Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv prt] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , where calculations are carried out to assess the comparative importance of differences in reproductive success versus survival for each sex , only variation in mate number may be included ( see Wade & Arnold , 1980 ) — though measures of the intensity of sexual selection as conceived by Darwin should also include variation due to differences in mate quality , which may be an important cause of variation in lifetime breeding success both among males and females in monogamous species . |
| 2 | All successful applicants attend an initial induction day with the company at their Ewell headquarters , where a series of assessments are carried out to ensure the right people are recruited for the right job . |
| 3 | The Labour vote has declined because Liverpool people are fed up paying the highest poll tax in the country for a lor ra lor ra people who wo n't pay . |
| 4 | ‘ I know someone has to do it , love , ’ he stated sensitively , ‘ but I 'm not sure that you 're cut out to handle the sad side of a vet 's business . ’ |
| 5 | Who knows why certain people are called up to join the Prime Mover ? |
| 6 | Both guitars have necks that are properly set to line up with the top of the bridges , and which are set up to give the correct amount of neck relief . |
| 7 | Many pages of equestrian text books are taken up describing the ideal physical conformation of the horse , and how to judge good conformation when buying a horse . |
| 8 | You will have to pay an arrangement fee of 0.5% of the sum advanced on all mortgages , except where an endowment mortgage is agreed and Midland Life policies ( see insurance ) are taken out to cover the entire mortgage . |
| 9 | In the musical , Chinese are gunned down to suggest the actual massacre at the mountain village of Ping Ding Shan ; and air warfare and the atomic destruction of Hiroshima are shown on film clips . |