Example sentences of "[noun sg] are [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRITISH Rail are to develop an electric version of the 200 km/h high-speed train ( HST ) , which runs its Inter-City 125 services . |
| 2 | ‘ The board are extending a long-standing by-law which prevents a player who has rejected an international invitation from performing at club level during the summer period , ’ said Ashby . |
| 3 | ‘ The board are extending a long-standing by-law which prevents a player who has rejected an international invitation from performing at club level during the summer period , ’ said Ashby . |
| 4 | The main objects of this alignment are to achieve a short wheel base , and a fairly steep gradient . |
| 5 | A FAMILY who discovered that their centuries-old manor stands over ‘ the lost palace ’ of the last Welsh prince are fighting a desperate battle to keep their home . |
| 6 | QUEEN Elizabeth Country Park are presenting an all day lecture on the Attractions of East Hampshire . |
| 7 | Apart from the now well established Media Mind competition ( won this year by Leo Burnett Ltd ) , Express are running a monthly series of training days for media executives which are proving popular and successful — and will again be sponsoring the IPA Media Award designed to encourage excellence in media planning and buying . |
| 8 | In the USA , Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Rochester University are following an alternative approach called ‘ inertial fusion ’ where the deuterium and tritium fuel is in a small glass bubble which is momentarily blasted by powerful lasers , but here too practical economic fusion seems to be years in the future , and some 700 million dollars may be needed to upgrade the facility and keep the research moving forward . |
| 9 | Recreational projects such as the development of watersports on estuaries and industrial work including mineral and peat extraction are having an increasing impact on the environment . |
| 10 | Therefore if calves grazed from early spring are given an anthelmintic treatment in early July and moved immediately to a second pasture such as silage or hay aftermath , the level of infection which develops on the second pasture will be low . |
| 11 | The Midlands club are giving a two-week trial next month to South Africa 's top player , Doctor Kumalo , a midfielder with Kaiser Chiefs . |
| 12 | Frankly I do n't believe that households in which one parent spends all his waking moments either out of the house or refitting the patio doors or under the bonnet of a car are doing a better job than I am , where the kids are concerned , but I have n't got any statistics to prove it . |
| 13 | Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box . |
| 14 | THREE members of Group Internal Audit Department are pioneering a Royal Bank scheme to create its own banker-accountants . |
| 15 | Friends and relatives of a man who was found dead in a prison cell are demanding a full investigation into his death . |
| 16 | The people there are that 's going to the neighbourhood are getting a fair crack of the whip and they 're being the centre of that every week . |
| 17 | People whose lives have been devastated by crime are backing a fund-raising appeal to help others who 've suffered as they have . |
| 18 | Labour are fielding a strong candidate in Alan Milburn . |
| 19 | All patients new to the practice are given a temporary folder , which is stamped with the date that the permanent notes were requested from the family health services authority . |
| 20 | If Congress and the administration are to avoid a head-on clash , and a presidential veto , a compromise must be struck . |
| 21 | The Government 's initiatives on rough sleeping are having a marked effect on the problem in London . |
| 22 | The objectives of this preliminary work are to develop an Anglo-French research network and secure research partners for future large-scale collaborative and comparative research on the use of technopolis planning to facilitate innovation . |
| 23 | Modern developments in artificial intelligence are bringing a new light to past perceptions of how the human mind interacts with nature . |
| 24 | Government-sponsored grants to British farmers to promote environmentally friendly land management are providing a substantial contribution to their incomes and more than offset losses resulting from less intensive agriculture . |
| 25 | The Scientific Section of the Institution of Water & Environmental Management are holding an international symposium on Recreational Water Quality Standards in London on May 13/14th . |
| 26 | Bike challenge Polaris All-terrain Clothing are hosting a unique mountain bike event on October 5–6 this year . |
| 27 | Aid workers , the only independent sources of information who have direct access to the camp inmates , say that fears about deportation are creating a tense atmosphere and that the Vietnamese are making preparations to avoid and resist attempts to send them home . |
| 28 | The demands of the sport are creating a new breed of mutant . |
| 29 | The Regional Council Highways Department is to install a kerb at this corner and the Community Council are to plant a few trees . |
| 30 | Finally , Oxford City Council are launching a low alcohol week today to encourage people to drink less ; alcohol-free tasting sessions at a local community centre coincide with a new balanced alcohol strategy campaign . |