Example sentences of "[conj] [am/are] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just the latest of many ignorant assaults that are damaging a national asset envied around the world . |
| 2 | States that are exploring a tough policy which borders upon coercion like Kenya will either find that open political protest will challenge the power of the state , or that like family planning in India , an onslaught upon the least economically and politically powerful is only temporarily feasible . |
| 3 | This will try to find markets for products and services coming from Montpellier and the other three European facilities in Havant , Valencia , Jrflla that are undergoing a similar process . |
| 4 | So it is possible to kill large numbers of rabbits that are doing a massive amount of crop damage by this method and by no other . |
| 5 | They put on new acts if they are called direct and are sent a rough demo tape . |
| 6 | The association 's 170 members will have to bear the brunt of new fees for proposed discharge licences and are demanding a strong inspectorate to enforce the legislation . |
| 7 | The knitted gauze products for the nitric acid industry which were introduced by Johnson Matthey last year , have been well received by customers and are capturing a growing share of the European market . |
| 8 | For new recruits who are selling their old property and are buying a new home , Hambro Life pays : the cost of moving to the new area ; a disturbance allowance of one month 's salary ( half paid when the employee joins the firm , the balance when the sale and purchase are completed ) ; two weekends at the company 's expense to look for accommodation ; estate agents ' , surveyors ' , building society and legal fees , including stamp duty and an allowance of £150 per month towards the cost of accommodation and/or fares for a maximum period of three months . |
| 9 | The couple have spent the past six months buying furniture for their rooms within the Godfrey Ermen Home and are considering a belated honeymoon . |
| 10 | They retain a common language and are developing a political awareness that may ultimately unite them into a distinct western Arctic nation . |
| 11 | Neurosurgeons have successfully moved a blood clot from her brain and are keeping a close watch on her . |
| 12 | Advance ticket sales for the final have already broken the 50,000 barrier and are approaching a British Test record of 54,000 , also set at Wembley in 1990 . |
| 13 | These are all reasonably inexpensive in pack form , and are used a great deal in electronic projects . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , it seems to me that more than a few Frenchwomen are carrying powerful foglamps , and are doing a good job of raging against the dying light . |
| 15 | Being disenchanted with life , they may resent those who are contentedly coping with things as best they can and are making a good job of it . |
| 16 | So if we could look at those things and talk to the Government to see if it 's possible , it maybe it is n't possible then that 's a different argument but we should be seen to be doing something er to let this die on it 's own will A , will deprive other people for odd jobs and in some cases I 've met the representation two guys there who used their redundancy money for Airways to purchase er a small aircraft and are running a flying school . |
| 17 | Both firms have invested heavily in hi-tech applications and are running a double shift . |
| 18 | These innovations are leading to an increasing diversity in the public sector and are posing a whole set of research questions concerning their effects on local authorities and tenants . |
| 19 | But but but we 're only charging twice as much as would erm because are providing a standard bearing . |