Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All 3 political groups are pitching for increased spending , Labour is likely to propose a budget around £320 million , the Liberal Democrats around £314 million and the Tory group up to £310 millions , all of them well above Government guidelines of £306 million . |
| 2 | The majority of all black pupils are enrolled at primary level : 78 per cent of all enrolments in the DET 's jurisdiction ( compared with 56 per cent of all white enrolments ) . |
| 3 | Tears come from the deepest emotions , from joy and beauty and often they are tinged with nostalgic sadness . |
| 4 | They have abandoned leaves to reduce loss of water by transpiration , and their stems are swollen with stored water . |
| 5 | Each autumn the hazelnuts ripen on the bushes nearby , are gathered in dry weather and shaken to expel earwigs lurking in their casing . |
| 6 | As a comic opera , it is very much sui generis : all the recitatives are furnished with orchestral accompaniment , and the music is both continuous and strongly unified . |
| 7 | There is a very pretty sitting-room and the bedrooms are furnished in traditional style in three delicate pastel shades — one for each floor . |
| 8 | " The fabric of family life of millions of our people has been shattered , … our economy lies in ruins and our people are embroiled in political strife . " |
| 9 | There is , then , no shortage of social science research which is claimed to be necessary if we are to cope with environmental change . |
| 10 | The following figures have been extracted from our management accounts , are calculated at constant exchange rates and take account of the effect of UK Refining : |
| 11 | All of the objects and characters are solid 3D objects which are calculated in real time . |
| 12 | Nov. 13 Three prominent Palestinians are placed under administrative detention [ ibid . ] . |
| 13 | The fund 's assets are placed on fixed deposit with AA credit-rated banks . |
| 14 | Though about 95% of orders are placed without human intervention , people can , of course , monitor and override any of the system 's decisions — eg , to ensure that it is not ordering $2m missiles because of a statistical fluke . |
| 15 | Bruner ( 1983 ) refers to this as a ‘ communicative ratchet ’ which enables adults gradually to increase the demands which are placed upon linguistic communication , while at the same time minimising the consequences of misunderstandings . |
| 16 | They are placed in alphabetical order — ignoring the numerical prefixes . |
| 17 | Site specificity occurs where , for example , separable stages of production are placed in close proximity to economize on transport costs , and their relocation costs are high . |
| 18 | Some delicate glass tubes or ‘ balsamaria ’ are placed in teasing proximity . |
| 19 | During the sandwich year , students are placed in suitable employment and are required to undertake an industrial project . |
| 20 | Some of the tree remedies , however , are prepared from flowering sprigs which include the twigs as well as the flowers and these are placed in fresh water , brought to the boil , simmered for an hour , cooled and strained . |
| 21 | Young people are placed in open employment and trained and supported by social service teams . |
| 22 | He then brings in both feet so that the soles are placed in direct contact with each other . |
| 23 | When paramecium are placed near acetic acid they swim quicker and towards the acid , they are attracted by positive chemotaxis as the acid is a source of food i.e. carbon dioxide . |
| 24 | Furthermore , the twentieth century may be regarded from one aspect as the culminating stage in a process whereby the world has been transformed , not into a single political system , but into a single political arena in which there are no longer isolated and autonomous units , but all states and political movements are enmeshed in global politics within which they exhibit varying degrees of dependence or independence . |
| 25 | Because some reforms are hidden from public view over the horizon does not mean that they have not been thought out and designed . |
| 26 | The lakes are certainly there but they are hidden in dense jungle , only accessible by a network of sandy tracks . |
| 27 | Awards are given for outstanding achievement in the protection and enhancement of the architectural and natural heritage , the improvement of the environment and the encouragement of high standards of architecture in town and country planning throughout Europe . |
| 28 | The RI ( α ) for the TCR- β mutant thymocyte sample is 28 , meaning that 28% of the chromosomes have undergone a VαJα rearrangement. 5'J α 1/C α ratios ( shown in table below ) are given for different DNA samples . |
| 29 | These displays are given at localized courting places called leks . |
| 30 | All suggestions are given in good faith and for general help and guidance but since detail may vary with different roofs they can not be assumed to be suitable for every application . |