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

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1 Within the Unit at Tintswalo , the activities are run in collaboration with the Gazankulu Bantustan Health Authority .
2 Most of the activities are routed through woodland and as some of the pathways can be rough outdoor footwear is recommended .
3 After filling the casks are bunged before delivery to the pubs
4 The specifications of four of the contracts are shown in Table 8.7 .
5 The fellowships are awarded by competition and the successful applicants choose to be supervised in their research by staff at either Edinburgh or Heriot-Watt Universities .
6 The whistles are made from brass tubes and plates the pieces of which are silver-soldered in his home-based workshop near Llanberis .
7 Removal of chemicals is performed according to published protocols ( 1 , 5 ) , the DNAs are resuspended in formamide sample buffer , heat-denatured , and loaded on a sequencing gel for comparative electrophoretic analysis .
8 First , the law ( Companies Act 1985 , Schedule 4 , paragraph 36A , as amended ) now requires companies to disclose whether the accounts are prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards , and to disclose particulars of any material departure from those standards and the reasons for it ( the relevant standards are the SSAPs and FRSs of the Accounting Standards Board ) .
9 The accounts are prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards including FRS3 under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain land and buildings .
10 Now to my mind that is not a question of being a snooper , a nark or even being a policeman , er it is er er indeed if we look at section fifteen of the local government finance act of nineteen eighty two er it it 's quite interesting to see the the words used because the auditor is under a duty , amongst other things , to see that the accounts are prepared in accordance with regulations er made under the act er to see that proper practices that have been followed and to see that the body of accounts that have been audited have made proper arrangements f for securing economy , efficiency and effectiveness .
11 There is no pretence of competition with commercial banks for private sector business , and there is some suggestion that the accounts are maintained in order for the Bank to keep in touch with banking practice , although the degree to which such experience accrues is likely to be limited given the small number of accounts relative to a commercial bank .
12 Sometimes this is because the length of students ' courses is shorter , sometimes ( because the programmes are included as part of course studies ) there is the opportunity for college librarians to introduce the programmes at an early stage .
13 Most of the climbers are equipped with Oxygen cylinders to help them breath at high alititudes .
14 Sometimes it is argued that the interests of the shareholders can provide the directors of the company with a purely objective standard on which to base their decisions if the interests of the shareholders are equated with profit-maximization .
15 The toilets are lit with electricity from a wind turbine .
16 A new dimension is added , and the conflicts are placed between ego instincts and object instincts , both of a sexual , libidinal nature .
17 The views are taken from infinity and translated onto each intervening face of the cube .
18 In the Asian Small-clawed Otter , one of the smaller species , the claws are reduced in size — this possibly helps the toes to be more sensitive when being used to feel around boulders under water , for molluscs and crustaceans .
19 Other authorities fill out the Moroccan 's picture : ‘ The houses are built of stone and brick , and the roofs are of wood , ’ noted the Arab geographer al-Umari in his encyclopaedic Masalik-ul-Absar Fi Mamalik-ul-Amsar ( ‘ The Visions of the Kingdoms ’ ) .
20 All the projects are undertaken within working hours .
21 The groups are facilitated by University medical , nursing , education , and counselling students who help direct the interviews and lead youth through a defined curriculum .
22 The cases are discussed in Chapter 8 at p76 .
23 Although , the rule of the clock affected most people in the sixteenth century far less than it does us today , it was already sufficient to provoke Brother Jean in the Gargantua ( 1535 ) of Rabelais to complain that ‘ the hours are made for man and not man for the hours ! ’
24 The warehouses are built of stone and have wooden beam hoists on the gable walls .
25 ‘ Dust ’ is a painting/installation consisting of seven gesso panels ( 100cm x× 70cm ) ; the surfaces are covered with layer upon layer of egg tempera ( 150 eggs in all ) chalk dust and saturated pigment .
26 The methods of service of the documents required by the Rules are considered in Chapter 7 .
27 ‘ A form issued by the Governatorato dello Stato della Citta del Vaticano is used to certify that the products are intended for consumption , ’ he said in his written reply .
28 The policies are starting to work , as we 've already heard from Councillor .
29 The returns are related to performance , but that is not surprising these days .
30 ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’
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