Example sentences of "are [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demographic pressures mean that more women are likely to take up paid employment in the future . |
| 2 | In general , in the north , roofs slope more steeply to throw off rain and snow , windows and doorways are larger to let in available light and walls thick to keep out the cold . |
| 3 | These cells completely lack mitochondrial DNA , are unable to carry out cellular respiration , require pyruvate ( 110μgml -1 ) and uridine ( 50μgml -1 ) to grow , and their mitochondria appear abnormal in electron micrographs ( our unpublished observations ) . |
| 4 | Most vets are able to carry out humane destruction either at the surgery or at your home . |
| 5 | It has 460 people on its books — all of them far better qualified than Macaulay Culkin in the hit film Home Alone — who are ready to take up temporary residence anywhere from John O'Groats to Land 's End . |