Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not clear that new institutions are needed rather than simply an intensification of activities in the republics . ’ |
| 2 | This is particularly true in this country , where the insurance industry requests that thefts and burglaries are reported so that a claim may be proved . |
| 3 | Notes are made so that they can be readily available to help your studies . |
| 4 | Communicative acts are multiplied endlessly but could become fleeting and ephemeral . |
| 5 | Many , perhaps most , of these objects are seen now as ‘ works of art ’ , in one sense justly , because of their fine workmanship , but in another sense misleadingly , since their primary function , especially in this area of reproduction and deliberate circulation , was evidently religious or ideological . |
| 6 | Sometimes objects are perceived merely as alternatives to words , as signs to be used in pseudo-linguistic formal analysis . |
| 7 | In the work of Cézanne , where the outlines of objects are stressed again and again , and then as often broken , the eye , while conscious of the limitations of normal vision , has the sensation of being carried around the object beyond its boundaries . |
| 8 | All the main skills are treated thoroughly and form an integrated part of the course : |
| 9 | ‘ No stock-taking ’ policies are adopted partly because of staffing shortages , but also on the premise that stock-taking is a waste of time because it does not bring back the missing books , and any item which is really important will be requested on reservation ( though a central reservation system , if employed , may mean that missing titles go unnoticed ) . |
| 10 | This is why all our insurance policies are designed so that premiums are payable monthly . |
| 11 | When these policies are interpreted locally and used as the basis for infrastructure developments to meet local needs , the success or otherwise of the approach requires evaluation . |
| 12 | This means not only spending substantially larger amounts of money but also providing the administrative framework for ensuring such policies are pursued uniformly and consistently . |
| 13 | There is another point : the additionality test is to ensure that the moneys are spent only because of the grant . |
| 14 | Because strong focusing preferences are applied only when appropriate , there is no need even to check that the dog biting the vet is a plausible event , since on linguistic grounds , no other possibilities exist . |
| 15 | If copies are sent less than 21 days before , they may be deemed to have been duly sent if so agreed by all the members entitled to attend and vote . |
| 16 | Even for low attainers projects are done individually if they are to be assessed . |
| 17 | Watches whose cases are made wholly or mainly of precious metal . |
| 18 | To do this , the cases are reordered so that the X values are in order , as shown in the first two columns of figure 10.6 . |
| 19 | The then Lord Chief Justice in 1980 commented that , If it were not that a high proportion of cases are compromised long before they reach court the administration of justice would soon grind to a halt ; the courts would be overwhelmed by the volume of work . ’ |
| 20 | Fingers are moved backwards and forwards by these delicate sinews — flexor tendons in the palms , which bend the fingers , and extensor tendons on the back of the hand , which straighten them again . |
| 21 | The general principles behind the method and the chemical reactions are explained clearly and concisely . |
| 22 | This cost can be direct , for example in the form of additional accounting staff salaries , or it can be indirect , where other activities are neglected so as to put more effort into the final accounts . |
| 23 | The same set of cell activities are used again and again — contraction , movement , change in adhesion — and what makes organs different is how these activities are organized in space and time . |
| 24 | It is reasonable to assume that variable overheads will only accrue if hours are worked rather than idle . |
| 25 | In practice energy forms are used together and within the actual cleaning process each form inter-relates . |
| 26 | A further way of reducing the spread of sampling is to use what is called cluster sampling , a device by which sub-units are grouped together and work concentrated on them . |
| 27 | Apart from the way that racial meanings are inferred rather than stated openly , these new forms are distinguished by the extent to which they identify race with the terms ‘ culture ’ and ‘ identity ’ , terms which have their own resonance in antiracist orthodoxy . |
| 28 | Further regular meetings are intended so as to maintain the vital liaison between the carpet industry , Parliament and government , and to enable carpet manufacturers to voice their concern . |
| 29 | These committees have some common features : membership includes representatives from the police , the police authority , constituent councils , and voluntary , statutory and community groups ; meetings are held regularly and records kept ; each has some sort of constitution ; and the proceedings are generally publicly available . |
| 30 | By June , meetings are held weekly as the race takes place in July , usually at the end of the Keighley holidays . |