Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As each financial year passes , the bow-wave does , indeed , dissipate as research and development programmes meet snags ; as decisions are delayed in the labyrinth of Whitehall committees ; as procurement contracts slip behind schedule ; and as units expend less than they asked for due to similar delays in their day-to-day training and operations . |
| 2 | Who will pay compensation if one operators ' trains are delayed by a breakdown of a train by another operator ? |
| 3 | ‘ I am fascinated by the idea of focus . |
| 4 | I am fascinated by the use of the English language , I do not wish to undermine it , but , as I would argue , it does overtly undermine 50 percent of its users ( i.e. women ) . |
| 5 | I am fascinated by the difference in the markings on ( some ) of these aircraft . |
| 6 | It may not be strictly within my remit , but I am fascinated by the amount of space that is being lavished , particularly by the Sunday Times , on the new list of ‘ The Best of Young British Novelists ’ . |
| 7 | Onerous responsibilities are heaped upon the man in the White House , but many obstacles are placed in his way as he attempts to meet those responsibilities . |
| 8 | Bedrooms and lounges are furnished in a variety of styles ranging from Louis XIII to Louis XV . |
| 9 | The rooms of the museum are furnished in the style of the period , with important collections of authentic period furniture , silver , china and art . |
| 10 | At this time of year , the twigs , branches and tree trunks are emphasized by a fall of snow , with a reflection in the stream beneath . |
| 11 | The songs are produced by males when they rub their wings together , and are heard by the female through the ears on her front legs ; they are familiar to us from night-time walks , or the vicarious experience of the cinema . |
| 12 | The paths through the graph are calculated through a process of graph reduction . |
| 13 | These are calculated on the value of the investments held in the trust ( measured on their own offer and bid prices ) , the brokerage costs and stamp duty . |
| 14 | Monthly repayments are calculated on the difference between the selling price ( less the deposit ) and this final payment . |
| 15 | This is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level , though we must bear in mind that these expectations are calculated on the basis of a purely random distribution of sites , which may not be quite true in practice . |
| 16 | Payments are calculated on the basis of the worker 's age , length of continuous service , and pay . |
| 17 | They are a form of taxation levied on local property , and are calculated on the basis of the rent at which the property might reasonably be let . |
| 18 | Ages are calculated at the beginning of the tax year . |
| 19 | Ages are calculated at the beginning of the tax year . |
| 20 | These are calculated from a knowledge of the material properties , and the loading and working conditions . |
| 21 | These are calculated from the number of students registered for each module together with its size , single or double , rather than from class hours . |
| 22 | If , if anybody is interested , these unemployment rates are calculated by the number of unemployed as a percentage of the estimated total of the workforce , the sum of the unemployed claimants , employees , and call it self-employed , H M Forces and participants in work related training programmes . |
| 23 | If you are dismissed at the end of your first year , concentrating on the terms of the contract leads to the conclusion that you ordinarily worked in Great Britain , whereas looking at what actually happened leads to the opposite conclusion . |
| 24 | Moreover , if the purchaser wishes to rationalise the workforce he runs the risk of becoming liable for automatically unfair dismissals where employees are dismissed as a result of the transfer of the business . |
| 25 | The ‘ middle-class ’ witches are dismissed by the ascetics as a ‘ weird bunch of ecology freaks ’ . |
| 26 | Indeed , many vertical mergers are justified on the basis of internalising such information and transaction costs with the hope of reducing such costs . |
| 27 | Yet the prevailing treatment of women workers defines them as a particular and different sub-group of the general category ‘ workers ’ ( this parallels the role they are assigned in the study of deviance ) . |
| 28 | Women 's role and position in the social stratification system husband and wife working in a paid job or career ? vicarious role they are assigned in the sociology of stratification . |
| 29 | Work duties are assigned by the sergeant at the beginning of the shift in what is known as ‘ parade ’ when all members meet together , occasionally in the presence of senior officers . |
| 30 | While the men are invigorated by the fight in the world outside , strengthened by coming face to face with the enemy , we women sit at home and darn . ’ |