Example sentences of "[am/are] cover with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various explanations have been offered as to how they function but attachment probably depends on the fact that the structures concerned are covered with tubular tenent hairs , the apices of which are moistened by a glandular secretion ( Fig. 23 ) . |
| 2 | The four distinct types built in Gwent , Glamorgan , Powys and Dyfed are covered with localised variations in siting of doorways and fireplaces . |
| 3 | All radiofacsimile stations transmitting meteorological information are covered with complete schedules giving the exact time of transmission and the contents of the various charts . |
| 4 | This 1900 pub has a tongue-and-groove dado , about which the walls are covered with glazed tiles . |
| 5 | Some tropical rivers are covered with floating vegetation , and so full of rotting leaves that they are black and turbid . |
| 6 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates armed with simple rods like those of the dorsal surface . |
| 7 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates and spinelets similar to those of the dorsal side . |
| 8 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small scales . |
| 9 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small scales . |
| 10 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates . |
| 11 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates similar to those of the dorsal surface . |
| 12 | But do n't go too near them — they are covered with stinging hairs . |
| 13 | Their surfaces are covered with tiny pores through which water is drawn into the body by flagella , and then expelled through larger vents . |
| 14 | The hairs on its furry body are covered with microscopic hooks which pick up the slightly sticky pollen grains as the bee busies around the flower . |
| 15 | The undersides are covered with fine brown hairs or down . |
| 16 | Mr Gould , who in describing this new species did me the honour of calling it after my name , states , that besides the smaller size and different colour of the plumage , the beak is of considerably less proportional dimensions than in the common Rhea ; that the tarsi are covered with differently-shaped scales , and that they are feathered six inches beneath the knee . |
| 17 | All the plants , decor and gravel are covered with brown algae . |
| 18 | These flat leaves are covered with erect , fine , protective hairs . |
| 19 | The sides of the creek are covered with mature trees . |
| 20 | The walls are covered with light alcantara to accentuate the bright atmosphere of the interior . |
| 21 | Walls are covered with grainy blow-ups of sleek-jawed Latin athletes . |
| 22 | Inside their front door the walls are covered with sky-blue fur then , further on , with reflecting silver paper . |
| 23 | Large areas of island are covered with thick deposits of black volcanic ash , known locally as picon . |
| 24 | The jaw , oral and adoral shields and the underside of the arms are covered with thick skin , which in wet specimens almost obscures the outlines of the plates beneath . |
| 25 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with thick skin . |
| 26 | Trees and grass are covered with thick layers of tar . " |
| 27 | The walls of the cafe are covered with tinted mirrors , and soft syncopated music oozes from speakers hidden in the ceiling . |
| 28 | The flows are covered with large , high wrinkles and ridges , concentric with the edges of the flow , where the stiff surface layer was crinkled up by the pressure of more material arriving from behind — rather like a pahoehoe surface on a basalt lava , but on a much bigger scale . |
| 29 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates sometimes bearing a spinelet . |
| 30 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface , spinelets may be present . |