Example sentences of "[noun] are [vb pp] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All beginners are required to master the first kata before taking their first grading examination . |
| 2 | Keeping customers happy is Fluka 's prime objective and their personnel are determined to provide the best possible service . |
| 3 | It is well established that objects are perceived to have the same colour despite quite extensive variations in the colour of the light with which they are illuminated and hence the wavelength of the light they reflect back to the retina . |
| 4 | There the prisoners are encouraged to confront the true nature of their crimes and themselves . |
| 5 | Such policies are designed to promote the efficient allocation of resources through the encouragement of competition , which is seen as the active progenitor of economic efficiency and welfare . |
| 6 | The activities are designed to exploit the motivating and memorable appeal of music to the learner and the author proves his point that ‘ anything you can do with a text , you can do with a song ’ . |
| 7 | Although planning authorities are urged to consider the differential effects of in-town and out-of-town developments , the guidance studiously avoids giving a clear indication of the shopping patterns to be favoured in future . |
| 8 | Somehow local authorities are expected to perform the same range of duties more cheaply . |
| 9 | Two or three of those hours are spent reviewing the financial results . |
| 10 | ‘ Everywhere meetings are held to discuss the Eastern Question … |
| 11 | In case attempts are made to avoid the full effect of the winding-up procedure , Section 127 states : |
| 12 | Attempts are made to consider the best interests of the natural parents and the would-be adoptive parents , but the interests of the child are , of course , of paramount importance . |
| 13 | It has made an environment assessment , and its proposals are designed to enhance the environmental interest of the area . |
| 14 | The roads leading to these houses are guarded to prevent the general species of mankind from entering ; and I felt a slight twinge of sorrow for these rich people who have isolated themselves in these strange colonies and deprived themselves of the society of humble and unpretentious men who add the savour to human society ; for it is only in such men that the real spirit of joy , and freedom resides . |
| 15 | A small set of rules are used to derive the syntactic information for the word . |
| 16 | A large agrarian reform and related regional development programmes are designed to reincorporate the low income rural population as producers , consumers and participants in a more democratic social system . |
| 17 | Programmes are designed to meet the specific needs of organisations whether a senior management programme or a company MBA or Diploma . |
| 18 | In principle FELs can have calculated efficiencies as high as 30–50 per cent when the dimensions of the wiggler are tapered to match the decreasing energy of the electrons traversing it . |
| 19 | Here 10 of the 16 possible bit patterns of a 4 bit field are used to represent the decimal digits 0 to 9 , the remaining 6 being unused . |
| 20 | However , we must not forget that we are trying to spawn new industrial or commercial opportunities , and although researchers are encouraged to explore the full potential of their ideas whatever the outcome , it must be conceivable that the research could lead to a significant opportunity for investment within a reasonable timescale ; say a decade or so . |
| 21 | These groups are considered to represent the key occupations in a post-industrial economy . |
| 22 | Members who have lost touch with the Association are invited to contact The Honorary Secretary , Dr J. W. Binns , at the Centre for Medieval Studies , University of York , King 's Manor , York YO1 2EP stating what years they were in Hall , whereupon they will be added to the mailing list . |
| 23 | Reasonable performance was achieved in this task but the aggregation is being achieved by external operations on the objects rather than by the more conceptual approach of aggregation abstraction : new object classes with aggregation methods are defined to represent the various unit sizes . |
| 24 | Although many of the homoeopathic remedies are poisons in their crude form , the process of potentization by which homoeopathic remedies are prepared separates the healing power of the remedy — the quality of the remedy — from the toxic effects , which are associated with the quantity . |
| 25 | The remedies are designed to influence the internal , inherited predisposition components . |
| 26 | We therefore take the view that the 1991 reforms represent an inadequate response to the current penal crisis , which is unlikely to be resolved unless further steps are taken to tackle the continuing problem of excessively wide judicial discretion . |
| 27 | Where contact with the organized public is necessary or unavoidable , steps are taken to retain the organizational initiative in the hands of the governmental authorities as far as possible , and to associate with people of like attitude rather than with those who are considered to be ‘ uncooperative ’ , ‘ militant ’ , ‘ extremist ’ for example . |
| 28 | Unless steps are taken to develop the financial structure of the practice ahead of its business expansion , there will be a risk of over-trading , under-capitalisation and the payment of high interest rates . |
| 29 | As is common amongst state regiments , different ribbons and plumes are used to distinguish the various regiments . |
| 30 | Centres writing their own Higher National Units are invited to adopt the new format for 1993–94 , though there is no obligation to do so ; however , all such units with the session date 1994–95 must be in the new format . |