Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] [prep] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any repairs or replacements or renewals of furnishings are noted on the cards , and they are constantly referred to by the housekeeping and maintenance departments , whose responsibility it is to see that the room is maintained to the required standard . |
| 2 | ‘ We are basically looked upon as the end of things , ’ says Richard Faulkner . |
| 3 | If such crimes really are entirely accounted for by the possession of abnormal motives propelling their possessors into crime regardless of any other considerations , then it does not really possess the features that usually class actions as ‘ crimes ’ ; rather , it would belong in some alternative category , such as mental illness . |
| 4 | Whatever plans the local authority may have the court will have in mind the underlying philosophy of the Act that " children are best looked after within the family with both parents playing a full part and without resort to legal proceedings " ( Guidance , vol 1 , para 1.5 ) . |
| 5 | Even in Northern Ireland , the districts are best thought of as the lower tier in a system that simply lacks a democratically elected higher level of local government . |
| 6 | Firstly those substances which increase relatively rapidly with depth and then become constant and this group are usually referred to as the bio-limiting element or a bi having a bio-limiting distribution . |
| 7 | ‘ The contract between mortgagor and mortgagee , as it is understood in this court , makes the mortgage a security , not only for principal and interest , and such ordinary charges and expenses as are usually provided for by the instrument creating the security , but also for the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption . |
| 8 | Incidents like this happen almost every day , usually — — raised by Tory hon. Members , and they are usually dealt with through the usual channels , the Government deputy Chief Whip , myself and the Serjeant at Arms . |
| 9 | ENQUIRIES THAT ARE USUALLY DEALT WITH BY THE RECEPTION DESK |
| 10 | Recruitment and selection are usually thought of as the company picking the person . |
| 11 | Due to this steepness at outcrop these coal seams are collectively referred to as the ‘ Edge Coals ’ and comprise about 24 workable beds of coal . |
| 12 | The increasing irrelevance of legislative norms , the disappearance of the inner club and the triumph of individualism in the Senate are partly accounted for by the decline of the influence of the South in the chamber , although changing leadership styles have also had an effect . |
| 13 | Many birds are regarded as being evil omens and portents of death , notably the magpie and the raven who are both thought of as the Devil 's own pets . |
| 14 | Some of its relics are scrupulously cared for in the English Circle headquarters ; they showed me a pair of jockey scales , caricatures of riders clambering redfaced out of ditches , group paintings of the hunt moving off . |
| 15 | These other sites are often referred to as the subcortical visual system . |
| 16 | The warp and weft are the basic constituents of all textiles , and are often referred to as the " foundation " of a rug . |
| 17 | In France the Rameau Oeuvres complètes are often referred to as the Saint-Säens edition . |
| 18 | It should be noted that the above rules are often referred to as the 17 year rule and the 3 year rule . |
| 19 | Like the reports of the NAO , the reports of the Commission receive wide attention and are often referred to in the media . |
| 20 | As already mentioned , spreadsheets are often thought of as the key number crunching application and therefore benefit most from a numeric coprocessor . |
| 21 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 22 | Furthermore women are now sought after by the unions which are themselves trying to raise women 's consciousness . |
| 23 | Ernest Long summarised the change snappily in his note to the Authority 's accountant when they were working out the implications in 1954 : ‘ instead of being messed about by the long-haired boys at the Treasury we are now dealt with by the Finance boys — and we much prefer it that way ’ . |
| 24 | Judges are frequently called upon by the government of the day to preside over commissions , committees and administrative tribunals of different kinds . |
| 25 | There are many different bodies in the country who seek to recover levies from individuals or companies and these matters are invariably dealt with by the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 26 | Students , with a combination of loan , grant and access funds , are well provided for over the course of an entire year . |
| 27 | A WIDOW has left nearly £135,000 to an animal charity on the condition that her cats are well looked after for the rest of their lives . |
| 28 | So long as these considerations are borne in mind by those whose task it is to apply the section , and the public order requirements of the offence are rigidly insisted upon by the courts , only such speech as is likely to give rise to immediate unlawful violence is in jeopardy , and that should be outside the protection afforded freedom of speech in a democracy . |
| 29 | They are sometimes referred to as the ‘ major ’ religious traditions , but this would be as misleading as referring to the other religions as ‘ primitive ’ . |
| 30 | These conditions are sometimes referred to as the threshold grounds or criteria . |