Example sentences of "[adj] are [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the reasons for that are in the general principle that people are responsible for the consequences of their actions . |
| 2 | Of the Assembly 's members 500 are from the legislative House of Representatives ( Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat , to which 400 were elected for a five-year term by direct universal adult suffrage in April 1987 [ see p. 35326 ] ; the remaining 100 were appointed by the President . |
| 3 | ‘ Better ways of doing this are among the main objectives of PROFIT . |
| 4 | The pressurized water reactor ( PWR ) predominates in most national nuclear power industries with some notable exceptions , including the UK ( some advanced gas-cooled reactors or AGRs but mostly gas-cooled reactors or GCRs ) , Canada ( the Candu type of reactor which uses heavy water as the coolant ) , and the USSR ( half are of the light-water graphite reactor or LWGR type ) . |
| 5 | On the other hand , it could be argued that the procedural restrictions of Ord. 53 are in the public interest and should not be waivable . |
| 6 | The first ESAs designated are in the Pennine Dales , West Penwith ( Cornwall ) , the South Downs , the Broads , the Somerset Levels and Moors , and in Scotland , Breadalbane ( in the Grampian Mountains ) and Loch Lomond . |
| 7 | A few are by the main road , but most are quiet . |
| 8 | Some are for the young . |
| 9 | It has five domes , the largest over the centre of the church and three are over the outer narthex ; all are raised on high drums . |
| 10 | These are at the far end of the Grotto and filled with the waters from the spring of the Grotto . |
| 11 | The majority of these are of the so-called ‘ Veneto Ware ’ type , derived from Byzantine prototypes , including a fine , large pot ( albarello ) which suggests the influence of Lombard work , and an outstanding series of dishes and jugs decorated with geometric , floral and figurative designs , glazed in shades of green , brown and black . |
| 12 | Yes , these are for the in-service B Ed. and various other courses like that , yes , and some of them have a scientific aspect to them and we 're involved in those as well . |
| 13 | Norway is the major EFTA country receiving Grampian manufactured exports , and the majority of these are from the Mechanical engineering sector . |
| 14 | ‘ These are from the Northern and Southern Railway Company , ’ he said , ‘ to say thank you for the brave and sensible thing that you did to save the train . ’ |
| 15 | There are currently over 28,000 part-time staff in Government Service and , while the great majority of these are in the junior grades , ten per cent of women at Principal level and above ( senior staff ) now work part time . |
| 16 | These are among the radical reforms likely to be recommended in the Sheehy report on rank and pay due to be published within the next few weeks alongside a government White Paper proposing changes in police financing and police authorities and the Royal Commission on criminal justice . |
| 17 | These are among the enticing participatory events organised by museums and art galleries for the holidays . |
| 18 | Curiously enough , however , these are among the very people who tend to shy away from any kind of subjective description of what being a believer is like , and one frequently finds an empathic researcher who does not believe and may even be unsympathetic giving us a greater insight into what it is like to be a member of a particular religion ( see , for example , Cashmore , 1983 ; Judah , 1974 , Westley , 1983 or Lofland , 1976 ) . |
| 19 | Truth , trust , acceptance , restraint , obligation — these are among the social virtues grounded in religious belief which are also now seen to play a central role in the functioning of an individualistic , contractual economy . |
| 20 | Birthdays from January 8-11 are in the front line of change in 1993 and it may be that no matter how you try to reach out and claim what you want , it eludes you — for now . |
| 21 | And here we all are in the boring old Eighties with nothing going off but Edwina Currie 's eggs . |
| 22 | Many are on the far left , others on the rabble-rousing populist right . |
| 23 | Three thousand bottles are to be auctioned and , as you might expect , many are on the large side . |
| 24 | The difference between need and dare and the modals is simply that the latter are by the very nature of their lexical meaning incapable of evoking a reality , while the former can evoke potentialities only in non-assertive use . |
| 25 | United are off the bottom thanks to last sunday 's win … |
| 26 | Alright those are in the closing seconds of this tape I suppose . |
| 27 | Of these , in 27 cases the investors have shown further interest and five are in the final stages of negotiation . |
| 28 | Of the twenty-two Blackpool trams preserved , nine are at the National Tramway Museum in Derbyshire . |
| 29 | Conservative are for the rich . |
| 30 | Londoners , Scots and the under-24s are among the pro-French lobby , says the survey from holiday company Crystal Holidays France . |