Example sentences of "[pron] are [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's invisible earnings , which are made up of a surplus on things like insurance and banking offset by government contributions to the European Community and overseas aid , are now projected to be about £2,670million in 1989 , less than half the £6,100million total earned in 1988 . |
| 2 | With these ideas , in concrete mathematical form , it was relatively straightforward to calculate the allowed orbits in more complicated atoms and even in molecules , which are made up of a number of atoms held together by electrons in orbits that go round more than one nucleus . |
| 3 | That is nipples which are turned in like a crater , or which do not stick up by at least half a centimetre when gently pinched between thumb and forefinger from just beyond the base . |
| 4 | There 's one other point that 's important to make about the contribution that companies can make about having their own house in order , and it rather echoes some of the questions which are coming up in a , in a question session . |
| 5 | The most precious opals , including black opals the rainbow colours of which are set off against a sombre background , are those from the opal fields of Australia opened as lately as 1872 but not seriously exploited until the twentieth century . |
| 6 | 11.2 In relation to commercial exploitation the Non-academic Parties and the Academic Parties agree that the terms and conditions for exploitation of and licenses granted under intellectual property rights in results deriving from the Academic Parties shall have regard to the extent to which such results are incorporated in or applied to the manufacture of commercially exploited products ( particularly where there had been substantial product development outside the project ) and to the SERC guidelines which are set out in a letter from SERC dated 13 August 1984 , together with its attachments . |
| 7 | In 1917 the Belorussian National Committee , a hotchpotch of indecisive and divided intellectuals , eventually mustered sufficient unity to send demands to Petrograd , only to be nullified by the differing views of the Petrograd- and Moscow-based Belorussian groups ( intimations of those wider cultural and political differences between the twin capitals which are taken up in a later chapter ) . |
| 8 | It could be argued that such a system is valuable in all high risk operations : it provides reassurance not only for the surgical teams but also for patients who are operated on by a surgeon in whom seroconversion subsequently occurs . |
| 9 | The move will be seen as a further step towards a possible post-election deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats , who are holding out for a commitment to PR for the Commons as a pre-condition of backing a minority government . |
| 10 | The type of er business you are setting up as a music teacher . |
| 11 | Surprisingly , people become so involved in the task that they rarely notice that you are setting up in a different way . |
| 12 | It is a pleasure to see that so many museums still have free admission and free events but if you are dropping in on a favourite , remember that many close at Christmas and New Year and booking is advisable . |
| 13 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 14 | If you are getting on to a diet which involves being very restricted for choice , and in some cases , missing out meals altogether , you are perfectly normal if you find it difficult to stick to this in the long term . |
| 15 | Talking about how you are getting along in a relationship is going to help it to flourish and grow . |
| 16 | Conversely , if you are building up to a competition and wish to greatly increase your fitness and endurance , the FDR should be very intense and should make up a large part of your training . |
| 17 | You may have to carry a spare set if you are going out for a full day 's detecting as charge life can be as low as five hours , and ni-cads should not be recharged until they are spent . |
| 18 | They have the highest income-tax and VAT rates , the harshest drinking laws , the dreariest bars , the dullest restaurants and television that makes you feel as if you are warming up for a coma . |
| 19 | In other words , if you are brought up on a diet of do 's , don'ts , should 's and shouldn'ts , you will be inclined to spend a lot of time and energy earning approval . |
| 20 | It may be that you have been taking them for so long that you are caught up in a chemical spiral and can not now function without them . |
| 21 | So if you are starting out with a good deal of weight to shed , it is wise to allow scope for reducing calorie intake in the later stages of dieting . |
| 22 | ‘ If we are called out to a bonfire which potentially could cause damage , it is our responsibility to put it out . |
| 23 | ‘ We are fed up with a distant bureaucracy telling us what to do with our bikes . |
| 24 | PLAYER : Well , it 's a device , really — it makes the action that follows more or less comprehensible ; you understand , we are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style . |
| 25 | Perhaps we are heading back in a full-circle towards the days of Victorian philanthropy — Back towards the days before state provision when organisations like Barnardos , the Salvation Army and the C.O.S. were the dominant providers . |
| 26 | we a we are going , we are going out for a meal on Saturday night i er , in , with or without , we 're going out , I 've er we want to go to the when we went with . |
| 27 | Injection pipettes are made in exactly the same way as holding pipettes except that they are broken off at a smaller internal diameter . |
| 28 | The Smiths are acknowledged as writing with sensitivity , depth and intelligence and the suggestion that they are cashing in on a tragedy at the expense of causing grief to the relatives of its victims is absolutely untrue . |
| 29 | Interactionists would question that implication , and argue that they are made up of a plurality of values and norms , which may often conflict . |
| 30 | Then they will baptise those they evangelise in the name of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit ( 28:19 ) , but in the meantime they are given one trial run , if we may so call it , when they are sent out on a missionary journey ( Matt. 10:20 ) . |