Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | jobs which represent an extension of the wife-mother role , such as nursing and teaching , and those which require an attractive image , such as secretaries , are predominantly filled by women . |
| 2 | Erm , I think Yeltsin 's threat as it were to the Ukrainian is actually a diplomatic move , he wants Ukraine to remain within the Soviet Union , er and if it does so he 's not going to make an issue of the border , but , er , if it does break away completely I think what he 's saying is well there 's a frontier that we 're going to have to reconsider because large Eastern areas of Ukraine including huge industrial towns are predominantly populated by Russians . |
| 3 | Rhizobium seeding , either by direct inoculation into soil or by inoculating legume seeds , has been successful in North America where soya beans are widely grown in soils where there are no naturally occurring rhizobial bacteria . |
| 4 | Steroids , which attack the root of asthma , are widely recommended by doctors but they also have side effects and take effect only after about a week . |
| 5 | In fact , Japanese organization is closer in many respects to depictions of an ‘ organic ’ structure , where the flexible aspects of the latter are widely distributed over areas of the organization which elsewhere would be more mechanical . |
| 6 | Heavy minerals , chiefly ilmenite and magnetite , are widely distributed in sands and gravels of the Grampian region especially in the Don Valley . |
| 7 | Such open questions are widely used during questions to the Prime Minister . |
| 8 | These are widely used by judges , and clients are becoming aware of them . |
| 9 | The ICC 's Incoterms are widely used by exporters and forwarders involved in the shipment of goods . |
| 10 | Footpath erosion is also a common feature of landscapes that are widely used by walkers . |
| 11 | Photographs are widely used in publications but , despite the persuasive nature of scanner manufacturers , they can not yet be successfully integrated into desktop publishing . |
| 12 | All chalks , including Belemnite chalk , are fundamentally composed of coccoliths ; the belemnites are but a tiny percentage and are also to be found in some seams of Micraster chalk to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 13 | In , power and prestige are unequally distributed between individuals and social groups and in many societies there are also marked differences in the distribution of wealth . |
| 14 | The idea of the male breadwinner providing for his wife and family is now less readily accepted , and research exists to show that incomes are unequally distributed within families . |
| 15 | Individuals ( who know where their own best interests lie ) participate in politics through groups and are effectively represented by groups . |
| 16 | As a result of the requirements of the FRED the issue costs are effectively charged against profits over the term of the instrument . |
| 17 | The environmental systems are effectively regarded as machines whose workings can all be discovered , described in differential equation form and whose future activities can thus be predicted in detail if their initial states are known . |
| 18 | In the minds of those who practice it ( and it is still quite common in scientific textbooks ) , the scientists of the past are effectively divided into heroes and villains . |
| 19 | Deaf people are effectively discouraged by regulations from training as teachers of the deaf . |
| 20 | But the pyracantha berries , again well displayed against the background of the cottage wall , will last until they are eventually devoured by blackbirds that will probably nest against the wall in spring , if protected by dense pyracantha leaves |
| 21 | Nor ought it to be assumed that the spectrum of lobbies and special-interest groups represents all the proper and vital concerns of society , or that such concerns are properly embodied in balances and compromises between them . |
| 22 | The sum available for further and higher education students — nearly £26 million this year — is a substantial extra amount and , if allocations are properly targeted by institutions , should be adequate for its purpose . |
| 23 | Westerners , who expect work to be as light as their skin , are vastly outnumbered by job-seekers from places like Iran , the Philippines and China , ready to try their hand at anything . |
| 24 | These heads are usually oval in shape and are mostly covered with scarifications , striations or incised lines ; the ears are almost always ignored , as they are in |
| 25 | They can be up to 200ft ( 60m ) in diameter and are mostly constructed of stones , with a rim , and spokes radiating out from a central cairn . |
| 26 | Increasing the commitment with the treasurer and not to be rash with it but the people understand people who are mostly killed in churches and and either way should not pass to amend a resolution for the Council . |
| 27 | ( The chords shown in Example 83 are limited only to those with the root on C , and are mostly given with notes in close formation . |
| 28 | This is true in other academic areas , of course , but English is one of the largest earners , since books in this area can be hopefully addressed to ‘ general readers ’ , in a ritual recognition that there is a world elsewhere , as well as to students ( though I suspect they are mostly read by teachers ) . |
| 29 | Peels are mostly used for limestones and calcite-cemented clastic rocks , although cherts and siliceous clastics can be successfully treated . |
| 30 | Pre-school facilities in general are mostly used by children of middle-class parents . |