Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pins are designed to give way under pressure , allowing damaged engines to fall free and avoid wrecking the aircraft . |
| 2 | Mechanical protection works are permanent structures of earth or masonry which are designed to protect soil from water erosion , and to conserve water as a resource by means of interception , diversion and deceleration of surface and sub-surface run off . |
| 3 | Competitors are expected to take part in athletics , swimming , badminton , tennis , squash , cyclng and golf . |
| 4 | The Revenue wished to consider whether adjustments needed to be made by virtue of s 485 , TA 1970 , whereby transactions carried out between buyers and sellers under common control are deemed to take place at market value . |
| 5 | Although I do not develop this aspect of the analysis here , I also suggest that the images or metaphors which are applied to define racism by analogy hold the key to understanding people 's emotional investment in antiracist positions . |
| 6 | Brainy people are said to have power of concentration . |
| 7 | Law 's inability is explained by reference to unenforceability or to unsuitability ; attempts to deal with family problems are said to bring law into disrepute . |
| 8 | But a different and less well-known set of problems emerges when attempts are made to examine alternation between standard and non-standard forms . |
| 9 | These often take the form of images and metaphors which are used to define racism by analogy . |
| 10 | In the biological approach , living organisms are used to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen ( see " the hydrogen tree " at the beginning of this chapter ) . |
| 11 | Most personal computers are used to run software like word processors , spreadsheets , data bases and so on . |
| 12 | If they find their way into food operations and are used to remove dirt from aluminium surfaces they will not only be ineffective but may also cause considerable damage to the finish . |
| 13 | What conditions are needed to reduce murder to manslaughter ? |
| 14 | A budgetary control system begins with business forecasts and the development of a sales budget ; these are followed by the production budget , a capital expenditure budget , a cash budget and the various departmental budgets ; finally these are all drawn up into one Master Budget ; once in operation , period budget statements are produced to indicate performance against budget and the variances that have occurred-these variances provide the grounds for any necessary corrective action by management . |
| 15 | It is quite appropriate that moral philosophers should group together children and madmen as beings not fully responsible for their actions , for as madmen are thought to lack freedom of choice , so children do not yet possess the power of reason in a developed form . |
| 16 | Equally understandably , seasonal workers are not entitled to paid time off during their temporary employment since they are employed to Provide manpower at peak periods . |
| 17 | Various methods are employed to prevent interference from iron , copper , and other metals . |
| 18 | Thus Americans are found to prefer distribution of food stamps rather than broader policies for a guaranteed minimum income . |
| 19 | In our comparisons over time we necessarily are restricted to press reporting of rape trials , but in the analysis of the mid-1980s the study is much broader . |
| 20 | Those essences which are known to stimulate clarity of thought ( rosemary , basil , peppermint ) produced more beta brainwaves indicating a state of mental alertness . |
| 21 | If someone were asked , ‘ is salt masculine or feminine ’ , they would be at a loss ; the question only makes sense if they are asked to compare salt with pepper . |
| 22 | The recognised or nominal leaders of such groups may be relied on to produce an initial list of individuals who are presumed to have power in community affairs ( leaders ) . |
| 23 | In our experiments birds are trained to avoid motion by performing ( or learning not to perform ) a particular response such as pecking a key . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) … a doctor shall be under no obligation to give treatment personally if such reasonable steps as are appropriate are taken to ensure continuity of treatment , and treatment may be given — ( a ) by another doctor acting as a deputy … ( b ) if it is treatment which it is clinically reasonable in the circumstances to delegate , by a person whom the doctor had authorised and who is competent to carry out such treatment . ’ |
| 25 | We are encouraged to make use of childhood experiences , rather than to discard them , especially in our interactions , such as play , with children . |
| 26 | As far as Greenpeace is concerned — unless the rot is stopped now rivers like the Severn are doomed to slow death by poisoning . |
| 27 | Frazer 's Dying God describes rituals where drums are beaten to beg rain from heaven . |
| 28 | Local government is based on the system of representative democracy : councillors are elected to make policy on behalf of the general population . |
| 29 | Now if the intention is to elicit authentic behaviour corresponding to that of the natural language user , then learners need to be primed with purpose before they are required to give evidence of understanding , and indeed the evidence itself has to be of the kind which would emerge as a natural outcome . |
| 30 | When determining planning applications planning authorities are required to have regard to structure and local plans . |