Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Law Society acts through its Council which is composed of 70 solicitors , 56 of whom are elected by members of the Society with the remaining 14 being elected by the Council itself . |
| 2 | They act as a powerful aphrodisiac on pigs , and synthesised versions of them are sprayed onto sows to make them receptive before artificial insemination . |
| 3 | ‘ A lot of them are planned for areas in the South Downs , which we really do n't want . |
| 4 | In other words , all the negative characteristics of humanity as men perceive them are projected onto women . |
| 5 | All of them are suspected of links with Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman , a blind Egyptian preacher who lives in New Jersey and urges an Islamic holy struggle against the West and the government of President Hosni Mubarak . |
| 6 | Differences between them are assimilated to differences on sex-differentiated traits like masculinity or self-confidence . |
| 7 | Perhaps male bats have body surfaces that are subtly textured so that the echoes that bounce off them are perceived by females as gorgeously coloured , the sound equivalent of the nuptial plumage of a bird of paradise . |
| 8 | A number of them are duplicated in Windows 3.1 and these are more up to date versions . |
| 9 | A number of them are patched with squares of the ubiquitous plywood which is also employed to board up the now empty , adjoining , caretaker 's house . |
| 10 | Consequently , even although a high proportion of particular categories of material may be in poor condition in the stacks , if not many of them are issued to readers , they may be in less danger than other items which are more frequently issued . |
| 11 | Soil tests to discover the pH are easily done , and the kits for doing them are provided with instructions by several garden product companies , and stocked at garden shops . |
| 12 | Most of them are performed by women , and most women continue to perform them into their old age , whether or not they have formerly had paid employment . |
| 13 | Nearly all of them are bought by adults for themselves . |
| 14 | Many of them are held through trusts with names like Jupiter , Venus , and Mars , registered here at Morgan-Grenfell . |
| 15 | Most of them are produced by women , who provide insights that come from relating female experience to a body of writing ; logically , there is no reason why these insights should not be available to male critics with the right sympathies and sensibility , but in practice most of this criticism is by women . |
| 16 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
| 17 | I am covered in scars ; I do have to suffer for my art ? |
| 18 | Although this area of research is beyond my technical competence , I am assured by experts in neo-Walrasian economics that very strong apriori restrictions need to be imposed before even a glimmer of a general market clearing solution can be discerned . |
| 19 | Wednesday are looking rather lowly , but that I feel is mainly due to early season woes , and as , I am assured from relatives down the M1 , they have a much easier 2nd half of the season . |
| 20 | Now I find myself alone — that is irrelevant in terms of what happens to me , but for the idea that the Lord was homosexual , and for the perverted practices on his dead body not to be seen to be blasphemous if the case is lost — about that I am lost for words ! |
| 21 | I find I am lost for words : put down the telephone , but not before a woman snatches the phone and says , ‘ Who 's that ? |
| 22 | The experience of being on Iona is nothing less than magical and I am moved to tears . |
| 23 | I get to the border , and I am questioned for hours , endless interrogation , and if I am travelling in a car , they open it up and they search it . |
| 24 | I have re-read this chapter many times — each time I am filled with thoughts of God 's love . |
| 25 | You show me what to do when I am approached by strangers . |
| 26 | I am attracted to artists needing assistance to bring out the talent which is already there . |
| 27 | ‘ As a traveller making drawings from which to make paintings , I am attracted to places where there is a strong individual flavour of climate and living . |
| 28 | Putting aside any cynical thoughts that it 's a bit more than just communication which is needed here , I am reminded of views expressed by Prof Tony Ridley : ‘ The job of the professional is to assist the politician and clarify the issues for him . |
| 29 | I often think how she would despise me when I am driven by curiosities to ask the children what they had for lunch when they were invited out . |
| 30 | Each is tarnished by sin and , clothed in these acts of righteousness , I am clothed in rags before Almighty God . |