Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | For example , the three animal portrait artists interviewed here are successfully engaged with a differentiated public and certainly voice separate considerations regarding their production . |
2 | We should take care to distinguish between instances of the definite article which are textually determined by a previous mention and those which are determined by assumptions about the schemata of the receiver . |
3 | A note of warning is necessary here , as the Revenue can sometimes seek to deny the £30,000 exemption under s188 where a departing executive is also a vendor shareholder , on the basis that the sum paid as compensation for loss of office is in reality attributable to the sale of his shares , and they may also challenge the deductibility by Target of such payments , especially if these are effectively funded by a reduced acquisition price for Target . |
4 | Instead we are arguing that all academic texts are effectively working with a particular brief and it is important that this be either spelled out in the production of academic texts or taken apart systematically by the readership . |
5 | The House will understand that , although we prefer these matters to be resolved by competitive tendering , in this case we are effectively talking about a single supplier , so it is vital to get the contract right . |
6 | systems are rarely tested in a comparable way , for example in terms of actual input , number of writers , size of vocabulary and so on ; |
7 | Research posts often have short-term contracts and are rarely held on a tenured basis . |
8 | GLT : = Goldeck Loft Technology : A special system developed by Goldeck whereby polyester hollow fibres are spirally crimped in a three-dimensional configuration giving a down-like performance . |
9 | All , or at least some are presumably revealed in a slender monthly publication . |
10 | They are plushly decorated with a red carpet and a fine wooden floor , and the walls have recessed oil lamps , paintings and hangings . |
11 | The resulting competition probably causes the animals to occupy small but adequate territories which are vigorously defended by a monogamous pair . |
12 | That such insights are available to gay people ( whether we are writers or not ) should come as no surprise — from birth we are relentlessly socialized into a heterosexual identity that we may later choose to reject but which remains an always familiar landscape — those on the margins of a culture know more about its centre than the centre can ever know about the margins . |
13 | One concerns the domains of independence which are most cherished by a particular person . |
14 | You are suddenly awoken by a loud noise . |
15 | Others are obviously drawn from a wide range of vegetal , animal and architectural forms ; the diverse influences of mythology , folklore , history and the other decorative arts can also be seen . |
16 | The research done by the HDRA has shown that the hover flies are much attracted by a bright little annual plant , much beloved in old-style cottage gardens , which rejoices in the delightful common name ‘ poached egg plant ’ , as each whitish flower has a golden yellow centre just like a poached or fried egg . |
17 | This means that the particles are highly ordered in a regular three-dimensional arrangement . |
18 | John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , yesterday said ‘ the report shows we are better placed for a major advance than some have suggested ’ . |
19 | Mr C F Motley of Lincolnshire has a small collection of such things which I feel sure have a rarity value as match-slips are eagerly collected on a world-wide scale . |
20 | The admission that laws of nature can not be established by induction became possible only with Karl Popper 's demonstration that they are sufficiently assured by a continued failure to refute them , the rationality of a claim depending not on its origin but on its success in surviving criticism . |
21 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
22 | Thus individuals are only presented with a limited choice of tenure and , according to the Nationwide Building Society |
23 | Such statements are only made after a considerable expenditure of time and effort by both the company and its auditors . |
24 | I mean we are only talking about a few yards difference . |
25 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
26 | To an extent , the questionnaire approach can be sterile and impersonal , but questions are only included after a good deal of face to face discussion . |
27 | The company 's hotels are run as autonomous units , and their operations are only co-ordinated to a limited extent . |
28 | I suspect that the reason why the right has been so little asserted or used is because of the established right of individuals , who are personally libelled by a false attack upon a local authority , to sue for damages and because those in control of local authorities have sensibly left the issues to be resolved in those proceedings . |
29 | Nevertheless , Hertz is justly famous for the confirmation he achieved , whereas my frequent confirmations are rightly ignored in a scientific context . |
30 | Obviously people who are merely going through a bad patch ( anxiety state ) are easier to assist in the process of change , because they have greater resources , than individuals who have always been anxious ( anxiety trait ) . |