Example sentences of "[am/are] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Right now I am off the international scene .
2 It boils down to whether you think the extra features and quality are worth the extra money .
3 You produce a good magazine each month ; the readers ' letters alone are worth the annual subscription .
4 But whether golfers are worth the staggering cash they seem to bank is quite another subject and , before he died , I chose to ask this question of Henry Cotton who , as a young man , won three Open titles , but comparatively small cheques to go with them .
5 I am about the only person who ca n't speak Portuguese here , even knows Spanish well , and is giving his course in Spanish .
6 These are for the two people involved in writing the Project Video books .
7 And he says nineteen sixty two when I started reffing and he said the oth they 're not I 'm not giving them this one but these two are for the other mascot scene .
8 The prayers recommended before the consecration are for the spiritual welfare of all estates and conditions of men in terms of a literal and spiritual harvest which not only ensures their survival in this world but also in the next .
9 Decor and furnishing are for the 1990s styles , insulation is even better than the Mark 3s and passengers with special needs are catered for as , for example , mother and baby facilities and disabled toilets .
10 The figures that I read out are for the first year .
11 Young people with learning difficulties are for the first time fully included in all the provisions of youth support services rather than being treated under separate legislation .
12 Now , however , having regard to what was learnt by C.N.L. 's counsel whilst sitting in court during the successful appeal , they are for the first time in a position to raise a plea of justification .
13 That grant is ring fenced , it can only be spent on community care defined elements , it includes the recognition that as well as buying care for people , you are for the first time , er , assessing people 's needs .
14 The next steps are for the successful candidates to take .
15 So what you 're really saying is that the computers of the kind you 're describing are for the ordinary person .
16 The implicit assumption as to why this should be so is that questions of law are for the ordinary courts .
17 Of course , the pictures are for the young readers — or are they ?
18 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 .
19 These media , which are for the present time state-owned , are therefore expected to devote a significant amount of air-time to the running of radio schools and the promotion of mass adult literacy education , as well as the study of other basic subjects .
20 These media , which are for the present time state-owned , are therefore expected to devote a significant amount of air-time to the running of radio schools and the promotion of mass adult literacy education , as well as the study of other basic subjects .
21 Rather , this chapter asks what the implications are for the administrative system , should a state develop corporatist tendencies .
22 The escort girls are for the rich man who does not want the bother of leaving his hotel-room if the need gets too strong . ’
23 Reports are for the sole benefit of the person to whom they are addressed , and no responsibility is accepted to any third party without prior written consent .
24 Few of the learned tomes that have been written are for the domestic consumer and contain few , if any , recipes to lighten the technical detail .
25 Although there are no minority reports , a peer who has reservations about the conclusions of a report is not bound in debate by collective responsibility , and debates , which , of course , are for the whole House , often show more diversity of views than does the report .
26 However , they are for the relative opinion of the reviewing courts , not the tribunal .
27 Whatever I designed would have to take account of circumstances as they are for the hard-pressed teaching population .
28 Then comes the fun of making the pattern — and do make sure that the dimensions you are going to work to are for the full pattern and not the kite frame shape .
29 It is less immediately evident that such an understanding should be necessary in order to account for the formal properties of code switching , although I would argue strongly that it is , inasmuch as the extent to which switching may take place is in part a function of the extent to which the codes involved have " fused " within a community , i.e. how interchangeable they are for the different purposes of everyday interaction .
30 And , there was some on a plate and my sister 's little lad went up and went to take one off this plate and then Valerie tu turned round , she said er , you ca n't have one of them , them are for the old folks .
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