Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I am fascinated by the sculptural elements in nature . |
2 | Whilst all of the guest rooms are furnished to the highest levels — model rooms were built for every member of staff to comment on and the opening was delayed by several months until things were felt to be completely right — the Amstel 's jewel in the crown is its Royal Suite . |
3 | Ninety-eight per cent of all criminal cases are heard in the latter courts . |
4 | Despite these interactions , when correlations are calculated across the 48 films it is clear that the risk ratings in each case are strongly related to one another , r(46)=0.742 , p<0.01 , see Table 6.2 . |
5 | In the case of reliability estimates , correlations are calculated from the two sets of scores obtained from inter-rater , test-retest or split-half comparisons . |
6 | But when this and fines imposed on others as well as those firms involved in the Folding-Carton industry conspiracy are calculated against the gross revenues and then standardized as a fine imposed on a person earning $15,000 annually , it is clear that they are relatively minuscule . |
7 | There was imposed upon him , which he reaffirmed at his Bar Mitzvah at 12 years of age , a double mark : not only the circumcision by which all Jewish males are placed under the covenantal blessings and duties , but also the onus of priesthood . |
8 | Even when nominally on loan shelves , as in libraries in which loan and reference stocks are placed on the same shelves , these kinds of book are not borrowed but referred to . |
9 | c It is suggested that Adverts are placed in the following papers , depending on the areas involved in the Consultation Exercise : Scotsman ( Friday ) Evening News ( Friday ) Dalkeith Advertiser ( published weekly , Thursday ) East Lothian Courier ( published weekly , Friday ) Lothian Courier ( published weekly , Thursday ) |
10 | The new industry of salmon-farming has filled the gap as far as the scavenging gulls are concerned : the rearing cages are placed in the sheltered bays and ‘ sounds ’ between the islands and are fed on high-protein , manufactured food in pellet form , which are ferried out in sacks by small boats . |
11 | To make matters worse , all the inventions are hidden in the various objects scattered around the cave system , so you 'll need all your wits about you if you 're to do it . |
12 | The enforcement of Amhara supremacy over other nationalities and the absence of a democratic machinery for instituting change are given as the main reasons why the Tigray People 's Liberation Front ( TPLF ) started an armed struggle in 1975 . |
13 | Examples are given of the working documents which should emerge from this process , in keeping with a school 's priority . |
14 | Fretter and Graham ( 1962 ) quote figures that suggest a rate of boring into limpet ( Patella ) shells of 0.175 mm per hour but no details are given of the relative sizes of predator and prey , or of the temperature . |
15 | To a background of loud , pumping music prizes are given to the best demonstrators and to the units — groups of demonstrators — who have made the most sales . |
16 | The total number of accidents and the calculated average traffic flow at a junction are given for the 40 junctions in Table 3.2 . |
17 | Some typical errors and boobytraps are given on the following pages . |
18 | Special arrangements may be made for candidates with disabilities : details are given in the Administrative Arrangements booklet . |
19 | Special arrangements may be made for candidates with disabilities : details are given in the Administrative Arrangements booklet . |
20 | The basic TA concepts together with their implications are given in the following sections ( best read in this sequence ) : Ego-states , page 56 , Strokes , page 156 , Discounts , page 55 , Games , page 71 , OKness , page 123 . |
21 | Details are given in the relevant chapters . |
22 | Millions of retail and wholesale outlets are given in the yellow pages of the telephone directory collection , which covers all of Western Europe , as well as most of the world 's principal markets . |
23 | Natural gut strings are favoured by the professional players because of their ‘ playability ’ — their sensitivity and feel for the ball . |
24 | We will discuss a little later the emotions implications of this but for the moment we are reflecting on the practical issues that overwhelm the bereaved person . |
25 | We reach the Welsh border in five hours , but soon lose our way and travel thirty miles in the wrong direction , during which we are stopped by the Welsh police . |
26 | Slightly higher porosities of up to 5% are developed in the algal boundstones at the top of each depositional cycle , where the pores consist mainly of vugs and enlarged fractures , together with some intragranular voids . |
27 | These ‘ away ’ areas are often behind the opposite goal to the home End and are recognized by the visiting supporters as their ‘ spots ’ . |
28 | Ideas of identity and insider integrity in the late 1980s are sustained by the same symbols of status and denigration which have existed since at least the mid-1950s . |
29 | ( The more lenders there are competing for the same customers , the hard for each has to work to attract a given number of customers — and an obvious way of attracting customers is by cutting rates . ) |
30 | This suggests that certain groups and individuals will be ‘ stronger ’ and better placed to obtain the housing they want , although this is something of an oversimplification since it implies that all are competing for the same types of house . |