Example sentences of "are [adj] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've won every game since losing at Swindon , who of course are right behind them in the table . |
| 2 | But a wider public , both inside and outside the University , are grateful to him for the windows he has opened up to them , through his recent chairmanship of the Friends of the Welsh National Opera , through his talks and articles , and above all through his learned , wise and witty discourses on Wagner . |
| 3 | What the movies taught Welford Beaton was ‘ we are not interested in average things , whether animate or inanimate — we are interested in anything in the degree that it is above or below the average ’ . |
| 4 | They come together regularly to discuss standards of recruitment and recruits in the area , as well as the standards of the management committee members who are involved with them in the interviewing process . |
| 5 | The suggestion made there is that it is only equitable that the jurisdiction can not be exercised against a creditor unless the same conditions are applicable to him at the time he receives the payment as are applicable to jurisdiction over the debtor . |
| 6 | ( Stimulus A of fig. 5.10 might be said to be enriched , if only a little , by virtue of its ability to evoke the image of X. ) The differentiation theory , in contrast , holds that ‘ percepts change over time by progressive elaboration of qualities , features and dimensions of variation ’ ( Gibson and Gibson 1955 , p. 34 ) , that is , by an elaboration of aspects of the stimulus that are present in it from the outset . |
| 7 | While the evidence he cites shows that Y-cells may be capable of sustaining some form of pattern vision it does not show that they are responsible for it in the normal brain . |
| 8 | We too are called to exchange the things that are important to us for the sake of the transformation God wishes to work in us . |
| 9 | but on the occasions that we are concerned with none of The Society 's locos had been in steam so therefore can not be blamed for the incident . |
| 10 | Equally , it is not uncommon to find such introductions or extensions of temporary working labelled by those who are critical of them as the introduction or extension of " casualisation " ( see , for instance , the report of a motion passed at the 1986 conference of the engineering workers union ( AUEW ) which " attacked the greater use of casual workers by employers " in Financial Times , 23/4/86 ) . |
| 11 | But people can only provide for their own welfare in a capitalist society if opportunities are available for them in the labour market- and for most , because of transport and accessibility problems , child-care issues and constraints on long-distance migration , it must be the very local labour market . |
| 12 | The next facet of my approach was that I wanted to see more flexibility in the hands of local family health services authorities over the application of funds and the use of the substantial sums of money that are available to them for the development of primary health care . |
| 13 | Full details are available from them at The Square , Newton Harcourt , Leicestershire , LE8 0FQ ( Tel. 053759-2068 ) |
| 14 | I determined that the best way to find out would be to take part in a National Trust Acorn Project , week-long holidays between March and October which are open to anyone over the age of sixteen . |
| 15 | Aspects of his work , his life style , are disagreeable to him in the extreme . |
| 16 | ‘ This is not just a ward issue , people are worried about it across the town . |
| 17 | On a representative theory of perception , something 's looking white to us consists in our having sensations of white which are excited in us by the object . |
| 18 | And a good many are obliged to us for the work they get here . |
| 19 | It is not a case of imposing a decision but of ensuring , through the presentation of supporting arguments , that the governors are aware of which of the options stated is the most educationally sound . |
| 20 | Neighbourhood watch schemes are by their nature genuine voluntary organisations , although they receive Government support , in that substantial resources are devoted to them through the funding of the police , who themselves assist neighbourhood watch schemes . |