Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basic magmas , however , which are predominantly of basaltic composition , have a much lower silica content and are erupted at high temperatures . |
| 2 | The pebble in the conglomerates and sandstones are predominantly of local provenance , and the overall character of these rocks indicates sediment deposition close to source . |
| 3 | We do the same for the submatrix bordered by the first row and column , and so on , so that finally we reach the unit matrix as the canonical form for A. It is to be observed that , since in using elementary operations I ( i , j ) , I(k) , I(l) on A we are effectively at each stage multiplying together determinants neither of which vanishes , the reduction of A to I must be possible when A is on-singular . |
| 4 | The basic street pattern is no doubt as old as the village itself and the street names are mostly of ancient origin . |
| 5 | Real attention to the quite sophisticated concepts with which religion is concerned has tended to be dismissed on the grounds that , apart from a select minority , pupils are incapable of any sustained thought , uninterested in such hypothetical and academically conceived ideas which in any case are mostly of historical interest and irrelevant to the modern world . |
| 6 | ‘ I am virtually unemployable as I am rarely in one place for more than two weeks . |
| 7 | It is sufficient to realise that you , and all your fellow men , are rarely at full stretch . |
| 8 | GPs ' reports are rarely of much help , if only because they do not have the time or the experience to write useful reports and usually resent doing them . |
| 9 | But these private fictions are rarely of much significance , nor do they affect most people — despite much American talk of ‘ roots ’ . |
| 10 | Consequently , weathering profiles are rarely in full equilibrium with environmental conditions ; in most cases the weathering mantle adjusts to long-term average conditions rather than to conditions at a specific time . |
| 11 | By contrast , industrial co-operatives are wholly about industrial democracy . |
| 12 | Predictably , as Table 3.4 confirms , their liabilities are overwhelmingly in foreign currency and are heavily weighted towards time deposits . |
| 13 | She pays £12.50 a week for a one room flat , so the couple are constantly in each other 's company . |
| 14 | For viewing with higher magnification lenses , which are necessarily of shorter working distance , a recessed window is usually required to accommodate the smaller working distance of the lens . |
| 15 | Spiritual things are , therefore , the intangible products of the human mind , and are necessarily of human origin , that is , they have their origins in the period of evolution which started with the advent of life on earth . |
| 16 | All of these categories are necessarily in constant flux . |
| 17 | Castration was what I would have recommended back in England , where there is less space for dogs to wander and where welfare considerations for a dog out on his own are obviously of prime concern . |
| 18 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 19 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 20 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 21 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 22 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 23 | Will the Prime Minister therefore tell us what specific proposals he has made for supporting economic projects in the republics of the former Soviet Union , particularly in the distribution industries , which are obviously of basic importance to economic growth and to the development of markets ? |
| 24 | These ‘ messages ’ are cries for help from children who are obviously in great distress . |
| 25 | Erm , in a civil case the rules of hearsay are basically of little importance because they can almost always be got round . |
| 26 | Here I am all in one piece if tiny pock-marked from a flying bottle , and trying to settle down and see the war out without firing a shot . |
| 27 | Her claw-prints are all over this Anya debacle , and the only physical attentions from me she 's likely to receive in future are a piece of my mind , the rough side of my tongue and my boot up her backside . ) |
| 28 | These are all rou you see they 're all these are all round that area . |
| 29 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
| 30 | P. , B. and D. are together with one family , T. and A. were initially together although A. has since had to be moved to a small children 's home , and K. is with a third family . |