Example sentences of "are [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intermediates could see even less well than their imperfect ancestors , and it is no consolation that they are building better eyesight for their remote descendants ! |
| 2 | Not least , they serve as a warning to firms that are building dominant positions in markets that their conduct is likely to be scrutinized if their market share crosses a given threshold . |
| 3 | Toyota and Nissan are building electric versions of their luxury barges . |
| 4 | Congress , I understand the C E C are accepting this resolution for the qualifications so I will be brief . |
| 5 | On the contrary , in building a new product category they are accepting high levels of risk . |
| 6 | British space officials do not expect any major difficulties in finding the money for INTEGRAL , because ESA science programmes are paid out of the subscriptions of member states which are calculated several years in advance . |
| 7 | By adopting policies against sexual harassment they are opposing hitherto-accepted codes of normal masculinity and their effects in exercising power and control over women . |
| 8 | Because certain textbooks are in great demand , colleges often set aside a student reading room in which are placed multiple copies of textbooks that have been recommended by the lecturers . |
| 9 | Unless you are given convincing reasons for not doing so , insist on a reduction |
| 10 | Banks financing oil and gas pipeline projects are given similar guarantees by means of through-put agreements which set the minimum usage of the facility by the various contracting parties . |
| 11 | In a democratic approach , all sources of knowledge are given similar roles in the control structure . |
| 12 | Since the contributors to the literature on the new classical macroeconomics rarely take the trouble to furnish a fully articulated theory of the firm in which cost shocks are given equal prominence with demand shocks , one is entitled to take what they have to say on short-run supply responses with a large fistful of salt . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , they are given equal prominence in the New Testament , and should be given equal weight as images of God . |
| 14 | The Article 67 Directive , which requires the abolition of any domestic restrictions on movements of capital between persons resident in member states , was to be implemented before 1 July 1990 ; Spain , Portugal , the Republic of Ireland and Greece are given transitional relief until the end of 1992 , and Belgium and Luxembourg may temporarily continue to operate their present dual exchange market . |
| 15 | And in some cases there is support for more elaborate reforms to ensure that social welfare considerations are given appropriate weight in decision making and are not left merely to managerial discretion . |
| 16 | Pre-school children , presented with novel verbs describing unfamiliar actions , are given two types of input : cognitively available indications of argument structure , and syntactic indications of argument structure . |
| 17 | If animals are given Pavlovian conditioning with a compound CS consisting of separable components , the amount of strength gained by one of these components after a given number of training trials will be less than would be acquired if that component had been trained alone . |
| 18 | In the St. Nicholas Street pavement in fact , they are on a square background and are given bulbed tips between every second petal . |
| 19 | As a rule ten lessons are given each term at a minimum cost of £70.00 per term . |
| 20 | Typically it means that steps are taken to ensure that women do not take away a proportion of the kin group 's resources when they marry — which can mean variously , that women 's sexuality is tightly controlled , that women are given little choice about whom they marry , that there is a preference for choosing marriage partners from within the kin groups ( Tillion , 1983 ; Goddard , 1987 ) . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , students are given little instruction on the techniques of making notes . |
| 22 | With a few exceptions , they said , most hornbills in captivity are not breeding , and many are given little chance to , living as they do without a mate or a nestbox . |
| 23 | Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors ' offices . |
| 24 | In most cases Members are offered a cheaper rate to attend events and are given preferential admittance over non members . |
| 25 | The Group 's environmental , health and safety policies , which are printed on page 7 , are given close attention at all locations . |
| 26 | Some of the words listed by Hewitt are in fact just special uses of existing British English words , which are given new meaning within the youth culture : e.g. hard , soff ( soft ) , dread , star , sweet . |
| 27 | Jury systems , and the segmentation of the legal system into spheres which are in no obvious sense class-based , are given due significance in this view ( Thompson , 1975 ) . |
| 28 | We have set up , for the first time , powerful co-ordinating machinery within Whitehall to ensure that environmental considerations are given due weight in all decision-making . |
| 29 | Specific problems are resolved , while larger issues are clearly presented and students are given solid strategies on which to build long-term development . |
| 30 | We are given 4 reasons for the changes : |