Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many of the activities involved are carried out by individuals , and there is much scope for personal decision-making making and responsibility , the business of maintaining a safe environment is very much a political concern and responsibility — at local , regional , national and international levels . |
| 2 | They give us an immediate apprehension of form , albeit with a residual sense that the forms apprehended are illusory . |
| 3 | If one asks why the law should draw the line at threats of breach of contract and not include within the tort of intimidation some threats against B even though the acts threatened are not strictly unlawful , the answer can lie only in the structure of the law . |
| 4 | Since many of the acts penalised are likely to amount to offensive conduct within the terms of section 5 , it is to be regretted that the opportunity was not taken to examine this jurisprudential anachronism which , although it no longer carries a power of arrest , should perhaps be either modernised or repealed in its entirety . |
| 5 | Whoever the commentator is , the opinions expressed are often only beliefs based on sketchy information that is only indirectly relevant . |
| 6 | ( e ) Conflicts of interest Where firms involved in an amalgamation have previously acted for clients who have been involved in litigation against each other , the amalgamated firm must not accept instructions to act for any of those clients unless they are able to erect and maintain effective " Chinese Walls " and : ( 1 ) none of the solicitors involved are professionally embarrassed by continuing to act ; ( 2 ) all the clients have given their consent ; ( 3 ) those clients have received full and frank independent advice before giving their consent ; and ( 4 ) such continuing to act can be shown to be in the best interests of the clients . |
| 7 | The clubs named are : Southampton , Newcastle , Luton , Tottenham , Bristol Rovers , Barnet , Brighton , Liverpool and Sunderland . |
| 8 | The clubs entered are Tyneside Vikings , BSAD Cumbria , Mid Northumberland Young Disabled Centre , West Cumbria Disabled Sports Club , TLF Sports Club , Hirst Welfare Disabled Sports Club , BPF Newcastle , Barbara Priestman School , Killingworth Fliers , John Wright Centre , Carlisle Sports Club , Bedlington Disabled Sports Club and Ashington Floaters . |
| 9 | The programmes undertaken are of two main types , the one country-specific , the other regional in emphasis . |
| 10 | This covers sales to the fields of business , industry , and education and training organisations , and many of the programmes sold are in the science documentary area . |
| 11 | The mines involved are and near Doncaster and near Pontefract . |
| 12 | The patterns displayed are broadly similar with inversion maxima of — 1500 m recognised on both interpretations . |
| 13 | Where there are dramatic differences of incidence for different groups , where the social pattern investigated is simplex ( for example , class difference only ) , and where the differences virtually always tend in the same direction , it is often unnecessary to test for significance , because the patterns revealed are so clear that no one could believe they are the results of pure chance . |
| 14 | Some of the patterns shown are so elaborate that it seems doubtful that they were woven : some may have been printed with blocks , while others may have been produced by a mixed-medium method , combining printing , embroidery , and appliqué work . |
| 15 | The choice between going for a company limited by shares or one limited by guarantee is thus largely dependent on whether the surveyors involved are having to put up most of the funds themselves . |
| 16 | The surveyors involved are Hamptons . |
| 17 | Among the artists represented are Leonardo , Michelangelo , Raphael , Fra Bartolommeo , Pontormo , Bronzino and Vasari . |
| 18 | Two of the artists involved are Dan Graham and Isa Genzen . |
| 19 | If Morrissey ca n't be allowed to write in the third person using a character , without people automatically assuming the views expressed are his own , then we 've got problems too . |
| 20 | Even though I use many examples and experiences from my years with that company , the views expressed are mine and if my recollections or impressions vary from others ' that is to my account , and not ICI 's . |
| 21 | The coins found are listed on the plan and date from Hadrian to Maximus ( probably Maximianus , AD 286 — 310 , Maximinus II , AD 309 — 13 , or Maxentius , AD 306 — 12 ) . |
| 22 | The mild dissonance used is either a minor 7th or a major 9th : Note that the added part is mostly in contrary motion with the top part ( this usually gives a more powerful bass ) , and that all the notes used are different . |
| 23 | of the birds noted are moving west . |
| 24 | In some years a high proportion of the birds involved are adult males . |
| 25 | Apart from a few species of northern waders which regularly spend the winter in the islands , the rest of the birds recorded are wind-blown vagrants from South America . |
| 26 | Our public houses vary in terms of individual design and construction , but the plans provided are typical of the two types of unit distinguished in the Preliminary Report , and it may be assumed that appropriate proposals will be suitable for other units falling within the same category . |
| 27 | The reactions produced are often summed up as the flight or fight response . |
| 28 | Most of the reactions shown are universal , occurring alike in bacterial cells , and in the cells of your liver and mine . |
| 29 | Frequently the strategies adopted are either to suspend or reject the disruptive pupil and , in certain cases , ignore the fact that disruptive behaviour has occurred . |
| 30 | The strategies discussed are drawn from two main sources : Johns ( 1991 ) and Papegaaij and Schubert ( 1988 ) . |