Example sentences of "are [verb] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time more and more males are accumulating in all-male groups . |
| 2 | While such mentalistic constructions may sound implausible at first sight , they are justified in three ways . |
| 3 | Before Morris introduced this type of maze , it had become common practice to study spatial learning in a more conventional version of the same task , in which rats are placed in various forms of radial mazes with four , six or eight arms , and must learn to run to a goal box containing food or water at the end of one of the arms . |
| 4 | Pitfall traps are placed in various sorts of sites around the garden to catch ground beetles , spiders , harvestmen , woodlice , centipedes and millipedes . |
| 5 | And also , when handicapped children are placed in foster homes , the foster parent is assis assessed as a contributor , which of course the Local Authority has to pay . |
| 6 | Polyatomic ligands are placed in curved brackets . |
| 7 | Instructions about what to do in case of fire are placed in prominent positions throughout your place of work . |
| 8 | They are placed in public spaces often in the centre of villages , to commemorate the brave local people who fought and died in the First and Second World Wars . |
| 9 | If they are placed in secondary roles , or it is assumed that women 's identity is to be found in mothering , then the fact of their presence reinforces a certain understanding of the feminine . |
| 10 | The Earth 's own magnetic field has a pulse frequency of 10 Hz ( 10 pulses/second ) and it has been found that if patients are placed in magnetic fields of around 10 Hz , or are given electro-acupuncture at 10 Hz , healing can be speeded up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Players will tend to perform better when they are among friends than when they are placed in unfamiliar surroundings . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Alternatively , circuits may be built using basic components on the Plugblock ( prototype board ) — layouts are given in all cases . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ This is something we are seeing in increasing amounts , ’ she added . |
| 17 | Subsequently , SSAP 24 ( issued in 1988 ) introduced , and UITF 6 is in the process of introducing , major changes in the way these long term and somewhat uncertain obligations are treated in financial statements , with very significant deferred tax implications . |
| 18 | Polyester fibres are treated in various ways to produce fillings which can trap a great deal of air . |
| 19 | Secondly , this is also the case , in theory at least , where patients are treated in private hospitals as part of a health authority contract . |
| 20 | Other civilisations are treated in separate studies . |
| 21 | ‘ I think the better the players are treated in these respects , the more enthusiastic is their response to the challenges before them , ’ points out McGilligan , ‘ Let's face it , the whole sport has become more professional off the field — and it 's good to see it — so I do n't think too many people would begrudge players a few wee perks . ’ |
| 22 | Both intention and dishonesty are questions for the jury , but are treated in different ways . |
| 23 | Study visits to European cities are undertaken in both honours years . |
| 24 | Hundreds of dolphins are drowning in international waters in the Mediterranean as a result of being trapped in driftnets up to 110 kilometres ( 70 miles ) long , used by South Korean vessels to catch tuna and swordfish . |
| 25 | Courts are listed in Yellow Pages under ‘ Courts ’ . |
| 26 | It is these two issues of the relation of ideology to social structure and consciousness and the partial determination by ideology that are developed in later theories of ideology in the Marxist tradition . |
| 27 | Minireefs , or " ballstones " , are developed in most Outcrops of this Wenlock Lime-stone , though they nowhere approach the size of the reefs discussed earlier . |
| 28 | At least eight distinct isozymes of PLC are recognized in mammalian cells . |
| 29 | His relationship with his disciples prior to the crucifixion provides a model for the fellowship that believers are to enjoy in subsequent centuries . |
| 30 | Here , attention was drawn to the dominance of a sub-culture of child abuse expertise into which many professionals working in the field are socialised in different ways . |