Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the fruits of his literary labours are gathered here in an anthology sourced from newspaper writings and his previous books , with scrutinies of most of the top players of the past few years , Test and county . |
| 2 | Does the television studio , in which a group of academics are gathered together for a discussion on an ‘ academic ’ issue , count as an academic setting ? |
| 3 | In a book which was actually about statistics , A. L. Bowley once established four rules to guide designers of schedules and questionnaires.3 They are given below as a starting point for our discussions . |
| 4 | Cenwulf 's dealings with Sussex are witnessed only by a grant to the bishop of Selsey from 801 . |
| 5 | I know any number of indigent dames who have found such employment , and they are treated quite as a member of the family . ’ |
| 6 | The Review covers some 90 countries , which are listed alphabetically with a resumé of the press and general media situation in each country . |
| 7 | The point is , only one of the two can come out of his little door at any one time , not just because that would make impossible weather , but because the two little men are joined together by a metal bar : one has to stay in if the other one is out . |
| 8 | Cheddars may be hard or semi-hard ; they are pressed lightly for a matter of hours and then more firmly for a short period of days . |
| 9 | The mountain peaks of Christian belief are travelled there in a style that has few rivals in the whole history of the church , and none at all in the twentieth century . |
| 10 | Foldaway slippers for the flight are tucked away in a holdall with disposable nappies and sick tablets . |
| 11 | Sometimes women are depicted almost as a caricature of a male stereotype of themselves — they are servile , weak , powerless etc . |
| 12 | If you are trapped upstairs by a fire , get everyone into the ‘ escape room ’ , close the door and block any gaps round it with items of clothing or bedding ( dampened , if possible ) to keep smoke out . |
| 13 | Non-resonant absorption of a photon , in which both surplus energy and surplus linear momentum are carried away by a photon of lower energy , is a much less favorable process . |
| 14 | These strange creatures are carried eastwards at a depth of about 700 feet by the great ocean-wide current known as the Gulf Stream . |
| 15 | The new devices , according to Eo 's president and chief executive Alain Rossmann , are designed more as a replacement for the standard telephone than for standard computer , being New Age communication tools . |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes entire communities are torn apart by a crime . |
| 17 | Unfortunately for them the person who rented the place did n't know that the stables across the yard are let separately as a holiday cottage . ’ |
| 18 | Dance rhythm means how the varying lengths of notes are grouped together within a phrase . |
| 19 | ‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two . |
| 20 | A single-ply coated roofing membrane , Sarnafil consists of selected polymers applied as liquids to a carrier material ( glass fibre or polyester ) , which are fused together in a gelation process . |
| 21 | Paintings which beg to be viewed at a distance , one by one , are squeezed together in a room as narrow , bare and poorly lit as a urinal in an airport . |
| 22 | Most of us are located somewhere on a continuum between these two positions . |
| 23 | Details of some of these strategies , and others , are discussed fully in Part Two ( chapters 4 to 6 ) but since not all are considered there from an accountability perspective , they need some introduction here . |
| 24 | So it is hardly surprising that nablabs are seen merely as a distress purchase . |
| 25 | Most of the potholes and caves on Leck Fell and elsewhere occur in hollows and shallow valleys and are revealed only after a search , but the next great chasm in the line of march is identified by a fence and can not be missed . |
| 26 | A key point about these inter-relationships is that CD-I , CDTV and any other similar platforms , are positioned firmly in a consumer electronics environment . |
| 27 | In modern business organisations , reports , statistics , graphs and charts are prepared regularly as an aid to management . |
| 28 | We are presented therefore with a list of all the owners of land in the manor . |
| 29 | The following guideline notes ( based on notes prepared by MC Strategy Services ) are presented below as a guide to how MC carries out an acquisition search . |
| 30 | ‘ Amotju was so slim and tall , and you are built more like a warrior or a boatman than a scribe . ’ |