Example sentences of "are [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beliefs are not conjured up out of nothing but are rather a response to experience . |
| 2 | Apples are basically a mixture of water , sugar , dietary fibre and little else . |
| 3 | But Cousins stresses they are only a part of community care . |
| 4 | I mean Christmas ones are only a couple of foot apart , there 's only about that much between them , you know ? |
| 5 | Although there are only a handful of breeding peregrines known in the Lothians , there are sites where they have been seen regularly at the start of the breeding season , and then mysteriously disappeared . |
| 6 | On the contrary , the rules of Equity are only a sort of supplement or appendix to the Common Law ; they assume its existence but they add something further . |
| 7 | The systematic answers reveal that love is essentially in the inner heart of man not in works , which are merely a sign of love , though it is true that " luf wil noght be ydel : it es wirkand som gude evermare " ( 111.96 – 7 ) . |
| 8 | This rules out the possibility that autoantibodies are merely a consequence of hepatitis C virus infection . |
| 9 | These are largely a matter of choice . |
| 10 | What evidence can be gleaned for the ‘ Queen Margaret ’ school , or for the counter-argument that such changes are largely a matter of style rather than substance , by examining the procedure and mechanics of government since 1979 ? |
| 11 | Preferences between wholemeal bread and white bread are largely a matter of habit . |
| 12 | There are already a number of church-based , alternative news agencies in Latin America , but most cover one particular area of the region . |
| 13 | You are not a child of Star Zoo . |
| 14 | Lower sales are not a sign of weakness of industry and commerce — just weakness of demand . |
| 15 | Members must have been trading in the UK for at least two years and must disclose their turnover and profits — lack of profits are not a bar to membership however , he added , because ‘ we would hate to disallow the big international business machine companies ’ . |
| 16 | There are of course the court of protection costs which are to be calculated and are not a source of disagreement . |
| 17 | A second answer is that long working hours are not a cause of housework dissatisfaction because they are an expected part of the housewife role . |
| 18 | Consultants are not a waste of money , it was decided by an overwhelming majority at one of the liveliest debates of the 1993 BAIE convention . |
| 19 | ‘ You are not a waste of time , Jenna . ’ |
| 20 | Alas , they are just a trifle over life size . |
| 21 | Vega admitted that it was reminiscent of those halcyon days except that ‘ compared to the Clash audience , these guys are just a stream of piss ! ’ |
| 22 | Vega admitted that it was reminiscent of those halcyon days except that ‘ compared to the Clash audience , these guys are just a stream of piss ! ’ |
| 23 | Stephen and Marypen bought Fulford House for their family of three , and in particular their daughter Antonia needed land and stabling for her riding career — the horses are always a centre of interest for visitors . |
| 24 | The teens and twenties are always a time for questioning , evaluating , making up your own mind , finding your own sense of person . |
| 25 | Because technical terms are genuinely a part of language ( and not intended simply as items in a dictionary ) , they ebb and flow , and grow and contract , and shift in connotation . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , most yarns these days are usually a mixture of acrylic or man-made fibres with tough , unbreakable qualities and they are also non-biodegradable . |
| 27 | In Setting up a closed.loop Stepping motor control the choice of appropriate points for deceleration initiation can be very difficult , because the load torque characteristics , which are usually a function of speed , may be ill-defined or may be expected to vary over the life expectancy of the system . |
| 28 | Some doubts are directly a matter of theology , others only indirectly , if at all . |
| 29 | Behavioural rights are more a matter of belief than legislation since they tend to be based on conclusions which you have reached about yourself in relation to others . |
| 30 | The attention we pay today to every minute detail of a vintage guitar is rarely matched by the records kept at the time ; as with many other guitars , the origins of the Les Paul Custom are still a subject for debate . |