Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] are [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also have to make sure when the passengers come into the airport terminal they are entering a clean , well-presented environment . |
| 2 | By carrying out this exercise you are adopting a constructive approach to your child 's difficult behaviour . |
| 3 | The International Association is presently being run by Eva & Co , an Austrian women artists group who are planning a further exhibition in Graz in May 1993 . |
| 4 | The property is currently under active exploration by Anglesey Mining plc who are sinking a 550 m deep exploration shaft at the western ( Morfa Ddu ) end of the deposit to investigate drill-indicated reserves of 4.8 million tonnes at 1.5 per cent Cu , 3.0 per cent Pb , 6.0 per cent Zn , 57 g/t Ag and 0.4g/t Au . |
| 5 | At the moment we are experiencing a 25 per cent fall in the number of young school leavers . |
| 6 | ‘ Sometimes we make the mistake of believing there is some connection , when in truth we are discussing a different era , different players who played different laws . |
| 7 | One minute we are reciting the most orthodox creed and the next minute we are practising a pathetic view of God which would do no credit to a pagan . |
| 8 | We will meet formally five times over the course of the first pilot year , and this month we are planning a two-day meeting to evaluate the teaching of each module . |
| 9 | This month we are introducing a new competition category to the Woodworker Show competitions . |
| 10 | But more than that most want the satisfaction of feeling they are doing a worthwhile job well — and here the unions do n't seem to offer much help . |
| 11 | Does he not therefore find it extraordinary that the Labour and Liberal parties remain committed to the abolition of grant maintained schools and that in local government they are waging a relentless campaign against G M schools , as typified by the behaviour of Essex County Council . |
| 12 | Section 15 of the 1968 Theft Act says that if you issue a cheque when you know you have no money in your bank you are committing a criminal offence . |
| 13 | This is not just climbing on to a fashionable band-wagon , it is facing up to the fact that for the first time in the history of our science we are approaching a general theory of the earth . |
| 14 | They have valuable experience which could usefully be shared with governors of other types of school who are facing a similar challenge . |
| 15 | Couple 2 — A married young couple who are decorating a small flat . |
| 16 | In this Olympic year we are making a major commitment to athletics . ’ |
| 17 | In the coming year we are launching a comprehensive sponsorship programme to attract corporate donations and specific sponsorship . |
| 18 | This year we are asking a selected sample of readers to help us with this process . |
| 19 | The bands can be as deep as you like and the whole time you are creating a unique structure . |
| 20 | Yes , the frustrated mother ca n't be generous and so forth with her child , and on the whole I think the emphasis that people used to put on mothers staying at home was very misguided , because a mother who 's having to sacrifice all her outside interests for the sake of her child is just a frustrated mother , and it 's not good for the also the problem is that you then have fairly energetic women devoting all they have to children , then they over-invest in the child 's own achievements , so in fact you are putting a great psychological burden on the child because it has to grow up fulfilling expectations of an adult , which is not right for a child . |
| 21 | The calves remain ‘ crated ’ until taken out for slaughter between three and four months later during which time they are fed a milk-derivative liquid diet ‘ enhanced ’ in the usual ways with vitamins , medication , and sometimes growth-promoters . |