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

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1 I am always fascinated to hear Liberals going on about resources being made available for defence , when they are committed to cutting them by 50 per cent .
2 Holman stresses that poor parents may well share the child care values and objectives of the wider society , but are prevented from achieving them by depriving environments .
3 Any proceeds in year 1 are also present values , but those in succeeding years are discounted by multiplying them by the fraction given at the appropriate year in the chosen rate of interest column in the tables .
4 Any proceeds in year 1 are also present values , but those in succeeding years are discounted by multiplying them by the fraction given at the appropriate year in the chosen rate of interest column in the tables .
5 Time series such as that shown in the second column of figure 9.1 are displayed by plotting them against time , as shown in figure 9.2 .
6 PCBs are so difficult to destroy , that Rechem 's emission-monitoring systems are geared to detecting them on the grounds that if you destroy PCBs you destroy everything .
7 Incoming values are stored by adding them to the appropriate linked list .
8 Internal labels are defined by preceding them with a full stop .
9 The seam allowances of the following seams are self-neatened by enclosing them in the seam itself , and are therefore useful when making unlined curtains .
10 The central characters are emphasised by pushing them into the foreground with bold biting or by establishing them appropriately within an off-beat compositional design .
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