Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [adv] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uplights are simply downlights in reverse and meant to stand on the floor . |
| 2 | You know , local authorities are n't expert in looking at company law , and the way that finances work . |
| 3 | The shallow , circular houses are about 4m in diameter . |
| 4 | Root hairs are almost in. in length . |
| 5 | By the same token , big manufacturers are often shareholders in their chosen bank . |
| 6 | Words are n't coins in your pocket . |
| 7 | As most bilingual students studying subjects are not beginners in English this experience more truly reflects their situation than does a lesson in a totally new language . |
| 8 | Flares are n't news in Dublin they 're still wearing them from that first time round . |
| 9 | The Committee considers that " true education " is most readily and completely available through the works of English literature , while also emphasizing its difference from mere " book learning " : " Books are not things in themselves , they are merely the instruments through which we hear the voices of those who have known life better than ourselves " . |
| 10 | 1.4 THE EXTENT TO WHICH VISITORS ARE ALSO READERS IN THE LIBRARY |
| 11 | It seems , therefore , that focused patterns in real speech communities are not patterns in which all groups speak in the same way , but patterns of relatively stable differentiation within the community . |
| 12 | The nobles are also experts in the use of bow and sword and often carry these weapons with them to war . |
| 13 | Poll Tax rebels are only bit-players in this crisis . |
| 14 | Indeed , as Table 2.12 shows , some 13 per cent of all temporary workers are also participants in special employment measures . |
| 15 | Often the problems are only storms in teacups , and all that is needed is a gentle ‘ sorry ’ , a laugh , a hug , a cup of tea , and all is well . |
| 16 | Her babysitters are mainly women in their late 20s and she does n't take on anyone under 18 . |
| 17 | A management buy-out can in theory be effected by way of a de-merger , for example where the managers are already shareholders in the holding company of Target . |
| 18 | When things are still fluid in your mind , ask yourself , " What exactly is my theme ? " |
| 19 | Technical terms are not ends in themselves , but because they facilitate discussion , they do need to be explicitly taught . |
| 20 | But dialect features are not errors in this sense at all , but are characteristics of a pupil 's native language . |
| 21 | But techniques are not goals in themselves , as they are in a training perspective ; they are the means for making ideas operational and subject to modification in the light of evaluation . |
| 22 | But whatever their origins , these distraction displays are now reactions in their own right . |
| 23 | ‘ Most of these councillors are just hangers-on in suits who do n't know the meaning of an honest day 's graft . ’ |
| 24 | These vivid lively scenes are not art in the modern sense of self-expression , but the deliberate exercise of imitative magic to ensure success in the hunt . |
| 25 | You men are so conformist in love , so provincial in imagination ; that is why we have to flatter you , to prop you up with little lies . |
| 26 | In the highest-taxed district , Edinburgh , some defaulters now owe over £400 , which means that thousands of couples are almost £1,000 in arrears . |
| 27 | Most domestic soakaways are simply holes in the ground lined with hardcore ( 10mm to 150mm ) to within about 250mm of the top . |
| 28 | Because I do not accept absolute predestination , however , and can not believe that we human beings are simply pawns in some giant chess game being played in the wide blue yonder , I think that it is the person within whom the spirit chooses to dwell who actually makes the right or wrong decisions . |
| 29 | Reports of genital carriage vary widely , but 20% to 25% of women are probably carriers in most countries . |
| 30 | From their shapes , they were apparently copied from wooden originals , and it seems likely that the clay coffins are really copies in clay of wooden clothes-chests . |