Example sentences of "and are [verb] [adv] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mechanical properties of insect cuticle are well adapted to its skeletal function and are determined largely by the various procuticular components , mainly chitin and various proteins ( Rudall and Kenchington , 1973 ) . |
| 2 | And for those who think they know nothing about building and are turned off by the sight of rotting wood , then perhaps this will help to change their attitude . |
| 3 | The artists in the index are a cross-section of landscape and genre painters that appeal to solid middlebrow taste and are bought today by the businessmen and professional people of the kind who bought them when they were painted . |
| 4 | These promoters give rise to unstable open complexes that are sensitive to a short heparin challenge , and are stabilized either by the addition of the first two initiating NTPs ( leading to the formation of an initiated complex ) , or by DNA supercoiling ( 8–10 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes employers only think of workplace nurseries and are put off by the expense . |