Example sentences of "they [am/are] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hudson points to the fact that , not only are these terms applied by pupils to the arts and sciences , but also they are recognized to a large degree by those , like himself , working within psychology . |
| 2 | If they are to return to a 10 per cent liquidity ratio , they need only retain £11 billion as balances at the Bank of England ( £11 billion £1 l0 billion = 10 per cent ) . |
| 3 | We are often talking about young people who have been through the entire menu of alternatives to imprisonment before they are sent to a young offenders institution , formerly known as a detention centre . |
| 4 | These are compiled from the human-readable form in which they are written to an internal form , allowing Prolog unification to be used as the mechanism for passing information and rule application in each of morphology , parsing , interpretation , and selection filtering . |
| 5 | However , the limitations of these data must be borne in mind , especially the fact that they are limited to a single point in time . |
| 6 | Like dreams , they are wish-fulfilments ; like dreams , they are based to a great extent on impressions of infantile experiences ; like dreams , they benefit by a certain degree of relaxation of censorship . |
| 7 | They are ground to a slight curve to prevent corners from scratching work surfaces , and are suitable for removing paint from wood , metal , plaster , filler and glass-fibre-reinforced plastic . |
| 8 | I can understand so well what women feel when they are subjected to a male-dominated society — an almost intolerable urge to scream at those smirking , swanking Don Juans who think no woman can resist them . |
| 9 | They are attracted to a warm , soft area of wall and floor large enough for them all to lie in , and they find it more quickly when it is brightly lit . |
| 10 | It is then developed in seven statements to a climactic definition of the nature of the fire of love ; they are brought to a triumphant conclusion by juxtaposing a negative statement with its positive form to indicate ways in which the third degree of singular love fulfils and transcends the longing of the earlier stages : The phrase from The Song of Songs ( 5:2 ) which heralds the arrival of the beloved , here conveys a sense of a transformed newly awakened consciousness where longing and the unquiet ego are quenched . |
| 11 | If the landlord opts and it is a landlord repairing lease , he can reclaim any input tax on the repairs as they are attributed to a taxable supply . |
| 12 | Virtually none of the people looked at in this demonstration have gone into an informal care setting where they are relying to a large degree on informal caring . |
| 13 | They are not free-running — they are stabilized to a 24-hour day . |
| 14 | Although the modules have been developed primarily for those in adult basic education , they are suited to a wide range of client groups . |
| 15 | When they are grafted to a foreign site , they continue to develop as they would have done at the site of origin . |
| 16 | The experimental approach is to use quail neural crest , and instead of grafting the quail cells to the corresponding position in the chick , they are grafted to an inappropriate site . |
| 17 | Butyl liners ( unless they are bonded to a coloured plastic , which adds a cost , with few benefits ) are black . |
| 18 | Most of these compositions , however , have a narrow scope ; they discuss issues of immediate concern to members of a particular occupation though sometimes they are addressed to a wider audience . |
| 19 | They are committed to a growing American economy based on the private sector ; they do n't see any magic in taxes . |
| 20 | Mr Nitch-Smith said : ‘ I think the Malawi authorities have instructed outside lawyers so that it can be emphasised they are committed to a fair and open trial . |
| 21 | They are produced to a minor extent by other endocrine glands — notably the adrenal gland — and during pregnancy by the placenta ( see p. 39 ) . |
| 22 | Broadly , goods are in course of transit from the time that they are delivered to an independent middleman for the purpose of transmission to the buyer , until the time that the buyer actually obtains or is entitled to obtain possession . |
| 23 | Let let can I tell you in conjunction with Lincolnshire erm the N F U produced a leaflet that they 're circulating to a hundred thousand of their membership in er , it 's a real mis-match of counties , Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Leicestershire , Notts , Lincolnshire right , and er we 've got our logo on the back er , because I checked the er you know checked the content of it , and it did n't put too much onus on police setting up schemes and what not , but the N F U are delivering one of these leaflets in the next week or two to every one of their members in er that particular area , so no doubt we 'll be getting some er contact with it . |
| 24 | They 're gravitating to a large noisy mechanical crudely-lit fairground . |
| 25 | said to him about it when we first came and er , he said about when , when we were on about sending and I do n't , they 're going to a Catholic school and he says oh the Catholic schools around here are n't very good and the , the Leeds and that are the best |
| 26 | If they 're brought to a cold climate too young , that is . |