Example sentences of "are [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During negotiations , Newco should try to avoid any general qualification that the warranties are given to the best of the vendors ' knowledge , as this could be interpreted to the effect that a vendor giving a warranty subject to this qualification has relied on the information given to him by management , and again distances the vendor from the risk . |
| 2 | The backbone of his campaign was a plea to reject the economic policies of the past 12 years of Republican administrations , which he derisively labelled ‘ trickle-down economics ’ in which tax breaks are given to the wealthy in the hope that the benefits will ‘ trickle down ’ to lower-income groups . |
| 3 | Its new pesticide proposals are regarded as the strictest in the world : " organic " and " biodynamic " farmers are to be seen as pioneers pointing to new chemical-free techniques for the rest of the agricultural community . |
| 4 | Since bats are considered by the Chinese to be symbols of good luck they are one creature that is likely to remain safe when the British hand over Hong Kong . |
| 5 | The investments are reported at the lower of cost and net current value , the latter based on the enterprises ' most recent accounts . |
| 6 | Well , all these things are done with the best of in intentions you know but erm that 's the only , that 's the only logical reason because they ca n't seem to find any other evidence as to the cause of it you see |
| 7 | Several of our brightest chefs , often trained in French methods , are looking to the Mediterranean for inspiration . |
| 8 | Its good insulating properties mean that the young emerging plants in the spring are saved from the worst of the biting cold . |
| 9 | It can be quite painful , for the insider is studying his own social navel , with the potential always present that he will recognize this to be only one of a number of arbitrary possibilities and perhaps also find that many practices are built on the flimsiest of moral precepts . |
| 10 | and other relationships are subsumed under the second of these categories , for example : |
| 11 | You can take cuttings in summer of this kind of herb and keep them protected through the winter , or shield the parent plants in some way , so that they are sheltered from the worst of the cold and wind . |
| 12 | The ideological divisions evident among people with disabilities are exploited to the full by policy-makers . |
| 13 | By its nature , the argument of timing is subjective ; assertions can be and frequently are advanced on the scantest of evidence . |
| 14 | Judy Delaforce says : ‘ It is very cost-effective over longer periods and our experience suggests PEPs are bought for the medium to long term . ’ |
| 15 | Current asset investments are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value , although for transferable securities held as current assets the higher of cost and market value may be adopted . |
| 16 | Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value . |
| 17 | Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value . |
| 18 | Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value . |
| 19 | In order to conform with SSAP9 , companies must include a note in their accounts to the effect that : ’ Stocks are valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value . |
| 20 | In order to conform with SSAP9 , most companies include a note in their annual accounts to the effect that : ’ The individual parcels of freehold land held for development are valued at the lower of cost or estimated net realisable value . |
| 21 | Alternatively an even briefer statement is sometimes included , such as : ’ Stocks and land , including development costs and construction thereon , are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value . ’ |
| 22 | Other precious metal stocks owned by the group , which are unhedged , are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value . |
| 23 | These are valued at the lower of cost , including attributable overheads , and net realisable value . |
| 24 | Stocks and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost , including appropriate manufacturing overheads , and net realisable value . |
| 25 | Peptic ulcers are produced by the self-destruction of the gut wall by pepsin and hydrochloric acid in gastric juice . |
| 26 | Applications are invited for the second of two new lecturer posts awarded by the UFC Review of Meteorology to the School of Environmental Sciences . |
| 27 | Those so-vital components are totally unconcerned if they are travelling in the latest in airline development or in a 1940s technology propliner . |
| 28 | More ominously , some are now asking whether the days are numbered for the last of the Edwardian motor cars — Rolls-Royce was founded in Manchester in 1904 — and whether cars of this size , weight and cost can really be justified in an era of increased social awareness and growing environmental concerns . |
| 29 | Fundamental concepts of dynamical systems are introduced in the simplest of terms , in Chapter 4 . |
| 30 | Mature students with young families , who are on their own financially and are burdened with the heaviest of financial commitments , are having to scrape by on an inadequate student grant and an even more inadequate student loan . |