Example sentences of "are [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mentals are worth 3 points . |
| 2 | Physical symptoms that are Generals ( symptoms that can be expressed ‘ I am … ) are worth 2 points . |
| 3 | There are times these days when I feel so starved of warmth that the instructions on a painkiller packet or vitamin tub ( " At the first sign of a cold developing be sure to … " ) can make me go all husky and brave . |
| 4 | If both genes are for wild-type eyes , or one is for wild-type and one for pearl eye , the beetle has wild-type ( black ) eyes . |
| 5 | If picture-books are for young children , then what is one to make of , for example , Charles Keeping 's edition of Alfred Noyes The highwayman or Raymond Briggs ' Fungus the bogeyman ? |
| 6 | The points of Figure 7.7b are for successive days , and it appears that the bird adjusted its territory size to maximize its rate of weight gain . |
| 7 | The seasonal charts are for late evenings , with the Sun far enough below the horizon for the sky to be dark . |
| 8 | If we do n't know where you are for twelve months or more we have to assume you have abandoned your child . |
| 9 | Becher et al ( 1981 ) point to some of the problems : it is not obvious what the real reasons are for poor results ( e.g. poor intake ) ; criticism of a hardworking school operating in bad circumstances undermines morale ; and a high scoring school acts as a magnet and deprives other schools of high ability children . |
| 10 | Several of the offers are for individual homes , while some companies are interested in all four . |
| 11 | They are normally short and fixed term though some are overnight ( ‘ at call ’ ) deposits and some are for 364 days . |
| 12 | Er a specific on only thing that might have been I think was really , erm the erm the concern that some people expect erm are for rural areas , whether there was going t there were going to be con whether things were going to be spread thinner on the ground in rural areas , particularly sort of transport costs , and of course erm there 's one , but nevertheless , the concern that that would be underlying that and the erm the erm the the rural community |
| 13 | Here you are for best results treat autumn or spring . |
| 14 | The ‘ normal minimum admission standards ’ listed in these tables are for many areas of study a realistic indication of the grades likely to be required and applicants who hold these grades stand an excellent chance of being made an offer , eg for most degrees in the Faculty of Arts , the Faculty of Science and Engineering , and the less pressured areas in the Social Sciences such as Nursing Studies or Social Policy . |
| 15 | Things like that it 's for letting that 's what words are for well numbers are for telling other people how much you how much do you Would you like a cup of coffee ? |
| 16 | However , although most of my patterns are for single-bed machines , I am becoming more and more interested again in playing with double jacquard . |
| 17 | The studios are for two persons and are simply but pleasantly furnished . |
| 18 | These are for illustrative purposes only and can not be guaranteed by Midland Life . |
| 19 | of enrolments are for vocational courses and 40 per cent . |
| 20 | Many claims are for small amounts which are costly to administer . |
| 21 | Now they are for small children to celebrate occasionally . |
| 22 | At the sampling stage they are for practical reasons equally important , for it is hard to see how investigators could proceed without some recourse to demographic categories such as class , sex , or ethnicity . |
| 23 | The problem generally classified as ‘ shirking ’ also extends to incompetence , since if the shareholders are for practical purposes unable to replace management the company may suffer from inept leadership quite separately from questions of managerial diligence . |
| 24 | Sentiment and nostalgia are for pleasant memories . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) All of the roles are for male characters male sopranos never portray women . |
| 26 | It may reflect the thought that although we do not aim at the ‘ truth ’ — i.e. our immediate aims are for simple solutions to empirical problems — nevertheless , the truth is what we end up with . |
| 27 | The funds they receive are for specific services — hence the term ‘ fund accounting ’ . |
| 28 | Often their most urgent needs , in any case , are for public investments ( in education , sanitation , health-care and so on ) that are unlikely to appeal to private investors — or for technical help , which can be far more productive than mere money . |
| 29 | Note : sandstone grades are for on-sight ascents using rope knots for the first time . |
| 30 | ‘ But North Korean officials believe that only one is for peaceful purposes , while the others are for military aims . ’ |