Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These qualities are perceptible but the nature of their interactions is never talked of as if they could be quantified . |
| 2 | Reading scores are low , maths scores are low and the amount of repair work needed when kids get to college , if they do , is phenomenal . |
| 3 | I to you young men because you are strong and the word of God lives in you and you have overcome the evil one . |
| 4 | Any variety of examination/coursework proportions are possible and the majority of modules are assessed either by 1()0 per cent examination or 100 per cent coursework or the following proportions of examination to coursework : 80/20 , 75/25 , 70/30 , 60/40 or 50/50 . |
| 5 | I am sorry that the Secretary of State was not in the Chamber when the hon. Gentleman ended by saying that his last ambition in politics was to abolish the Department in which he served for eight years . |
| 6 | I am sorry that the Leader of the Opposition has announced that he would take money from British farmers and contribute it to those in southern Europe . |
| 7 | Rex and Tomlinson ( 1979 ) are clear that the position of ethnic minorities and the conflicts that surround race and ethnicity in Britain can only be understood in the light of Britain 's imperial past and the recent collapse of empire ; ‘ a serious sociological analysis of race relations problems must rest upon a concept of the social structure of Empire and of the class formations which occur within it ’ ( p. 286 ) . |
| 8 | Follow the old Craven Way on a frosty October morning when skies are clear and the whole of Dentdale opens below you tinged with autumn and you can keep your Grand Canyon and your Taj Mahal . |
| 9 | The offences do not require any endangerment at all : that is taken to be inherent in the carrying of firearms , since their potentialities are grave and the risk of accidents as well as deliberate use is well known . |
| 10 | The perception of area , volume and movement is a complex activity in which the space and its boundary are interdependent and the quality of one affects the other . |
| 11 | I am afraid that the evidence at the moment is that the game is not sufficiently supported by members of the armed forces . |
| 12 | I am genuinely sorry , for I am heartily thankful that we have escaped from the small-mindedness of the medieval church and I despise modern astrologers , but I am afraid that the rhetoric about backwaters in the previous paragraph is just empty rhetoric . |
| 13 | So , the economy of agriculture is in dire straits and the environment is suffering , but I am afraid that the position on animal health is even more dire . |
| 14 | The authors are unconvinced that a reliance on business , left to its own devices or even pump-primed , is sufficient , without full-scale and direct attention to the needs of all residents , those in both the paid and the unpaid workforce , and their dependants . |
| 15 | I would need to check with the erm er computer manager you know which fields are takeable , you know how , I do n't know if you know computer re how computer records are stored but every piece of information like erm the admission figure , the title , the distributor will be a field and I presume if er any information like the time is in a separate field then you would be able to have a report by fields . |
| 16 | I am delighted that the Minister of State , Foreign and Commonwealth Office , my hon. Friend the Member for Watford ( Mr. Garel-Jones ) , who is one of the most influential Ministers in the discussions , is here today , and I say to him and to others that I want Ministers to be more positive . |
| 17 | I am delighted that the number of disconnections for debt has continued to fall . |
| 18 | I am delighted that the Association of British Insurers , an organisation committed to a reduction in car crime , has recently issued a video aimed at young males , particularly in the 12-to-16 age group . |
| 19 | However , the statistical methods applied to the concept of a bounded area of land are dubious unless the shape of that area is taken into consideration and only those cemeteries within 100 m of parish boundaries were considered ( Reilly and Zambardino 1986 ) . |
| 20 | Many Greek Cypriots are fearful that a reduction of UN policing of the 110 mile ‘ green line ’ separating the Greek south from the Turkish northern third of the island could lead to renewed fighting . |
| 21 | Teachers are relieved that the Secretary of State ( albeit belatedly ) decided to restrict compulsory testing at age 10–11 to the three core subjects . |
| 22 | The smilers are relieved that the removal of the iron curtain has revealed a broader , more variegated Europe , full of national pride and unripe for Euro-regulation . |
| 23 | ( ‘ Bet your gums are relieved when the rest of you goes to sleep . ’ ) |
| 24 | Those who fail are convinced that a horde of Undead emerge from portals which magically open in the tapestries . |
| 25 | Many policemen do appear to have a standard low opinion of black people , are convinced that the majority of the black population are criminal , and believe that a black person is guilty until he can , if he can , prove his innocence . |
| 26 | INVESTORS are convinced that the Bank of Japan will soon be forced to lower interest rates sharply . |
| 27 | Only the tips of the radial shields are visible although the extent of the shield can be discerned beneath the scales of the disk . |
| 28 | Only the tips of the radial shields are visible but the extent of the plate beneath the disk can be distinguished . |
| 29 | The tips of the radial shields are visible and the extent of the shields can be seen beneath the disk scales . |
| 30 | For instance , as far as young women are concerned , we can trace the development of friendships through an early adolescent period when emotional commitments are minimal and the focus of friendship is common activities , a period in mid-adolescence when young women become most anxious about being rejected or excluded from a same-sex friendship . |