Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] the [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In America it is settled by convention that law is made by statues enacted by Congress or the state legislatures in the manner prescribed by the Constitution , and in England that decisions by the House of Lords are binding on the lower courts . |
| 2 | Most of the pike fishermen think the best pike are caught in the colder months . |
| 3 | Women concentrate in a small number of occupations and most of these are located in the lower rungs of the occupational and grading hierarchies . |
| 4 | These differences are related to the wider patterns of drug use in society at large in which females are proportionately less likely to engage in recreational drug use then males , as this and a number of earlier studies show ( for example , Belle and Goldman 1980 ) . |
| 5 | In some yellow meadow ant colonies there are two sizes or worker : the smaller ones specialise in larval care and stay in the nest , where they are fed by the larger workers , which presumably do the foraging . |
| 6 | the ruins of peoples which are still found here and there and which are no longer capable of a national existence , are absorbed by the larger nations and either become part of them or maintain themselves as ethnographic monuments without political significance . |
| 7 | Prize money in Britain covers only about one quarter of these costs , which is why some owners are looking at the larger prizes available in other countries . |
| 8 | Th the crime problem , as we 've already said is n't too , too great here but er nevertheless it 's important that we , we er keep our eyes open and try and keep crime out because some of these people that erm are living in the bigger cities that are criminals are now starting to discover that it 's easier to come out to places like Farnsfield and commit the crime , because we , we 're not experienced at it . |
| 9 | Some cattle are reared on permanent pasture on the lower slopes and a few fodder crops of grass , oats and potatoes are grown in the lower valleys . |
| 10 | At least when you 're knitting on the bigger gauges you have fewer rows to knit than on a fine or standard gauge . |
| 11 | Vitamin C powder , chalk and glucose are used by the nicer manufacturers ; others add bleach , brick dust or oven cleaner . |
| 12 | ‘ The public is becoming aware of the strong likelihood of an increase in interest rates and are turning to the longer fixtures . ’ |
| 13 | I think this is why they ca n't sell cos they keep building on and people are going in the newer ones and not buying the ones that are lived in . |
| 14 | Elsewhere , such components are diluted by the larger volumes of magma generated at ridges and by rising plumes capable of ascending to shallower depths where the lithosphere is thin . |
| 15 | Many , but not all , of those above the line are based at the bigger aerodromes with concrete/asphalt runway(s) , which often means higher rents , rates and landing-fees . |
| 16 | And then the day arrives when there are too many to pull out any longer , when they gleam bright in one corner of your fringe , when they are stippled throughout the longer strands , when your hairdresser lifts your hair and says , ‘ Hmmm ’ . |
| 17 | He concluded : ‘ But in my judgment the powers to seize and retain are conferred for the better performances of public functions by public bodies and can not be used to make information available to private individuals for their private purposes . ’ |
| 18 | Very occasionally , reformers are found in the higher reaches of the system , but in these instances their effectiveness tends to be compromised and their occupancy of top positions short-lived . |
| 19 | By this time they were taking species such as the blue , sei and sperm that are found in the deeper oceans , and were whaling as far afield as the Antarctic and Atlantic oceans . |
| 20 | It makes better sense as a macellum , or market building , several of which are known in the larger towns of Britain , as well as in some Rhine and Danube frontier towns . |
| 21 | Women are much better represented among occupational , educational , clinical and counselling psychologists and psychotherapists , but here too they are concentrated at the lower levels of the profession . |
| 22 | These glands are concentrated in the hairier parts of our bodies and the hairs play a vital part in smell production . |
| 23 | With the latter , the payments are concentrated in the early years of their lives , while with the former , they are concentrated in the later years . |
| 24 | I 'm starting with the smaller accessories , since they often seem to be passed over . |
| 25 | As most houses consist of large drawing rooms and smaller bedrooms and studies , the chief of the office often sits alone in the best room , while the clerks are put into the smaller rooms . |
| 26 | The glittering Godiva shops , in the Grand'Place and elsewhere , have been producing pralines laced with alcohol since the Twenties , but dedicated chocophiles are seduced by the subtler tastes of Wittamer , 12 Place du Grand Sablon , or Mary , 73 Rue Royale . |
| 27 | These are balanced by the gentler hues of shrubby potentillas … and generous planting of white blooms . |