Example sentences of "and are [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spends his earnings on the latest tricks , which can cost £100 each , and are sent from shops and magic clubs throughout Britain . |
| 2 | An interesting feature of the method is that the functions and are obtained in terms of the prescribed initial data by solving generalized versions of Abel 's integral equation for the tautochrone problem of classical particle mechanics . |
| 3 | The panels or arrays are used to run electrical appliances or systems and are connected to batteries to store surplus power . |
| 4 | Great northern divers , having spent the winter singly in many of the Shetland voes , gather in parties and are joined by birds from further south . |
| 5 | Another thing for which Camacha is renowned is its camellia trees , which grow very tall and are covered in blooms . |
| 6 | If you have a pond complete with fountain , and are troubled by herons , the latest deterrent device the Aquaguard by Stockport-based Mattison Bros Ltd could be just what you are looking for . |
| 7 | All of the costumes feature a headdress , train and are worn with gloves . |
| 8 | Second , rapid eye movements are not continuous during REM , but come in periodic bursts , typically lasting between two and ten seconds , and are separated by periods of sleep lasting up to three minutes with low voltage , mixed frequency EEG and muscle atonia . |
| 9 | It is for this reason that these sorts of incident are particularly disliked by policemen and are marginalized to policewomen , wherever staffing levels allow . |
| 10 | These relief-areas are high above the viewer 's eye-level and are overhung by cornices . |
| 11 | On the other hand warrants invariably start out with much longer lives and are exercised on dates predetermined by the issuing company . |
| 12 | Figure 8.8 Sage grouse mate on leks , in which males aggregate and defend territories from each other and are visited by females . |
| 13 | Both American firms pay annual or biannual bonuses , and are searching for ways to link more of managers ' pay to performance . |
| 14 | Willemina Saunders , 78 , and Florence Jarnell , 85 , were released after treatment and are staying with relatives . |
| 15 | The leaves are much rounder and are borne on stalks up to ½ inch ( 1¼ cms ) long . |
| 16 | The individual lengths of gutter are connected with joints and are secured with brackets . |
| 17 | The poles pass through the split sleeves and are secured in eyelets on the sides of the inner . |
| 18 | Once changes in the classroom have been made and special items of furniture and equipment have been introduced , they usually come to be accepted as a matter of course and are regarded by pupils as ‘ how things are ’ . |
| 19 | Any comments ( which are there for our benefit and are ignored by Windows ) are preceded by a semicolon as follows : |
| 20 | The fenoderee possess phenomenal strength and are favoured by farmers for helping with heavy agricultural tasks , in particular they are famous for their skill and thoroughness in harvesting crops , and have been known to thresh a barnful of corn in one night . |
| 21 | Thus we free ourselves from our chains , and are raised into regions high above sadness and a calm engulfs us and a burden falls from our shoulders . |
| 22 | The larvae of red worms crawl up the blades of grass and are eaten by horses . |
| 23 | We see that the origins of racism lie embedded within the relations of capital , and are reinforced by institutions which historically regulated the flow of black labour . |
| 24 | Every year more than 10,000 badgers are dug from their homes throughout the country and are battered with spades or have their jaws and legs broken before being put into baiting pits . |
| 25 | In the area of questioning , it may be that boys assume they know the answers because in society men have traditionally taken the lead and are seen in positions of authority and superiority . |
| 26 | This feeling is reinforced by the fact that the community councils , ln which such debate rages , are dominated by Shetlanders and are seen by incomers as existing to serve the interests of Shetlanders only . |
| 27 | The strategy employed here , to begin with , is to insist that all existential propositions of the natural language be replaced by properly quantified paraphrases ; next , propositions involving unqualified or unrestricted quantification are proscribed on the grounds that they are " obscure " and are replaced by propositions involving a qualified quantification into a specified domain ( corresponding to ordinary language propositions of the " Some S are P " type ) ; finally , a paraphrase is attempted of the qualified quantification in terms of the validity of inference . |
| 28 | The domes , like the others of this area already mentioned , are pointed in form and are supported on pendentives . |
| 29 | All these churches have domes which cover a central area and are supported on pendentives . |
| 30 | The reasons for this demand , mainly confined to developed nations where there is a large disposable income and significant holiday entitlements , have been discussed in detail by Boniface and Cooper ( 1987 ) and Pearce ( 1987 ) and are related to improvements in transport as well as financial considerations . |