Example sentences of "[verb] are [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In mammals , about 50% of the carbohydrates consumed are normally oxidised to carbon dioxide and water to produce energy and about 30 to 40% are converted to fat .
2 A couple who bought a flat which did n't officially exist are still fighting for compensation four years later .
3 " Opticals " like titling mixes and dissolves are then put in hand and added to the " double head " as it is called when vision and sound are still on separate film .
4 Laing is convinced that businesses which are run by people who have little understanding of the products being made are ultimately doomed to failure .
5 First release will either be the atmospheric ‘ Tomorrow 's Day ’ , or the livelier ‘ It 's Like This ’ but — despite attention from major labels — Reborn are n't looking for overkill .
6 Support for this thesis comes from the act that other diseases in which fat malabsorption occurs are also accompanied by vitamin E deficiency .
7 Many of the lochs we used to fish are now affected by forestry : Meala , Sletill , Leir , Talaheel , Lochan nan Clach Geala , The Cross Lochs , Caol , Garbh , Skyline , Caise , Meadie , Cherigal , Gaineimh , Eileanach , Dubh nan Geodh and Toftingall .
8 Ride are just going from strength to strength — one of the bands that are really cutting through at the moment .
9 The purpose for which such financial powers are used are not codified in law .
10 ‘ The spirits we invoke are never trapped for eternity , ’ Apanage said , smiling sweetly at Dauntless .
11 ‘ Something like 30 per cent of the contracts the MoD is prepared to let are now operated by contract caterers , and those include facilities management as well as pure catering .
12 Concentration on the imposition of duties does not , however , distort our understanding of authority since all the other functions authorities may have are ultimately explained by reference to the imposition of duties .
13 It 's gon na be even more difficult another three or four posts I believe are now appointed with Aiden that will create vacancies .
14 Words or letters for the pupil to read are clearly shown in colour in the Pupil 's Books , while words in black are there only to guide the teacher .
15 ‘ Checks and balances guard against undue concentrations of power and make certain that all the interests which boards have a duty to consider are properly taken into account . ’
16 Checks and balances guard against undue concentrations of power and make certain that all the interests which boards have a duty to consider are properly taken into account . ’
17 But she said that many of the issues involved are also raised by licence applications from Advanced Computer Communications Inc and Alanna Corp , which are already being considered .
18 The chemical processes involved are usually associated with hydration ( see Section 6.2.3.1 ) and the addition of water plays a significant role in the physical breakdown of rock .
19 The invalid operation code interrupt and unimplemented instruction interrupt are thus distinguished at entry to the supervisor .
20 Some things that you do are best tracked by date , that 's what the diary does , some things you do are best tra , tracked by subject , that 's what the work organiser does .
21 Transend are continually looking for shareware that spans a wide spectrum .
22 Firstly , the results may simply be due to chance since a search for clusters is likely to reveal some spatial aggregations of cases even if there is no causal explanation : this is particularly true if the age groups , areas , calendar periods , and diagnostic groups to be studied are not specified in advance .
23 Just a few miles away at the Camas camp 1100 refugees with a different story to tell are also preparing for winter .
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