Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , the sequence of somite formation and what they will form seems to be programmed early in development long before the somites themselves appear and provides a good example of how , once the programme is specified , the cells follow it even when they are placed in abnormal relationships . |
| 32 | Players will tend to perform better when they are among friends than when they are placed in unfamiliar surroundings . |
| 33 | In the new Act the positive role of relatives and friends is also recognised , but it must be obvious to everyone that some children are just so difficult , often having been very badly abused , and with severe behaviour problems , that they can not be contained in a family and these children are placed in residential homes . |
| 34 | Nucleotide matches are given as vertical bars . |
| 35 | Favours are given to female guests only , crackers could be supplied for your whole wedding party , your females guests Oh gosh it 's gusts . |
| 36 | All profits are given to good causes . |
| 37 | Also , personal discounts are given to certain classes of adults , e.g. handicapped people , those in full time education . |
| 38 | Discounts are given to all parties of 15 or more paying visitors . |
| 39 | The extra money earned from attending court on a day off can be attractive , but it is more often the case that reminders about the approaching end of the shift are given to those constables who suggest work which involves ‘ going over ’ . |
| 40 | Even within national systems , the structure of the television schedules , and the different interpretations which are given to different injunctions — with different degrees of force — to inform , entertain and educate , make it difficult to think of television as a single formal system . |
| 41 | Pre-tests and post-tests are given to both groups , and the analysis is concerned with establishing significant differences in the performance of the two groups . |
| 42 | Seminars , tutorials , and demonstrations are given to smaller groups of students than the average lecture . |
| 43 | Various orders of priority are given to these factors . |
| 44 | No marks are given for superb answers to questions that you have invented ! |
| 45 | ( b ) Ten Fridays and four half days are given for private members ' motions . |
| 46 | Logically they apply to tenants as well as to owner-occupiers and are given for all displacements , whether by compulsory purchase or any action under the Housing Acts . |
| 47 | Another problem is that if the remedies are given for long periods , as they often are , the patient may start to prove the remedy , developing a new set of symptoms . |
| 48 | A number of different dates are given for these events in Molla Husrev 's career by various authors , both early and late . |
| 49 | Instructions are given for several neckbands , but everyone has their own pet neckband . |
| 50 | These auxiliaries may be used when required at the discretion of the individual cataloguer ( unlike DC where specific instructions are given for most applications of the Tables or the ‘ add to ’ device ) . |
| 51 | We er emphasised to him the impact this would have on Oxfordshire 's er spending requirements and er the hope that the er spending that we get , and we get it in two ways ; one is through , called the standard spending grant , that is a general grant that was given to authorities to spend as they wish , and the other is a specific grants which are given for particular purposes , and some of them cover the legislation that I have mentioned , which we are required to spend specifically on the items for which they 're given . |
| 52 | These calculations allowed for £2.1 million to be made available for further community developments in Riverside to follow the closure ( all these figures are given at 1986 prices ) . |
| 53 | The conception rates are given per 1000 women at each age ( age 13–15 for ‘ under 16 ’ ) . |
| 54 | Alternatively , circuits may be built using basic components on the Plugblock ( prototype board ) — layouts are given in all cases . |
| 55 | Whatever the technique , radiocarbon results are given in uncalibrated years BP , where 0 BP is defined as AD 1950 and the half-life used to calculate a radiocarbon result is not the more accurate value of 5730 , but the Libby half-life of 5568 years ( named after Willard Libby , the founder of the technique ) . |
| 56 | Other powers are given by such acts as the Firearms Act 1968 ( persons , vehicles in any public place can be searched for firearms ) ; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ( permits the police to stop and search for controlled drugs anywhere ) ; Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and various Wildlife Conservation Acts . |
| 57 | Cross-references to this appendix are given by italic numbers , ( eg 16 ) From Joseph Conrad , The Secret Sharer On my right hand there were lines of fishing-stakes resembling a mysterious system of half-submerged bamboo fences , incomprehensible in its division of the domain of tropical fishes , and crazy of aspect as if abandoned forever by some nomad tribe of fishermen now gone to the other end of the ocean ; for there was no sign of human habitation as far as the eye could reach ( 1 ) . |
| 58 | Because of the national and international status of the Observatory , many seminars are given by visiting scientists on a wide range of subjects . |
| 59 | The equipotentials are confocal hyperbolas and the electric lines of force are given by confocal ellipses . |
| 60 | Too many nursing lectures are given by unqualified lecturers , and it is not uncommon for a person chosen to speak on a particular aspect of care to begin the lecture by saying : ‘ I do n't know why I 've been asked to speak , I 've limited experience in this field . ’ |