Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many voices are heard in favour of more women running for office , and Emily 's List , a group that funds only Democratic women running for office , has seen its membership grow by more than 300 per cent since the Hill-Thomas hearings . |
| 2 | These assertions , which would of course be very difficult to demonstrate in a literal or historical sense , are justified as part of Pareto 's general scheme of the equilibrium of social systems , which rests on a social-psychological basis : ‘ The principle of my sociology rests precisely upon separating logical from non-logical actions and in showing that in most men the second category is far larger than the former ’ . |
| 3 | Since the effects of the damage are largely restricted to language , the disruption can not affect the whole brain , so in that sense we are justified in thinking of the brain as consisting of functionally independent modules . |
| 4 | These violations of laws of purity and holiness are justified in terms of more fundamental principles , concern for the inner ethical motivations of the person , rather than their external bodily state , and respect for all persons , regardless of gender or ethnicity . |
| 5 | The rewards for those who do conform , and the penalties on those who do not , are justified in terms of a cultural tradition which places the group first and the individual second . |
| 6 | Non-basic beliefs are justified in terms of the basic and the basic are justified in some other way ; the asymmetry lies in the fact that justification is all one way , from non-basic to basic . |
| 7 | Further bars are placed on top of the joists , and 19mm Gypoc plank is screwed to the underside , the floor is 19mm Gypoc plank laid in the channel , with floor boards screwed to the channel flanges |
| 8 | Timbers are placed on top of the existing roofing , secured through the existing roof covering into existing supports . |
| 9 | The whole church is based on a skeleton framework , the supporting roof poles are placed on top of the intersecting ground sills and there are cross beams on top of the poles . |
| 10 | These are placed on top of a complete pudding basin cake made in the normal way . |
| 11 | Anyone who has visited a number of medieval castles will know how admirable their sites often are : how they command distant views , or river crossings , or are placed in situations of great natural strength . |
| 12 | If the terms and conditions are altered as part of Newco 's rationalisation of the business , employees may be entitled to resign and claim constructive dismissal . |
| 13 | Demonstrations of Prestel are given as part of the information skills courses and pupils have the opportunity to try out the system . |
| 14 | Results are given as means of six rats per group with standard errors . |
| 15 | Infants who were studied after unexplained sudden infant death were all born at term and their ages are given as weeks of postnatal life . |
| 16 | The full texts of eight relocation policies from named companies are given as examples of good practice in Appendix 1 . |
| 17 | ’ 'T IS bruited about that the king is unwell and that you are given to displays of temperament ! |
| 18 | In the following account , details are given for preparation of high quality thin sections by automatic and semi-automatic means . |
| 19 | Her expositions to the inquiry are given on behalf of Ridgeway Consultants . |
| 20 | These awards are given in recognition of outstanding services to children . |
| 21 | Flory and Krigbaum defined an enthalpy parameter and an entropy of dilution parameter such that the thermodynamic functions used to describe these long range effects are given in terms of the excess partial molar quantities |
| 22 | 1.5.3 such other fitting out works as the Tenant shall [ reasonably ] require ] The tenant 's works may of course be far more extensive and the above works are given by way of illustration only . |
| 23 | Talks are given by members of staff , often illustrated or using live subjects . |
| 24 | ‘ It is sufficient to say that in Maskell v. Horner Lord Reading C.J. , referring to these authorities , and in particular to the advice given by Willes J. in Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton — where that learned judge said that he had ‘ always understood that when a man pays more than he is bound to do by law for performance of a duty which the law says is owed to him for nothing , or for less than he has paid , there is a compulsion or concussion in respect of which he is entitled to recover the excess by condictio indebiti , or action for money had and received ’ — said that ‘ such claims made in this form of action are treated as matters of ordinary practice and beyond discussion . ’ |
| 25 | The amounts charged are treated as part of the net cash flow of the business and are available for use as transfers from fixed assets to current assets and possibly back again , in whatever way is most beneficial to the business . |
| 26 | The amounts charged are treated as part of the net cash flow of the business and are available for use as transfers from fixed assets to current assets and possibly back again , in whatever way is most beneficial to the business . |
| 27 | Secondly , paralinguistic features of the ‘ vocal effect ’ type are treated as part of intonation , and it is not made sufficiently clear how these are to be distinguished from prosodic features . |
| 28 | The customers of a firm 's appointed representative are treated as customers of the firm . |
| 29 | ( Under the SGA and the UCTA " trading " stamp redemption contracts are treated as sale of goods contracts . ) |
| 30 | These 4,505 persons are treated as representative of persons considered responsible for crime during the mature colonial period . |