Example sentences of "are [adj] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
| 2 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
| 3 | These are some of the many exchanges we have had this year with lawyers from overseas . |
| 4 | Bears , squirrels and badgers are some of the many animals which overwinter in this way . |
| 5 | More than 30 traction and showmen 's engines , plus road rollers ; historic commercial vehicles ; stationary engines ; fire engines ; vintage cars and motor bikes ; sales and ephemera stands ; old tractors and farm machinery and a real ale beer tent , are some of the many attractions on offer . |
| 6 | ‘ All About Eve ’ and ‘ Kennedy ’ , are some of the few examples ) and even after more than 50 lyrical outings , the one-track mind persists . |
| 7 | These arguments are subject to the same criticisms , regarding ethnocentrism and academic-centredness that were levelled at these writers , both in terms of their assumptions regarding literacy and those regarding ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 8 | They 're part of the changing retail scene which ranges from the modern shopping centres at one end of the spectrum to squat shops , short term let shops and car boot sales at the other , for the other less source of er retailing , source of purchasing from a decreasing number of people erm trade in car boot sales are subject to the same controls as high street traders basically be product safety , erm , but as well as those problems we are increasingly coming across other problems in particularly counterfeit goods , goods like that on sale at car boot sales , quite attractive , wholly illegal and it wo n't be out for about six or nine months yet . |
| 9 | Reports from such experts are subject to the same rules and privileges as medical reports but would be classed as non-medical experts so that directions will have to be sought in any type of personal injury case if a party wants to call more than one ( see RSC Ord 25 , r8 below ) . |
| 10 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 11 | In the same way we are all under the same delusions in one form or another . |
| 12 | The study has argued that naturally occurring toxins can be more dangerous than man-made pesticides , and has presented scientific data showing that glycoalkaloids , nerve-damaging toxins that occur naturally in potatoes , are present in the same levels in organic crops as in their treated fellows . |
| 13 | The problem is , however , that claims for inherent harmony are vulnerable to the same kinds of objection as claims for an inherent conflict . |
| 14 | In recent years it has become clear that certain tumour derived cell lines can be associated with the production of gut peptides , and that some of these peptides are mitogenic to the same cells . |
| 15 | Fire hoses are one of the many items of equipment manufactured by Fireater . |
| 16 | Right : stalagmites are one of the many treats in store for the downwardly mobile . |
| 17 | ‘ They are one of the few teams that have come here and attacked us and they did a good job , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Trolls are not the only monsters to be found there , but they are one of the few creatures able to thrive in this grim and hostile land . |
| 19 | 4ths are of particular value to guitarists as they are one of the few intervals that consistently sound good with a distorted sound ( try playing thirds with distortion , and you 'll see exactly what I mean ) . |
| 20 | They are one of the few reactors in the country which , if anything went wrong with the core in any way , could not be shut down . |
| 21 | We are one of the few companies in the pet food industry not to have seen a decline in sales during this period as wholesalers and retailers reduce stocks to compensate for the high interest rates . |
| 22 | Well good luck to you because er you know I can tell you right now we are one of the few companies that take on people in their fifties . |
| 23 | ‘ We are one of the few clubs that could maintain a big staff and keep everybody happy . |
| 24 | Machine-tools are one of the few industries in east Germany that come close to matching world standards , and Niles Werkzeugmaschinen , based in the district of Weissensee , was the core enterprise of the defunct 7 Oktober engineering combine . |
| 25 | Because potatoes do not absorb radioactive nucleotides , they are one of the few crops that could be grown safely in the heavily contaminated soils around Chernobyl . |
| 26 | When all else fails , disciplinary procedures instigated properly and fairly are one of the few protections the public has . |
| 27 | Festivals are one of the few opportunities in the UK for screening short films , and we will be presenting not just this year 's BFI New Directors shorts , but also programmes of short films from film schools in the UK and Canada , from the Arts Council funded schemes and films funded by the filmmakers themselves . |
| 28 | But Mr Swash said : ‘ These parties are one of the few occasions some people get out . |
| 29 | Cows lying down heralding rain and swallows flying high signalling good weather are two of the many indications that people have followed . |
| 30 | I think that soaps and crime series are two of the few arenas where moral questions are debated . |