Example sentences of "are [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are numerically the largest group of people at risk , they present the most complex problems and their needs have the most impact on families and communities . |
| 2 | But the extended sets of variations usually on popular songs , but sometimes on dance-tunes or the notes of the hexachord , generally increasing in complication and technical difficulty toward the end , which are arguably the chief glory of virginal music , have been plausibly derived from the diferencias of Cabezon ( see pp. 236–7 ) . |
| 3 | They police waterways , clean coastlines , help ships in trouble , and are basically an integral part of international co-operation and patrol . |
| 4 | Others which are perhaps a little bit of er a change from what we 've been used to doing , |
| 5 | If one excludes cooking utensils , rugs are perhaps the only form of furnishing conducive to this nomadic way of life , because , when spread on the floor , they provide both a comfortable place to sit and a sanitary surface from which to eat food . |
| 6 | Laws are perhaps the best example of written , formal rules . |
| 7 | Butthole Surfers are perhaps the ultimate expression of hardcore 's predilections . |
| 8 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 9 | The financial markets are perhaps the biggest gamble of all and the dividing line between " normal " risk-taking and compulsive gambling , sharp practice and even criminality can become exceedingly thin . |
| 10 | Graphic novels are perhaps the latest form of comic , an attempt to make it part of literature . |
| 11 | Such proposals are naturally a major source of controversy between the political parties but some local authorities have undoubtedly been looking at charges with a fresh eye in recent years . |
| 12 | Although the excavators have warned that these dates are only a broad indication of that of the complex and segmented line which is this phase of the Danevirke as a whole , they nevertheless believe that in a period of danger from Germany Harald rebuilt the central section , and was also responsible for the first phases of the flanking lines to east and west . |
| 13 | One may quibble with some of Jakobson 's distinctions and classifications , but it must be stressed that these are only a small selection of the multitude of relationships that he identifies in the space of this short poem . |
| 14 | The rich are not normally inhibited in the defence of their own interests by the knowledge that they are only a small minority of the population . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , as we know all too often , the players in the game of musical chairs are only a small part of the total group . |
| 16 | The allocations of SDRs by the IMF have been very limited , ( no new issues since 1981 ) and consequently SDRs are only a small part of countries ' reserves . |
| 17 | There was also the possibility of a more flexible use of facilities in the statutory , voluntary and private sectors , and , finally , the powerful influence of doctors over the lives of the chronically disabled would inevitably wane , a process of ‘ de-medicalization ’ which is largely to be welcomed as medical and nursing skills are only a small part of the required professional skills . |
| 18 | These injuries , severe and painful though they were , are only a small part of the story when compared to the effects of the severe closed head injury . |
| 19 | It 's important not to over exaggerate the significance of this , the Maestro and Montego are only a small part of Rover 's output . |
| 20 | But while large companies are only a small percentage of total businesses , they dominate the economy , such that ‘ a large proportion of economic activity in present-day capitalist economies is concentrated in a relatively small number of absolutely large firms ’ . |
| 21 | The existence of these different anatomical plans , without intermediates , again raises the question of whether there are only a small number of possible body plans , represented by the existing phyla , or whether we are looking at the end results of a series of historical accidents . |
| 22 | This is because there are only a small number of directly relevant empirical studies , and it is hoped that the results from studies of other futures contracts will shed light on the nature of these relationships for index futures . |
| 23 | If the fossil is constructed in a certain way , then there are only a limited number of ‘ jobs ’ that the structure could perform . |
| 24 | Though it is likely that the capital cost of a robot will continue to fall quite rapidly relative to wage costs , there are only a limited number of applications for robots of the current generation of capability . |
| 25 | Sport becomes relegated to the peripheries , whereas , for many black kids , it retains centrality — not because the other areas are seen as worse risks , but because they are seen as less accessible , they believe there are only a limited number of entrances to the upper reaches of the employment world . |
| 26 | By asking the pupils to construct lists of similar words you are affirming the underlying logic of English spelling — that there are patterns and families , that particular sounds may have different ways of being written down , but that there are only a limited number of ways , and they do actually obey certain rules . |
| 27 | Perhaps an illustration can make this difference clear : faced with the word saucer to read aloud , there are only a limited number of ways in which it can be read , given the rules of English orthography . |
| 28 | It is an acknowledgement that there can not be certainty but that there are only a limited number of possible event-patterns . |
| 29 | There are only a limited number of possibilities for public launches of campaigns and campaign materials , and only a limited number of points in the year at which materials can be promoted centrally . |
| 30 | But the testers from the Driving Standards Association say they are only a limited number of roads in Henley suitable for three point turns , and there 's nothing they can do to stop instructors give their pupils a pre-test rehearsal . |