Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If institutions are out of phase with social formation , the most powerful institution will be that which is most useful in regulating the conflict between interests which have their foundations in different modes of production — the bureaucracy .
2 Underground mines are still in operation in Weardale .
3 Notes that you can consult are of great value , but much of the fundamental interpretation of your subjects must be based on an effective memory when notes are not to hand .
4 Notes are now in desk . ’
5 The Marcopolo satellites are already in place .
6 Discussions are already under way with the National Trust for Scotland regarding a suitable themed transport link between Bridge of Dun station and the recently re-opened House of Dun , which would allow the BRPS and NTS to offer a joint visitor experience .
7 ‘ We are aiming at the Northern area because we feel it is desperately under-served , ’ he says , adding that discussions are also under way with Yorkshire Arts about touring in that area .
8 Until now , there was little we could do about this , but complaints have been taken seriously and discussions are now under way between OFTEL , the Office of Telecommunications , and the British Direct Marketing Association ( BDMA , representing companies who use telesales ) .
9 Discussions are currently under way as to whether Triumph Adler will resell the products in Germany under its own name or under the Olivetti tag .
10 Discussions are currently under way between M Prior and a firm of opticians on the provision of eye and eyesight testing to workstation operators .
11 Discussions are still in progress and final agreements are expected soon .
12 Financial returns are again in line with what was expected , and will possibly prove better .
13 A group of prisoners are out of jail for a few days … but the authorities know exactly where they are .
14 Moreover , it could be argued that prisoners are more at risk of further offences than probationers because of , first , their commission of relatively more serious offences , and second , their more extensive and therefore more entrenched criminal careers .
15 Businesses in the area are being advised to make sure their accounts are up to date before tough new rules on VAT come into force .
16 The following states are broadly in favour of the Directive :
17 However , states are often under pressure to act because they fear history will turn against them if they do not .
18 But vets are not without blame .
19 If you are over 50 years of age , if your skills are not in demand or if you live in an economic blackspot , you may find that your chances of finding a suitable job elsewhere are poor .
20 But these skills are only of value when they are integrated with the purposes and interests that the learner brings from outside the classroom .
21 Their skills are currently on show at Stockton Central Library under the title A Family Alongside a selection of 38 etchings by Mr Hildon are ceramics created by 34-year-old Jane .
22 All these skills are much in demand in society and are qualifications for a wide range of vocations and employments .
23 Company skills are out of place in a spiritual environment
24 The book is no sequel to If this is a man , but its explications are never without interest .
25 The general feeling that one gets from reading this novel is that nothing much has changed and that the cold-war machinations are still at play and are as irrelevant and as brutal as ever .
26 In light of cancellation of 5029 's programme of Northern running in the early part of 1992 , investigations are currently under way to put together a limited number of trips ( including , a short visit to the National Railway Museum , York ) .
27 An examination of Soviet attitudes to Western schemes to neutralise Afghanistan in the wake of Soviet military intervention in that country is particularly revealing since such Soviet attitudes are sharply at variance with those expressed in connection with the Soviet-sponsored Persian Gulf plan .
28 If the principle ever was firmly established , it has gone , but the principle 's underlying weight is protected by the fact that the defences are there in law .
29 Both door posts have been previously dented and although the keeps are still in place , the doors , when fully open , touch the posts .
30 WWF projects are either under way or being developed in Cameroon , Central African Republic , Gabon and Zaire .
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