Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Nicholson wafted in and out of their lives and Jack 's recollections of the man he imagined was his father are tinged with a certain sorrow that he had become an alcoholic , with memories of scenes on the home front , and of the young Jack cooling his heels outside one bar or another with a fizzy drink while his ‘ father ’ stood inside drinking neat brandies . |
| 2 | Kevin Scully , senior vice-president of Global Systems and Technology , says : ‘ What we have can be described as a centralised database with applications that are decentralised on a global basis . |
| 3 | These , again , are pre-set to a small selection , but , noticeably , they include only those colours that normally print well with a three colour ribbon , which , given the price and target audience of the program , is a sensible move . |
| 4 | All 133 bedrooms are furnished to a high standard with en-suite bathroom . |
| 5 | The palazzo now offers five lovely apartments all of which are furnished to a high standard some with antiques — and of individual character and charm . |
| 6 | The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have air-conditioning . |
| 7 | The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have double glazing . |
| 8 | Where parasites are congregated within a small area , erosion of the mucosal surface is apparent ( P1.II ) . |
| 9 | MORRISSEY and organisers of the ill-fated Madstock Finsbury Park concerts are embroiled in a legal battle , with both parties threatening to sue each other over Morrissey 's non-appearance on the Sunday bill . |
| 10 | The guerrillas are embroiled in a civil war against an alliance of rival Tamil groups , the Tamil National Army , in areas from which the Indian Peace-keeping Force has withdrawn . |
| 11 | Earnings can fluctuate quite widely from one year to the next , but if long-run earnings are calculated as a moving average of short-run earnings , this will be a much more stable measure . |
| 12 | NI contributions are calculated on a payment-by-payment basis according to the earnings period . |
| 13 | The figures are calculated on an assumed growth rate of 10.75% and are therefore not guaranteed , as unit prices can fall as well as rise . |
| 14 | Taxable profits , which are calculated in a similar way to companies ' taxable profits , are treated as personal income to the sole trader , or split between partners in proportion to their share of profits in the year of assessment . |
| 15 | STORM HAVOC : Two camper vans are overturned at a shattered campsite in Vaison-la-Romaine |
| 16 | All enrolling students are assigned to a personal tutor , normally an academic teaching in one of their fields , who has responsibility for a total of about a dozen students in various years of the Course . |
| 17 | Controlled indexing languages or assigned-term systems are indexing languages in which a person both controls the terms that are used to represent subjects and executes the process whereby terms are assigned to a particular document . |
| 18 | However , in broad terms , one credit is assigned to one 40-hour module ; two credits are assigned to an 80-hour module , etc . |
| 19 | ROADS : Almost every week traffic restrictions are placed on a new section of the motorway network , reducing the number of lanes open to traffic from three , to two , or even one . |
| 20 | Water drops are placed on a thin piece of polished silicone pointing slightly uphill and coated with a water repellent of increasingly lessening effect as the coating goes uphill . |
| 21 | Often the squares are placed in a central position and enclose a figured medallion . |
| 22 | But you are placed in a great difficulty . |
| 23 | Beakers containing the fluids are placed in a ventilated oven and dried at 100°C for at least 24 hr , cooled in a desiccator , and weighed to 0·001 g |
| 24 | To explain the difference between the two structures , they are placed in a realistic context . |
| 25 | If , however , they show no sign of ability to make contact or to learn by five years they are placed in a special school , welfare institution or returned to family surroundings . |
| 26 | It is essential , however , that all donations are placed in a special envelope or paid by cheque or by Standing Order . |
| 27 | Starfish , flatworms and other early animals use a slightly refined system in which the eye-spots are placed in a cup-like depression . |
| 28 | The almost exclusive concentration on the formal political process has been replaced by accounts that take in crucial determinants outside this sphere , and which are placed in an explanatory framework that allows links to be made with wider sets of social relations . |
| 29 | The possibility of a title going ‘ out of print ’ if selection decisions are delayed must also be considered — though this is unlikely if orders are placed within a few months of publication . |
| 30 | Firstly the scientific ideas are altered in a particular way by their transmission . |