Example sentences of "[noun sg] are [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst some time can be spent in ‘ tidying up ’ it is important that the high standards of housekeeping are maintained throughout the year and generally this is the case . |
| 2 | The prime question is whether the gains in efficiency from having a more competitive financial system that involves a degree of consumer protection are outweighed by the costs of setting up and maintaining that regulatory system . |
| 3 | Where these heights are exceeded the storage will be considered Extra High Hazard High Piled Storage and the appropriate ‘ densities of water application ’ and ‘ areas of operation ’ for ceiling level protection are shown in the following tables extracted from the Fire Offices ' Committee Rules . |
| 4 | We have therefore sought to influence its detail in order to ensure the highest standards of protection are afforded to the surrounding natural and visual environments . |
| 5 | The position will worsen once the full effects of the poll tax and the revenue support grant are felt after the expiry of the four-year transitional period . |
| 6 | Applications for grant are assessed on the basis of : — |
| 7 | Regulations governing this grant are contained in The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses ( General ) Regulations 1987 ( Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 481 ) , the Social Security ( Claims and Payments ) Amendment Regulations 1988 ( Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 522 ) , the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses ( General ) Amendment Regulations 1989 SI 1989/379 and the Social Fund Manual Page 12 . |
| 8 | Object class descriptions and rules for monitoring are sent to the agents and stored so that the agents do n't need to communicate with the console except to report alerts and graphing data , cutting down on network traffic , the company says . |
| 9 | Object class descriptions and rules for monitoring are sent to the agents and are stored so that the agents do n't need to communicate with the console except to report alerts and graphing data , cutting down on network traffic , the company says . |
| 10 | An executive President is elected every five years , as is a unicameral National Congress with 116 members , 87 of whom are directly elected ; the remainder are elected on the basis of proportional representation . |
| 11 | By extrapolating broad social trends such as the long-run shift in industrialised societies from employment in agriculture and manufacturing to employment in service industries he paints his picture of the future where all our material needs are catered for by 10 per cent of the labour force , and the remainder are employed in the service sector , many of them in education and subsidised by the government . |
| 12 | And because valuable information and expertise are dispersed throughout the organization , top management does not solve problems ; it creates an environment in which people can identify and solve problems themselves . |
| 13 | Illite , mixed layers , chlorite and smectite are reported from the Ruhuhu Beds , Tanzania . |
| 14 | Broadly speaking , the courts have taken the view that the bounds of parliamentary privilege are fixed by the common law which they have the right to declare . |
| 15 | Measures and sacrifices which the bourgeois-liberal mind contemplates with horror are vindicated by the country 's transformed position in the world and the protection afforded future generations against similar tragedies : in the scheme of history , timely , resolute action has been the greatest kindness . |
| 16 | The lost ‘ geometries of the psyche ’ that govern their existence are intertwined with the materialized properties of discourse . |
| 17 | Further , in the case of such an application , the licensing board are to consult with the fire authority ( subs . |
| 18 | The operations in this case are defined under The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988 ( GDO ) and planning permission is assumed to have been granted . |
| 19 | As an example of fine craftsmanship , hand cut carpet borders on the dramatic grand stair case are shown in the illustration , closely following the curved walls . |
| 20 | The context of speech-making and the techniques and conventions that have been developed ensure that many sides of a case are put at the same time as maintaining the proprieties due to different statuses . |
| 21 | Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both . |
| 22 | Letters of admission are issued by the Committee . |
| 23 | but lines perpendicular to the direction are changed in the ratio which , for small is very nearly negligible . |
| 24 | Talks and meetings on topics of interest to nurses looking for a change in career direction are held throughout the day , and personnel and recruitment officers make themselves available to answer questions and arrange interviews for interested applicants . |
| 25 | As we shall see , many but not all liberal theories of political freedom are based on the endorsement of one or another of several principles of restraint , of which the principle of neutrality is one . |
| 26 | But remember that not all the errors in one category are caused by the same underlying problem . |
| 27 | Billing machines and the tabular ledger are used in the preparation of accounts and the work must always be up to the minute , as it should be possible to produce a guest 's bill immediately on request . |
| 28 | If the terms of Bell 's inequality are calculated from the composite wave function I mentioned above then the inequality is found to be violated ; on the other hand , it is always satisfied for wave functions that are simple products . |
| 29 | Distributional attitudes to inequality are contained in the parameter . |
| 30 | Nevertheless it is possible to apportion head office overheads to a particular contract by comparing total company turnover and contract turnover and their proportion to total head office overheads in the same ratio , thus contract proportion of = contract turnover head office head office overheads = company turnover overheads Further methods of calculating head office overheads attributable to a particular contract are described in the publications listed in the bibliography . |