarated by a sense of newly-discovered movement . |
| 8 | Unlike the natural sciences , which deal largely in results , the social sciences are rightly concerned for practice , perhaps because results are rarely possible in an exact mathematical sense . |
| 9 | First , they must face trial by jury in civil actions , which allows the plaintiff 's attorney to appeal to the jury 's emotions — and US juries are rarely sympathetic towards a large firm with seemingly endless insurance cover . |
| 10 | Although in some branches of the law a defendant may be treated as intending the known inevitable or likely consequences of his act , that is not so here , for it would stretch the tort too far to impose liability where ‘ the reasons which actuate the defendant to use unlawful means are wholly independent of a wish to interfere with the plaintiff 's business , such interference being no more than an incidental consequence foreseen by and gratifying to the defendant . ’ |
| 11 | You need to consider what activities are most suitable for a particular time of day . |
| 12 | They are most grateful for a pump within yards of their homes , instead of having to walk a long way to a dirty water-hole . |
| 13 | The lines are most visible on a clear night , in excess of about 25 metres from a sodium light , and are seen to radiate in planes parallel to the main axis of the lamp fitting . |
| 14 | His diaries — particularly the manuscript originals , scattered with engraved prints ( the picture postcards of the day ) — do serve this function , but are most valuable as a record of individual sensibility . |
| 15 | Readings which are obviously aberrant on a graph are indicated in the table by ‘ ? ’ . |
| 16 | They do so because they and their chicks are much safer in a crowd . |
| 17 | Jobs , government officials say , are much less of a problem than is housing . |
| 18 | ‘ The diesel engines are much more of a pollutant than buses , ’ he said dismissively . |
| 19 | Existing rooms which need a face-lift or which you would like to have a completely new image are much more of a problem . |
| 20 | Regional authorities are much happier with a combined approach and it seems possible to retain our individual identity within this framework , while promoting development education ( and allaying the fear of a hidden agenda for fundraising ) . |
| 21 | Below : Quarry tiles in the back porch are especially practical in a house with two dogs |
| 22 | The achievements are especially gratifying for a sector at first regarded as British Rail 's provincial Cinderella , obscure and ill-equipped . |
| 23 | Trade marks are especially important in a fast-moving industry and it is very comforting to buy goods with familiar names when so many products and businesses come and go in rapid succession , as happened with microcomputers in the early 1980s . |
| 24 | As well as classic dimorphic restriction fragment length polymorphisms , which are not particularly informative , several classes of repeat sequences have now been characterised in DNA which are highly polymorphic as a consequence of wide variation in repeat copy number . |
| 25 | The majoritarian liberal democracies are basically those with a strong Anglo-American heritage ; the consensual liberal democracies on the federal-unitary dimension are largely those with plural ( i.e. strongly multi-cultural ) societies . |
| 26 | We are long overdue for a complete overhaul of the mathematics curriculum at all levels . |
| 27 | If persons holding such views are sufficiently powerful in a state , they may be able to prevent ratification of the ERA by that state |
| 28 | Experienced salespeople know intuitively if intentions are sufficiently favourable for a close to be worthwhile . |
| 29 | It said : ‘ The words of the song are sufficiently clear to a large number of the audience . ’ |
| 30 | People who have intelligence and a conscience wrestle with these problems and we 've come to a conclusion which is as good a deal as we think we can get , with the people of the area and with the Labour party and I think he said that if people in this authority are sufficiently obstructive for a sufficiently long time then people will change their minds . |