Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] [prep] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as anurans , with their soft vulnerable bodies , are much sought after as food , they need all the defences they can muster . |
| 2 | These are best dealt with by use of an internal standard , such as the C(1s) line of hydrocarbon contaminants , or a line of some chemically-unreactive metal such as Au sputtered on to the sample . |
| 3 | If these are taken into account the ratio falls to 4:1 , and will fall further , as new rail lines like the £1 billion Jubilee Line are largely paid for by government , and as government foots the bill for the £600 million Docklands Highway , a four lane motorway from East to West Docklands . |
| 4 | An allegation that drugs are being supplied as a " liquid cash " to modify behaviour at a particular prison may point a sufficient finger at the medical officers working at that prison , even though they are not referred to by name . |
| 5 | The reason is that such clauses are not looked upon with favour either by the courts or by Parliament . |
| 6 | If the requirements of section 242 are not complied with on time , any person who was a director immediately before the end of the time allowed is liable to a fine and , for continued contravention , to a daily default fine . |
| 7 | Most matters are soon dealt with by experience — but knowing you have access to a solicitor 's professional advice on more complex legal problems is a valuable extra security : |
| 8 | These are so ponderous and unwieldy and so vulnerable to obstruction that it seems remarkable that major decisions are ever made outside of crisis situations . |
| 9 | In other words , the singularities produced by gravitational collapse occur only in places , like black holes , where they are decently hidden from outside view by an event horizon . |
| 10 | The combination of the chief components , carbon monoxide and hydrogen , are usually referred to as synthesis gas ( or syn-gas ) . |
| 11 | Only high risk process operations dealing with food preservation , including canning , need to take account of spores but these are usually dealt with during food processing . |
| 12 | In this country , tortoises are usually thought of as land animals , terrapins as freshwater and turtles as sea-living , or marine , reptiles . |
| 13 | Pedal cycles are not included under section 12(1) but are specially dealt with under section 12(5) . |
| 14 | Accepting bills was once the principal function of those merchant banks who are still referred to as acceptance houses ( see section 3.3 ) ; it is now carried out by a large number of banks . |
| 15 | These are often referred to as parent/child relationships . |
| 16 | Such studies are often referred to as community profiles , and may cover factors such as education , occupation , age , literacy , language ( related to ethic groups ) , recreation , the needs of the handicapped and housebound , housing and many other matters . |
| 17 | Many birds eat seeds and are often referred to as seed predators . |
| 18 | What we are really talking about of course is entitlement — sharing the privileges of being able to be in touch with other cultures . |
| 19 | Erm so erm th the cheapest er fuel at the moment is gas , you know , that 's , that 's why er a lot of the erm er er generators are now moving to towards gas er erm er generation er wh which is fine for as long as the gas exists but , you know , another , give it another ten fifteen years , and our North Sea gas will have gone you see so , so erm you have to ask well how much do you , weight do you put on market forces and how much in say , in the energy business , ought you to be thinking longer term ? |
| 20 | These non-relevant documents are frequently referred to as noise Notice that it would be possible to improve recall until every relevant document is retrieved by scanning the entire document collection , but such perfect recall ( that is , retrieving every relevant document ) would be accompanied by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents found . |
| 21 | They must now recognize that laboratories need a steady flow of samples , and computers are increasingly relied upon for storage and handling of sample data . |
| 22 | However , items produced in some Persian cities and towns ( e.g. , Hamadan and Shiraz ) possess all the structural and visual characteristics of village weaving , and are consequently referred to as village rugs . |
| 23 | Such diagrams are graphically referred to as s-plane diagrams . |
| 24 | Such structures are indeed referred to in computer science jargon as trees , and the technical literature abounds with pleasing arboreal metaphors such as roots , branches and leaves . |
| 25 | Such schemes are sometimes referred to as paradise or ceremonial designs ( pl. 31 ) . |
| 26 | Some statements are so wild that no-one is expected to take them seriously ; these are sometimes referred to as salesman 's " puff " . |
| 27 | They are related to the break point of the waves and are sometimes referred to as break point bars . |
| 28 | establish short-term business plans ( N.B. Budgets are sometimes referred to as business plans or profit plans ) , |
| 29 | Administrative tribunals , although included within Pliatzky 's survey , are most appropriately considered alongside other channels of redress , and are therefore dealt with in detail in Chapter 15 . |
| 30 | Of these , asthma , eczema and rhinitis ( runny or congested nose ) are all examples of ‘ classical allergies ’ and they are therefore dealt with in Chapter Three . |