Example sentences of "are [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It boils down to whether you think the extra features and quality are worth the extra money . |
| 2 | You produce a good magazine each month ; the readers ' letters alone are worth the annual subscription . |
| 3 | But whether golfers are worth the staggering cash they seem to bank is quite another subject and , before he died , I chose to ask this question of Henry Cotton who , as a young man , won three Open titles , but comparatively small cheques to go with them . |
| 4 | And he says nineteen sixty two when I started reffing and he said the oth they 're not I 'm not giving them this one but these two are for the other mascot scene . |
| 5 | The prayers recommended before the consecration are for the spiritual welfare of all estates and conditions of men in terms of a literal and spiritual harvest which not only ensures their survival in this world but also in the next . |
| 6 | So what you 're really saying is that the computers of the kind you 're describing are for the ordinary person . |
| 7 | These media , which are for the present time state-owned , are therefore expected to devote a significant amount of air-time to the running of radio schools and the promotion of mass adult literacy education , as well as the study of other basic subjects . |
| 8 | These media , which are for the present time state-owned , are therefore expected to devote a significant amount of air-time to the running of radio schools and the promotion of mass adult literacy education , as well as the study of other basic subjects . |
| 9 | Rather , this chapter asks what the implications are for the administrative system , should a state develop corporatist tendencies . |
| 10 | The escort girls are for the rich man who does not want the bother of leaving his hotel-room if the need gets too strong . ’ |
| 11 | Reports are for the sole benefit of the person to whom they are addressed , and no responsibility is accepted to any third party without prior written consent . |
| 12 | Few of the learned tomes that have been written are for the domestic consumer and contain few , if any , recipes to lighten the technical detail . |
| 13 | Although there are no minority reports , a peer who has reservations about the conclusions of a report is not bound in debate by collective responsibility , and debates , which , of course , are for the whole House , often show more diversity of views than does the report . |
| 14 | However , they are for the relative opinion of the reviewing courts , not the tribunal . |
| 15 | Whatever I designed would have to take account of circumstances as they are for the hard-pressed teaching population . |
| 16 | Then comes the fun of making the pattern — and do make sure that the dimensions you are going to work to are for the full pattern and not the kite frame shape . |
| 17 | … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges . |
| 18 | Ask the manager to give you the sales figures for that product over a six-month period , and then find out what the expected sales are for the coming year . |
| 19 | Those shining metals are as the veritable trail of the serpent ; they follow inevitably in the wake of civilisations , and give rise to crowded and smoky manufacturing towns , while spreading abroad an unrestful desire for travel with all its concomitant worries and brain wear . |
| 20 | They hear the stamping of the guard in his watch-tower , they hear the swish of the skis of the guards who are between the high wire fence and the high wooden fence , they hear the snap bark of the dogs . |
| 21 | There is also a need for comparison studies to see what differences there are between the experimental situation and the classroom . |
| 22 | In a sense such questions are about the right level at which to study memory . |
| 23 | ‘ But for clubs going from the fourth to the third sums between £50,000 and £100,000 are about the going rate so £200,000 from the second to the Premier does n't seem unlikely , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The uniform 's are about the only thing that 's changed . |
| 25 | With the passage of time , demons are about the only form of unpleasantness not recorded in accounts of the wetlands . |
| 26 | We are about the only organization that can operate at all these levels . |
| 27 | And though Zurich could never be described as off the beaten track of tourism , there are plenty of quiet corners close to the city centre which are off the beaten track of Zurich itself . |
| 28 | Our resorts are off the beaten track ; to reach them we fly to offbeat airfields with skimpy facilities , or we take unfashionably long bus drives from better known airports . |
| 29 | Corrections — or interceptions by another name — are usually twice the number of degrees that you are off the desired track . |
| 30 | Current trends , though , are towards the Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) , which , it 's claimed , make computing tasks easier , makes applications easier to learn , and increase productivity . |