Example sentences of "[noun] are the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Closely linked to the issues concerning this form of representation and visibility are the attitudinal issues — the attitudes towards women in such positions , and our own attitudes , as women in those positions , towards our positions and towards other women . |
| 2 | MMITs are the building blocks for microwave systems used in satellite TV dishes and cellular radio systems . |
| 3 | Such institutions are the envy of many Arab countries for they reflect a commitment to national identity that one will seek in vain in most parts of the Arab world . |
| 4 | The Bretton Woods institutions are the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , the World Bank , and the third , which emanated indirectly from the negotiations at Bretton Woods , is the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 5 | However , the English and Welsh colleges , apart from their teacher education function , are associated mainly with general courses ( Harland and Gibbs 1986 ) , whereas the Scottish central institutions are the most clearly ‘ professional ’ of all the institutions in the UK . |
| 6 | ( 1 ) Legitimacy involves the capacity of the system to engender and maintain the belief that the existing political institutions are the most appropriate ones for the Society . |
| 7 | These junior institutions are the preparatory schools of the prisons , not because they train criminals , but because they train youngsters to cope with a regime which denies tenderness , warmth and the right to weep with and for your own pain . |
| 8 | For his purposes data sheets are ideal and standard tests laid down by the national standards institutions are the methods that he uses . |
| 9 | Amongst the criticisms of UK financial institutions are the allegations that UK banks place too great an emphasis on lending to consumers , whereas overseas banks are primarily concerned with long-term industrial finance . |
| 10 | Since such institutions are the heaviest investors in commercial property , their requirements have driven the market , so that even landlords who are not institutions require an " institutionally acceptable " investment . |
| 11 | Over the decade since 1973 the main features of the energy demand reduction are the 36% fall in oil consumption , the 66% rise in gas consumption and the 80% increase in nuclear power consumption . |
| 12 | sure that 's right but I mean I think the beginners are the people coming in new to the bis |
| 13 | For Mr information the vacancies are the difference between the number of beds we maintain and the number of residence we have . |
| 14 | Handpainted wallpapers , a round room and a galleried landing with cupola are the main features of the Georgian part of the house . |
| 15 | Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our for an easy opportunity . |
| 16 | But good planning and advance preparation are the best way to ensure the move is as efficient and trouble-free as possible . |
| 17 | But for all their differences , Stella and Serena are the two halves of a basically unsatisfactory character . |
| 18 | Of the four remaining switches , Soft Clipping takes some of the harsh overtones out of the sound while H.F. Distortion does the opposite ; screaming harmonics are the order of the day here . |
| 19 | These magnitudes are the outcomes of hypothetical thought experiments on the part of firms . |
| 20 | Tune into the harmony of your developing fragrance : Top Notes are the first scent you 'll smell , but these are volatile and do n't last . |
| 21 | ‘ In my mind , the notes are the most important thing and not all the little directions about how exactly Joe was holding his pick when he made this note ! |
| 22 | Alongside the notes are the kind of broad historical questions that you need to learn to ask about any topic and which have generated the headings . |
| 23 | ( Note that in the natural harmonic series the lower notes are the most consonant , while higher up dissonances become more , but not disturbingly , acute . |
| 24 | The younger acts are the major problem in the music industry . |
| 25 | The fact that all the acts are the same couple of blokes is just the way it is in modern dance . |
| 26 | 2 That acts are the social effects of actions . |
| 27 | These habitual acts are the rituals of sanity . |
| 28 | Nevertheless the former test and the current test are very similar and indeed the ‘ guidelines ’ laid down by the two Acts are the same . |
| 29 | The Jovian satellites are the subject of section 9.4 . |
| 30 | The sort of girls who would quickly come to the fore are the sort of Malory-Towers-Swallows-and-Amazons type ; practical down to earth and capable , but there would probably be many unlike that who would be perfectly handless when it came to organisation and practicalities . |