Example sentences of "[det] are [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But the reasons for that are in the general principle that people are responsible for the consequences of their actions .
2 ‘ Better ways of doing this are among the main objectives of PROFIT .
3 The pressurized water reactor ( PWR ) predominates in most national nuclear power industries with some notable exceptions , including the UK ( some advanced gas-cooled reactors or AGRs but mostly gas-cooled reactors or GCRs ) , Canada ( the Candu type of reactor which uses heavy water as the coolant ) , and the USSR ( half are of the light-water graphite reactor or LWGR type ) .
4 A few are by the main road , but most are quiet .
5 Some are for the young .
6 These are on the fourth disc .
7 These are at the far end of the Grotto and filled with the waters from the spring of the Grotto .
8 The majority of these are of the so-called ‘ Veneto Ware ’ type , derived from Byzantine prototypes , including a fine , large pot ( albarello ) which suggests the influence of Lombard work , and an outstanding series of dishes and jugs decorated with geometric , floral and figurative designs , glazed in shades of green , brown and black .
9 If two Discus lash their back quarters against each other , then you can assume these are of the same sex .
10 These are to the same layout as above but newer and slightly more luxurious .
11 These are to the same layout as above but newer and slightly more luxurious .
12 Yes , these are for the in-service B Ed. and various other courses like that , yes , and some of them have a scientific aspect to them and we 're involved in those as well .
13 These are for the two people involved in writing the Project Video books .
14 Norway is the major EFTA country receiving Grampian manufactured exports , and the majority of these are from the Mechanical engineering sector .
15 These are from the Northern and Southern Railway Company , ’ he said , ‘ to say thank you for the brave and sensible thing that you did to save the train . ’
16 There are currently over 28,000 part-time staff in Government Service and , while the great majority of these are in the junior grades , ten per cent of women at Principal level and above ( senior staff ) now work part time .
17 These are in the same condition as proper names .
18 The new , expensive , equipment required secure and sound cover , thus the Club had to build suitably good sheds ; these are by the 3rd fairway .
19 These are among the radical reforms likely to be recommended in the Sheehy report on rank and pay due to be published within the next few weeks alongside a government White Paper proposing changes in police financing and police authorities and the Royal Commission on criminal justice .
20 Ambivalence towards European culture , doubts about the possibilities of finding an authentic voice , a restless search for confidence and self-esteem , these are among the many bitter fruits of colonial rule in Latin America .
21 These are among the enticing participatory events organised by museums and art galleries for the holidays .
22 Curiously enough , however , these are among the very people who tend to shy away from any kind of subjective description of what being a believer is like , and one frequently finds an empathic researcher who does not believe and may even be unsympathetic giving us a greater insight into what it is like to be a member of a particular religion ( see , for example , Cashmore , 1983 ; Judah , 1974 , Westley , 1983 or Lofland , 1976 ) .
23 Truth , trust , acceptance , restraint , obligation — these are among the social virtues grounded in religious belief which are also now seen to play a central role in the functioning of an individualistic , contractual economy .
24 If all are at the same level , there is a high degree of status crystallization , and stress for a status-related reason is improbable .
25 This is a stunning world of peace and tranquility , an assortment of panoramic spectacles , where every sight is awesome , and all are on the grandest of scales .
26 All are of the greatest interest , and any plated animal from the Cambrian is likely to be an important specimen .
27 Not all are of the finest quality , but most have been reinstated by the conductor Mark Elder , alongside some of the composer 's 1883 revisions .
28 But , however many skills we possess , not all are of the same value to us .
29 And here we all are in the boring old Eighties with nothing going off but Edwina Currie 's eggs .
30 Analyses of the distributions of individual stars in the bulge have all shown an asymmetry consistent with the bar found in the infrared continuum and all are in the same sense as indicated by the analysis of the balloon photometry ; the figure of the bar emerges clearly through the dusty murk of the galactic plane .
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