Example sentences of "are [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several reasons why you might want to use a data compression utility ; the main two are for the purposes of backup , or for sending files to someone else , either on a disk or via a modem . |
| 2 | These bonds are more subtle than gossamer strands of spiders in the grass and are like the fields of force of electricity or gravity . |
| 3 | In many ways the fibres of Parameta are like the hairs of animal fur — tightly packed at source and more open towards the outside . |
| 4 | Mr. Browne says that he is standing as constituency candidate , free to speak and act for the area and with the strength to resist party orders that are against the interests of grass roots people . |
| 5 | If most of your ticks are against the statements in section A , then you are predominantly left-brained ; whereas If you have placed more ticks against the section B statements , you are predominantly right-brained . |
| 6 | Our thoughts are with the circles of family and friends that you have given us , and we pray for those we meet , our neighbours , the people we work with , those we encounter in shops and businesses . |
| 7 | For the twentieth century as a whole , the variations in solar irradiance implied by the analyses are within the bounds of possibility . |
| 8 | The six hour-long episodes are from the pens of TV writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais , whose string of top-rated comedies include Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen Pet . |
| 9 | Certainly , preventive strategies and modern medicine will tend to counteract negative selective forces and will maintain the frequency of the thrifty genotype in human populations , but , as Neel soberly pointed out , ‘ efforts to preserve the diabetes genotype through this transient period of plenty are in the interests of mankind , ’ for some time in the future we may again be glad to have it . |
| 10 | He only has one loyal follower and that is Meander , and when a king has such little support , it is obvious that you are in the realms of revolution . |
| 11 | When we speak of strong attachment or attraction between two people we are in the realms of love , the basis on which many people in our culture choose or are drawn towards their marriage partner . |
| 12 | The precise nature and requirements for such approvals are beyond the scope of this book but common examples are in the fields of insurance ( see the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and the Financial Services Act 1986 ) , banking ( see the Banking Act 1979 ) , newspapers ( see the Fair Trading Act 1973 ) , telecommunications , building societies , Ministry of Defence contractors and bars , hotels , restaurants and off-licences ( see the Licensing Act 1964 and the Hotel Proprietors Act 1956 ) . |
| 13 | Most services are in the hands of Class 156 and 158 DMU 's with 153 's to be used to strengthen sets . |
| 14 | She helped me with advice , support and encouragement to bring humanitarian aid to the Shias who have escaped and are in the camps in south Iran . |
| 15 | This catfish exhibits an usual form of ‘ parental care ’ , not dissimilar to that of the cuckoo — which is infamous for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and leaving them to be hatched and raised by the involuntary ‘ foster-parents ’ In the case of Synodontis multipunctatus , it swims in and out among mouth-brooding cichlids which are in the throes of spawning and releases its eggs at the same time as the cichlid , whose eggs it often devours . |
| 16 | Wise as we now are in the ways of quantum theory we can , perhaps , anticipate the mystery of which Feynman spoke . |
| 17 | Wicket-keeper/batsman Bernie Jones is called up while the Commoners are without the services of batsman John Chisholm . |
| 18 | ‘ Most of my monuments are to the victims of Fascism , to the Partisan movements . |
| 19 | Boxes at Wimbledon , golfing weekends and ski holidays at Les Arcs are on the boundaries of business entertainment and business corruption . |
| 20 | That 's all those wonderful little codes that are on the cards in front of you . |
| 21 | They have occupied much of the time of the higher courts but are on the margins of land law , which traditionally focuses on the market-place and the importance of documentation as the root of title . |
| 22 | Equally , they are on the margins of land law conceptually , since both rely on the archaic significance , in common law culture , of possession as the basis of property rights . |
| 23 | ‘ You mean things that are outside the laws of nature — supernatural things ? ’ asked Holmes . |
| 24 | Current St Helens skipper Shane Cooper and former Wigan boss Graham Lowe are among the favourites to takeover . |
| 25 | The larger falcons are among the birds of prey most favoured for the sport of falconry . |
| 26 | Franz Carr , Bjorn Kristensen , David Roche , Steve Howey and Andy Hunt are among the players on view and Keegan will take a personal look at how they perform . |
| 27 | The first book printed in Florence , a 1471–72 Virgil , the earliest printed Greek Homer and first editions of Ficino and the Divina commedia are among the items on show . |
| 28 | Ewan 's new company , Accolade Business Systems , of Govan , Glasgow , are among the exemplars of employment practice and yesterday received an award for their efforts in the field of hiring disabled people . |