Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] to [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The combination of the chief components , carbon monoxide and hydrogen , are usually referred to as synthesis gas ( or syn-gas ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | These are often referred to as parent/child relationships . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Many birds eat seeds and are often referred to as seed predators . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Such diagrams are graphically referred to as s-plane diagrams . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Such schemes are sometimes referred to as paradise or ceremonial designs ( pl. 31 ) . |
| 13 | Some statements are so wild that no-one is expected to take them seriously ; these are sometimes referred to as salesman 's " puff " . |
| 14 | They are related to the break point of the waves and are sometimes referred to as break point bars . |
| 15 | establish short-term business plans ( N.B. Budgets are sometimes referred to as business plans or profit plans ) , |