Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] are [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And on the landward side of all the trenches ( except those between the Solomons and the New Hebrides , where they are on the seaward side ) are the island chains — Japan to New Zealand — whose birth is in whole or in part a consequence of all that colliding and jostling beneath the blue horizons . |
| 2 | Do not put fluffy rugs in front of open fires , where they are in the direct line of sparks . |
| 3 | Corrections — or interceptions by another name — are usually twice the number of degrees that you are off the desired track . |
| 4 | A good feature of the Solution is that it offers flexibility in the depth of the decompression range , so that for an indicated ceiling of three metres it will accept that you are in the correct range if you are between nine and three metres depth . |
| 5 | My word , Bodo , I really think that you are in the wrong profession . |
| 6 | Never bounce up and down once you are in the squatting position . |
| 7 | The LTA has increased its training staff and with the arrival of Tony Pickard and others it does appear that we are on the right road to success or at least start travelling in the right direction . |
| 8 | Everything that had emerged from the reaction to the two consultation papers it had produced ‘ confirms our view that we are on the right track . |
| 9 | The Society is always looking for new ways to improve its service to members and your encouraging response to the introduction last January , of a direct , one-category membership structure indicates that we are on the right lines . |
| 10 | Now that we are in the European Single market , the need for additional statistical reporting by VAT registered traders is on us . |
| 11 | ‘ The aim is to show the kids that we are in the new Europe , that the Dutch children are n't far away and that we are all one . ’ |
| 12 | We imagine that we are in the thick of it — especially if there are miracles , new liturgical enthusiasm and popular songs — but in reality we are in the thin of it . |
| 13 | ‘ What you observe there is that in the battleground seats , the seats where this election will be determined , Labour is doing even better than we are in the national , overall polls , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Erm , so we are at the lower end of the authority charges . |
| 15 | Mike has played eight games for Moseley and although they are in the Second Division we are satisfied with his form and fitness . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The bookies are offering longer odds on Doncaster winning anything than they are on the first Martian landing in Newton Aycliffe . ’ |
| 17 | In fact , college teachers are probably more interested in the reasoning by which you reach your answer than they are in the substantive answer itself . |
| 18 | Rangers have five wins and two draws from their games since the first round of the European Cup in September and respond to the fact that opposing teams are keener to attack them in that competition than they are in the Premier Division . |
| 19 | The WGMS could , in short , be adopted in the United Kingdom in full confidence that insignificant hiccups in the form of excess seats would be no more frequent than they are in the Federal Republic , where it has been tested in eleven general elections and not found wanting . |
| 20 | Meadows notes that informal communication networks are much stronger , and more tightly integrated , in science than they are in the social sciences . |
| 21 | There are no comprehensive statistics in this area , but a CRE survey ( 1 ) concludes that the number of ethnic minority teachers the eight LEAs is very small , that they are on the lowest scales and have no career progression . |
| 22 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 23 | Work done by the Senegalese group has convinced Papert that they are on the right track . |
| 24 | Ca n't help thinking that they are on the right track and it 's we who are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 25 | The fighting in Mostar and central Bosnia has forced the UN Security Council to condemn the Bosnian Croats , despite their claims that they are on the defensive . |
| 26 | Politicians can only be trusted when they think that they are on the winning side and will ignore any democratic mechanism to prove that they are ‘ right ’ . |
| 27 | A great proportion of our farmers , large and small , know in their hearts that they are on the wrong road , but have neither the wisdom nor the courage to strike out on radically new lines . |
| 28 | We therefore might be misled into thinking that they are of the same logical type . |
| 29 | The only exceptions to the sequential rule are inserts , which can be added in without affecting any of the other material provided that they are of the same length as the material which they are replacing . |
| 30 | Accordingly , futures contracts will not be investments of the same kind as debt securities or even contracts for differences , although SFA may perhaps agree that they are of the same kind as contracts for differences for this purpose ; in practice , however , any dealer who normally deals in futures contracts is usually likely to deal in contracts for differences in any event . |