Example sentences of "[noun sg] are [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Four years in the making , the three-day event had itself been organised by a team of 15 people based in the US , Hong Kong , South Africa , Brussels , Leeds and Manchester , all communicating by electronic mail ( so-called ‘ e-mail ’ , in which messages typed into a personal computer are sent by telephone line to a big , central computer that stores them until they are called up by one or more addressees using their own computers ) .
2 And of course what you really get from your membership is the satisfaction that your money and your support are going towards bird protection : that the RSPB will be putting its money where its mouth is .
3 The majority are made of aluminium alloy which is lightweight but can bend .
4 Note how blacks are invested with vastly exaggerated powers of social combination whilst the ethnic majority are reduced to minority status — ‘ just our lot from the estate ’ .
5 This letter , based on expediency and written in a hurry , without any of the proper backing of parliamentary statute , has continued to dictate the terms whereby millions of pounds of public money are spent on land drainage , right up until the mid-1980s .
6 What they write can also make a difference to the way the legal plans for the curriculum are translated into classroom practice .
7 The risks of a fall in profitability are covered by base capital ( 25 per cent of a firm 's annual costs ) , whilst position capital is held to protect against large falls in share prices in those shares held .
8 As Chapter 3 will discuss , the legal duties imposed on management are directed towards shareholder benefit .
9 Since no external coding is required , only minimal debugging and testing are required for application generation , according to the company .
10 Tens of tonnes of mercury are dumped in batteries each year and worldwide tens of thousands of tonnes of cadmium are used in battery manufacture — 50 per cent of total cadmium usage .
11 The façade and steeple are rebuilt in Baroque style , but the interior is a classic hall church .
12 The quiver and bowcase are made of buffalo hide covered with otter skins and adorned with beaded cuffs .
13 The following rights may be relevant to this computer system : Patent Being new , the computer may incorporate some new and patentable inventions Copyright The software on disk and the programs stored on the integrated circuits ( firmware ) and all accompanying documentation are protected under copyright law Semiconductor The topography of the integrated circuits Regulations containing the firmware Trade Marks The stylized name may be registered as a trade mark Registered Design The embossed pattern may be a registered design Design Right The new type of keyboard may fall within the scope of the new design right
14 It has been repeatedly reported that smooth muscle antibodies of autoimmune chronic hepatitis are directed to cell actin .
15 When decisions about employability are based on school performance rather than on work experience , training opportunities are often limited .
16 A series of one day lectures in electronic imaging are planned by North East Surrey College of Technology ( NESCOT ) , Epsom , Surrey , aimed at photographers who wish to become involved with/know more about this fascinating area .
17 Advantages of such an approach would be that reaction functions for policy are obtained in feedback format , that due attention is paid to dynamics and that explicit specification of a welfare criterion is avoided .
18 Cycling up Snowdon — the mountain and surrounding area are suffering from footpath erosion and building work
19 Large areas of unspoilt British countryside are threatened by mineral exploitation , often because of mineral rights granted 30 or 40 years ago that have lain dormant , according to a report by the Royal Society for Nature Conservation .
20 Visa and Access are accepted for credit card bookings .
21 All holidays in this brochure are sold by Cosmos Coach Tours Ltd .
22 The essence of the model is that customer satisfaction , people [ employee ] satisfaction and impact on society are achieved through leadership driving policy and strategy , people management , resources and processes leading ultimately to excellence in business results .
23 Like many functionalists , Talcott Parsons believes that order , stability and cooperation in society are based on value consensus , that is a general agreement by members of society concerning what is good and worthwhile .
24 Comet are opening at Festival Park .
25 Some 20 per cent of the Field Budgets is concerned with transport and large amounts of capital are spent on vehicle purchase , spares etc .
26 This book concentrates on the latter ; discussing the ways in which both adsorption isotherms and sorption kinetics are modified by cation exchange , and sorption of strongly bound polar molecules , which may limit and block pores .
27 Further details about income support and the social fund are explained in factsheet No. 25 , Income Support — Regular Weekly Income available free from Age Concern England on receipt of a large s.a.e .
28 For convenience , and to enable comparisons to be made with other Scottish economic statistics and UK export statistics , the estimates presented in this report are shown as calendar year values , although they are in fact a compromise between calendar year and financial year values .
29 Methods or principles of construction are verging on patent law , whilst eye-appeal resulting from function , or from fitting with another article are excluded because it is an indirect effect .
30 On the safety front , the water is thermostatically controlled , the sliding door and panel are glazed with safety glass and ceiling and basin lights come on with the main switch .
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