Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 They act as a powerful aphrodisiac on pigs , and synthesised versions of them are sprayed onto sows to make them receptive before artificial insemination .
2 ‘ A lot of them are planned for areas in the South Downs , which we really do n't want .
3 In other words , all the negative characteristics of humanity as men perceive them are projected onto women .
4 All of them are suspected of links with Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman , a blind Egyptian preacher who lives in New Jersey and urges an Islamic holy struggle against the West and the government of President Hosni Mubarak .
5 Differences between them are assimilated to differences on sex-differentiated traits like masculinity or self-confidence .
6 Perhaps male bats have body surfaces that are subtly textured so that the echoes that bounce off them are perceived by females as gorgeously coloured , the sound equivalent of the nuptial plumage of a bird of paradise .
7 A number of them are duplicated in Windows 3.1 and these are more up to date versions .
8 A number of them are patched with squares of the ubiquitous plywood which is also employed to board up the now empty , adjoining , caretaker 's house .
9 Consequently , even although a high proportion of particular categories of material may be in poor condition in the stacks , if not many of them are issued to readers , they may be in less danger than other items which are more frequently issued .
10 Soil tests to discover the pH are easily done , and the kits for doing them are provided with instructions by several garden product companies , and stocked at garden shops .
11 Most of them are performed by women , and most women continue to perform them into their old age , whether or not they have formerly had paid employment .
12 Nearly all of them are bought by adults for themselves .
13 Many of them are held through trusts with names like Jupiter , Venus , and Mars , registered here at Morgan-Grenfell .
14 Most of them are produced by women , who provide insights that come from relating female experience to a body of writing ; logically , there is no reason why these insights should not be available to male critics with the right sympathies and sensibility , but in practice most of this criticism is by women .
15 Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning .
16 I am covered in scars ; I do have to suffer for my art ?
17 Although this area of research is beyond my technical competence , I am assured by experts in neo-Walrasian economics that very strong apriori restrictions need to be imposed before even a glimmer of a general market clearing solution can be discerned .
18 Wednesday are looking rather lowly , but that I feel is mainly due to early season woes , and as , I am assured from relatives down the M1 , they have a much easier 2nd half of the season .
19 Now I find myself alone — that is irrelevant in terms of what happens to me , but for the idea that the Lord was homosexual , and for the perverted practices on his dead body not to be seen to be blasphemous if the case is lost — about that I am lost for words !
20 I find I am lost for words : put down the telephone , but not before a woman snatches the phone and says , ‘ Who 's that ?
21 The experience of being on Iona is nothing less than magical and I am moved to tears .
22 I get to the border , and I am questioned for hours , endless interrogation , and if I am travelling in a car , they open it up and they search it .
23 I have re-read this chapter many times — each time I am filled with thoughts of God 's love .
24 You show me what to do when I am approached by strangers .
25 I am attracted to artists needing assistance to bring out the talent which is already there .
26 ‘ As a traveller making drawings from which to make paintings , I am attracted to places where there is a strong individual flavour of climate and living .
27 Putting aside any cynical thoughts that it 's a bit more than just communication which is needed here , I am reminded of views expressed by Prof Tony Ridley : ‘ The job of the professional is to assist the politician and clarify the issues for him .
28 I often think how she would despise me when I am driven by curiosities to ask the children what they had for lunch when they were invited out .
29 Each is tarnished by sin and , clothed in these acts of righteousness , I am clothed in rags before Almighty God .
30 Well I appreciate you deny it because er you said in answer to my friend that erm as I am required by rules to put it , er I do put to you that yes , you did have a shotgun , perhaps erm borrowed from one of the officers , yes you did put it to Mr head and you did tell him to er er shut up and wait for C I D.
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