Example sentences of "are [verb] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , animal experiments have shown that , if tobacco extracts are painted on rabbits ' ears , cancerous growths tend to appear on the skin of the ear . |
| 2 | Females are attracted by males ' displays and go to them for mating . |
| 3 | The [ draft ] FRS requires that all shares are reported within shareholders ' funds . |
| 4 | The handbook includes terms that are incorporated into employees ' contracts : |
| 5 | In addition , IIDA functions as an interface — an assistance mode — in which diagnostic procedures are applied to users ' commands and responses . |
| 6 | Evaluations may also be made of the whole work group so that judgements are made of workers ' attitudes and performance at both levels . |
| 7 | The birds that do it are the oilbirds of South America , and the cave swiftlets of the Far East , the ones whose nests are used for birds ' nest soup . |
| 8 | Commentators need to be clear about whether they are enquiring into interviewees ' reading or their politics . |
| 9 | The $100m that clubs are paying in players ' wages this year is more than half as much again as they paid in 1990 . |
| 10 | But it questions whether pollution levels have truly fallen in that period , since the figures are based on companies ' revised interpretations of what they are required to report . |
| 11 | ( Thus Auer complains of Gumperz that " sometimes he makes strong claims about the effect of a given type or instance of code switching on the subsequent development of the sequence , which are based on informants ' reports , but fails to reproduce this subsequent passage " ( Auer 1984b : 106 , fn. 10 ) . ) |
| 12 | However , it is not possible to make this inference from the data as they are based upon subjects ' responses to a single question . |
| 13 | The theories are based upon individuals ' perception of what they expect out of work and recognise that individuals place different values on rewards and the effort that they have to expend in order to achieve those rewards . |
| 14 | The FRED proposes that warrants are credited to shareholders ' funds and that a gain is recognised in the statement of total recognised gains and losses when a warrant lapses unexercised . |
| 15 | Such cheques are known as bankers ' drafts . |
| 16 | The videos are accompanied by students ' Activity Books and teachers ' Video Guides . |
| 17 | Our drinks are served on elephants ' feet which make good side-tables and were once popular as souvenirs . |
| 18 | People on television often behave as though they are interacting with us ; they look at the camera and address themselves to us , and though this seems to be a fiction , because we can not interrupt or contradict , still we can switch off or over , and TV programmes are influenced by viewers ' letters and ratings . |
| 19 | Day or weekend courses are run at clients ' premises and include team tactics , individual techniques , training programmes and video analysis . |
| 20 | A look of bewilderment comes over the faces of visitors who can not comprehend why some supporters will not go to watch the national side simply because they are playing on Rangers ' ground . |
| 21 | On this basis , we have only just begun to explore some of the social processes that are associated with teachers ' work . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the positive attitudes towards SSE which are associated with teachers ' contact with the booklet augur well for its continued use for review purposes by Solihull schools . |
| 23 | Historically , over almost any run of three or four years or more , equities have outperformed bonds and , as pension funds are investing for members ' retirements , they can take the long view . |
| 24 | Parents are cleared over boys ' deaths |
| 25 | Two otherwise unexpected specialists , T. Vindac[ius] Ariovistus and Aurelius Polychrinides , are recorded on oculists ' stamps . |
| 26 | The objectives attained are recorded on pupils ' profiles , which are useful for : |
| 27 | It will be the responsibility of Form Teachers and Heads of Year/House to ensure that accurate records are kept of students ' achievement of the other goals . |
| 28 | Moreover , we find that certain very specific colours are missing from stars ' spectra , and these missing colours may vary from star to star . |
| 29 | Occasional special evenings are held for guests ' entertainment and on Fridays a cold buffet is served . |
| 30 | You may like to consider the fact that readers of the popular press contributed millions to BandAid , SportAid , Comic Relief etc ; have taken solidarity action in support of trade unionists in South Africa and Namibia ; are informed about workers ' conditions in the same industries in the Far East and so on . |