Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he agree that the fact that so many parts of the country are queueing up for ESA status is a tribute to him and to the usefulness of such areas ? |
| 2 | Stars are queueing up for treatment at Holby Hospital — the setting for the controversial BBC series Casualty . |
| 3 | Subject subdivisions are gathered together into tables in some schedules , such as Language and Literature . |
| 4 | The statistics for these and other places are gathered together in V. A. Hatley and J. Rajczonek , Shoemakers in Northamptonshire , 1762–1911 , published as the Northampton Historical Series no.6 in 1971 . |
| 5 | The drawing room and dining room are furnished prettily in Laura Ashley décor and have very fine views . |
| 6 | Of the eastern deputies who pipe up in parliament , some ( like the eloquent former communist Gregor Gysi ) are heard out with wrath , most only with amused disdain . |
| 7 | Firstly , the masses are dismissed out of hand : |
| 8 | It brings us back to the old calculus of human happiness , back to the rationalisations by which different measures and patterns of investment are justified purely in terms of their direct or indirect benefit to ourselves . |
| 9 | The servants , who did much of the living which is commemorated here , and his parents , who did so little of it , are placed well within reach of an impartial sympathy in a work which nowhere feels vindictive , and which declines to settle for any final understanding of what went on . |
| 10 | When two sentences are placed together in sequence by a writer who does not want us to consider them as a continuous text , their separateness or disconnectedness must be positively indicated . |
| 11 | Manufacturers have been particularly active in finding new permanent magnets , spurred both by the cobalt crisis in the late 1970s and by the need to reduce the weight of the materials — dozens of magnets are hidden away in cars , electronic devices , computer disc drives etc . |
| 12 | Two passages are relied on to support that view from judgments of Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. in recent cases . |
| 13 | Then the neighbours and family who are relied on to share some daily task become more evidently part of the social system , or family system of that elderly person . |
| 14 | The initial writ requires to identify the licensing board 's failures and specify the circumstances which are relied on to show that the hoard erred ; it is not sufficient to recite without specification all the statutory grounds of appeal ( Sutherland v. City of Edinburgh District Licensing Board , 1984 S.L.T. 241 ) . |
| 15 | Large portions of the Education Bill are given over to procedures for the creation and financing of grant maintained schools , a cornerstone of government policy . |
| 16 | They take place in the mornings , while the afternoons are given over to discussion groups which follow on from the morning 's lecture . |
| 17 | Vast areas are given over to car parks and souvenir shops . |
| 18 | It was Spanish in intention and remarkably expensive , selling those spicy morsels which are given away with drinks in more liberal countries . |
| 19 | Give-away and competition programmes : Many items are given away as prizes or at premium prices , and while these are not named by brand an item which Is immediately recognisable can acquire some useful exposure . |
| 20 | Please remember when filling in the questionnaire that only about half to two thirds of the newsletters printed go to members ; the others all are given away at clinics , shows , etc. possibly to people who have no idea what NCT is . |
| 21 | Items like hand , band , in which [ α ] is now stereotypically expected , are given simply as han , ban , etc . |
| 22 | Antoine Becquerel ( 1852–1908 ) observed that similar rays are given off by uranium . |
| 23 | STM hinges on quantum theory , which suggests that electrons are given off in clouds from solids and will tunnel through a vacuum to other nearby conductors . |
| 24 | In addition , allowances for Enterprise Agency contributions are given specifically under s 79 , ICTA 1988 , and ss 32 and 33 , Finance Act 1991 give additional relief , for expenditure incurred after 5 April 1992 , for amounts spent on ‘ a qualifying course of vocational training ’ . |
| 25 | Reference to the both Taskopruzade 's original and Mecdi 's translation , makes it difficult to understand how such confusion has arisen ; for although relatively few facts are given there about Abdulkerim , and although it is impossible to specify with any assurance the precise dates of his Muftilik , one thing at least is clearly stated : that Abdulkerim was Mufti not in the time of Bayezid II ( 886–918/1481–1512 ) but in the time of Mehmed II ( 855–86/1451–81 ) . |
| 26 | Fuelling this propaganda are free supplies of birth control pills , capsules and IUDs are given out to Timorese who are used to paying a small fortune just to consult a doctor . |
| 27 | The tokens are given only on completion of a specified desirable behaviour . |
| 28 | Suggestions are given below for preparation and study of rock faces , slices and slabs , and the way in which these preparations support examination of thin sections in a broad-based approach to sedimentary petrography . |
| 29 | Treaty does not preclude a nationality requirement of the type at issue in the main proceedings , because discrimination on grounds of nationality can arise only where , under the law of a member state , persons are treated differently on account of their nationality . |
| 30 | However , while it may be easy to accept that girls are treated differently from boys in schools , the crucial issue of what is taught in schools may be more complex and controversial . |