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

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1 Some of them are also Companions of Honour , an order additional used as a way of rewarding prime ministers ' political friends , so ‘ that Norman Tebbitt and Lord Whitelaw , neither known as retiring aesthetes , rub shoulders with Anthony Powell , Lucien Freud and Dame Ninette de Valois .
2 Their attraction is based on an image which is at the other extreme from the uncertainty and powerlessness which are also part of adolescence .
3 For example , despite her attachment to an extra-textual and pre-linguistic domain of mental activity , Nathalie Sarraute 's work , according to Heath , should not be limited by interpretative strategies which are fundamentally referentialist in orientation .
4 There are certain other contracts which are not contracts of sale of goods but which are analogous contracts because the ownership of goods passes under them , e.g. contracts of exchange and barter and contracts for labour and materials supplied ( see Chapter 8 above ) .
5 During this final stage they appear as ants , which are really fairies in disguise .
6 They are of a completely different sort from purely material things , such as trees and stones , which are only objects of perception , and not themselves perceivers .
7 This chapter is intended for those who are not teachers of reading but who , as parents , teachers , and librarians , wish to support both the specialist teachers and the learner-readers .
8 Kiltmakers have never been so popular with men who are not members of pipe bands .
9 Without doubt , the construction of such a hegemonic bloc for socialist objectives must involve winning the support of many people who regard themselves as ‘ middle class ’ or of no class , many who have never considered themselves socialists , many who are not members of trade unions , by colonising and re-defining the notion of the popular or national interest ( while avoiding chauvinism and the opportunistic erasure of real social differences ) .
10 Another reason may be that some of the management team who are already shareholders in Target , or other vendor shareholders , will wish to exchange their Target shares for Newco shares without triggering a disposal for capital gains tax purposes ( see ss135 , 137 and 138 TCGA 1992 ) .
11 These men , you will remember , often come to our MRA assemblies , and told the British press last summer , ‘ we are not apostles of apartheid ; we are champions of change . ’
12 In other words , that we are not victims of chance and fate , but take an active part in our destiny , which is a spiritual drama .
13 According to Oakeshott , something less pretentious will do ; viz. , ‘ that we are not children in statu pupillari but adults who do not consider themselves under any obligation to justify their preference for making their own choices ’ .
14 Not having set off from directly overhead Gransden ( a practice advisable in murky conditions ) we are slightly south of track .
15 So I feel that our power has grown very much and that we are now hand in hand with the comrades in Namibia .
16 You know sometimes the way forward is backward , there are no short cuts with god , if he 's leading along a certain path and were disobedient , there 's no way we can opt out of it and join the trail further along , he does n't allow it , its back to where we left it , that 's were we 've got ta get back to , we ca n't skip an experience , we ca n't miss any thing out , we 've got to go back to where we start , where we were when we left the trail and Naomi has to do just that to go back to Bethlehem , that 's the way forward for her , and you see because we all , we always find this if we are really children of god , then we can never ever be satisfied away from the will of god , there 's nothing else that meets our need , its god will or nothing , you know , when we know frustration in our lives , when we know sort of the , these annoyances and , and , and , and er sense of frustration there , its not because god is leaving us that way its invariably cos we have actually gone out of gods will because he 's will is not frustrated , its satisfying , can I just , it will only really be headings this morning , just leave us with three brief headings in this little incident that we 'll read or we , we wo n't read the whole passage but its , er in the remainder of the , or more or less the whole of the remainder of the first chapter tha that the cost was involved and then the choices that were made and then the commitment , the cost that was involved Naomi had to pay something , you see before she could return to Naomi she had to con , before Naomi sorry could return er to , to Bethlehem , she had to acknowledge she 'd done wrong , she had failed , she had sinned , she had to acknowledge she had made a mistake now in fairness to Naomi she did it and she excepted her responsibility , she did n't try and shift the blame on
17 But to return to the composition of foregrounds , there are not instructions about man and animals .
18 Indeed there are even differences of opinion among environmentalists over how this increasing demand upon the countryside is to be accommodated .
19 Should you wish it , you can treat the Sauerhof as a chance to get in trim ; they offer most kinds of sports and have extensive gym , sauna and pool facilities — there are even bicycles for hire so you can get fit and take in the lovely countryside at the same time .
20 There are even ones in pencil stuck to the leaves of plants .
21 There have to be rules , laws , for everything ; after all , there are even rules for war .
22 There are also vacancies for computer technicians , secretaries , and mechanics .
23 There are also reports of exit visas being refused .
24 There are also areas of confusion : it is not uncommon to meet feminists who disagree with Wages for Housework ( on grounds similar to those quoted above ) yet would support increases in child benefit or the right of wives and cohabiting women to claim SB for themselves .
25 There are also claims of drug taking and vandalism .
26 There are also differences of detail : for example , on the Lyon coin the pedestal under the figure of Mars is missing , and there is no relief sculpture on the attic below the chariot .
27 There are also differences of religion and of family structure , and quite different expectations about the possibility , or desirability , of returning ‘ home ’ .
28 There are also differences in pronunciation of sounds and words . ’
29 There are also complaints of litter .
30 There are also fears about energy , but presumably the Government would look to the regulatory authorities to act on customer charges to mitigate the impact .
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