Example sentences of "are the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are the superstars of entrepreneurship ; they get the publicity and the money . |
| 2 | Why are the Yahoos so violently fond of those shining stones in the fields ? |
| 3 | Other species often found are the eyelash begonia ( B. boweri ) , the iron cross begonia ( B. masoniana ) , and hybrids like B. ‘ Tiger ’ and B. ‘ Cleopatra ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ What Are the Royals Up To Now ? ’ changed abruptly to ‘ Will Soccer Violence Spread to Gaelic Football ? ’ as he turned a mental page . |
| 5 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 6 | There must come a time when so much head of water is piled against the beach that at certain points it is enough to initiate return seaward flows , which are the rip currents . |
| 7 | Paradoxically , the more severe the reflux the higher are the papillae and hence the more likely are the stem cells to be damaged . |
| 8 | Hence the business debts , and of course the profits , are the proprietor 's alone . |
| 9 | You are the proprietor of a 20 room country hotel , set in six acres of wooded grounds with spectacular views , eight miles from the nearest town . |
| 10 | We all basically have flushes , sweats , depression and various other problems , but basically the ladies who present with flushes and sweats are the ladies who in fact get help for ladies who do n't present with flushes and sweats finish up as osteoporotic and they 're the ones we are very concerned about ! |
| 11 | ‘ Who are the ladies at this house-party ? ’ |
| 12 | These are the ladies of the European Tour , the Ford classic is the first title of the season and as always , competitive golf is tense , nerve-wracking stuff . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , it remains true that , as under the business model , financing and refinancing of debt takes place outside the appropriation accounts ( which are the operating statements ) . |
| 14 | This Glasgow Hamlet is the latest in a long line of impersonations , and his soliloquies are the novel he inhabits , or most of it . |
| 15 | Banks , accountants , advertising agencies and many other providers of professional services are the camp followers of the multinational army . |
| 16 | Transitions within a game to a different stage or to another game entirely are the moments of maximum vulnerability : from look to touch ; from touch to speech — speech the most difficult of all . |
| 17 | The names of the battles are known , some better than others ; for most these are the moments in the war which stand out . |
| 18 | Those are the moments when the cheetah can creep slowly forward . |
| 19 | These are the faces of threat , greeting , submission , yawning , and the Flehman posture . |
| 20 | But it is certain that he , like the Jews of old , knows that , ‘ we are the Adam of our souls ’ ; each has its own opportunities , each its own triumphs , failures and guilts . |
| 21 | Typical transactions are the purchase of goods , reservations of travel or hotel arrangements , and requests for further information — perhaps brochures and catalogues — about goods or services . |
| 22 | Open-market operations are the purchase or sale by the Bank of England of government securities ( bonds or Treasury bills ) in the open market . |
| 23 | The main features of the structure are the cemeteries and memorials of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission , the Air Forces Memorials by the Thames at Runnymede and on the Embankment , and those within the Church of St Clement Danes in the Strand . |
| 24 | They are the guardians of a door of a house that belongs to me . |
| 25 | By contrast , in the ‘ well-managed consensus ’ of the Rhine model , banks rather than stock markets are the guardians of the capitalist flame , Albert says . |
| 26 | Honda have spent five million pounds on their Dream Machine … and then they 're are the adventurers … their cars are built for pennies from old bike parts … from wood and cardboard … and then they 're are the brits … the Central South car … the Solar Flair … built in a barn in Wallingford … its been designed and driven by Phil Farrand … he 's served his racing apprenticeship with the Williams Grand Prix Team as a research engineer … |
| 27 | One of the many misconceptions about housing finance is that home-owners are self-reliant , buying their houses with no resort to the state , while public sector tenants are the recipients of huge hand-outs . |
| 28 | Sportsmen , no less than other black kids , are the recipients of pressure from both parents to do well at school . |
| 29 | There is debate as to whether States accept obligations for the protection of individuals or whether individuals are the recipients of rights which they can enforce . |
| 30 | The defendants are the recipients of the section 39 notice , not the issuers . |