Example sentences of "are [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Many are mostly torn apart growing up with two cultures and trying to reconcile themselves to both . ’
2 But the minerals themselves are rarely concentrated enough to support mining projects .
3 The confusion of private and personal property as the subject of criticism has led most people , who for good reason wish to defend property with which they are intimately associated also to defend institutions which may result in their alienation from such property .
4 It is clear that some groups of animals , like the proboscideans ( elephants and allies ) , are much reduced now compared with the late Tertiary , both in variety and geographic distribution .
5 Groups of different markets ( as well as different firms in the same market ) are sufficiently interrelated also to benefit from location in London ( for example futures markets to cover eurobond exposure , or the different currency sectors of the eurobond market ) .
6 Puzzles are abundant and are only put there to stop Zack walking freely around the 60 or so factory rooms .
7 We have to look at the range of ideals which are somehow clustered together to guide us , arrayed as they are in some sort of a rough priority system , and take out of its slot the unquestioned ideal ‘ be a man ’ .
8 So the majority of golfers are best advised simply to judge the wind conditions and allow for them in their choice of club and aim .
9 Right , halyards on the J/44 are best hauled just abaft the mast to keep the cockpit clear and to keep crew weight in the middle of the boat .
10 Larger leaves like these are best left completely submerged in cold water for a good six hours before being used in arrangements .
11 A complex of symptoms and side-effects are generally produced closely resembling those seen in critically ill patients .
12 In some cases , however , collector bias might offset the problems of selective preservation , as the animals that are over-represented because they are easily fossilised then become under-represented because they are less assiduously collected .
13 If you are not understood then re-phrase the sentence .
14 Law Society guidance to these amendment rules emphasises that the new requirements are not intended materially to increase the reporting accountant 's workload .
15 This is because in considering what are the interests of the shareholders the directors are not obliged actually to consider what the subjective desires of the shareholders might be .
16 For , it is obvious from the arson attack that there will be trouble is the travellers are not moved immediately to reduce the tension .
17 Prisons , particularly long-term high-security prisons , are not made easier to manage if they contain prisoners passionately proclaiming their innocence and who fellow prisoners and staff believe to be innocent .
18 ‘ That 's all very well , ’ Richie had said to Patrick afterwards , ‘ so long as his men are not called away to deal with strikes and peace rallies . ’
19 Everything in the National Park is protected : conservation here is absolute , you are not allowed even to pick any of the 400 species of wild flowers that grow in the Pyrenees .
20 They are not designed basically to protect animals and , as has already been mentioned , they depend a great deal upon the use of the animal .
21 These pads are not needed simply to hold on to the female , who remains passive .
22 If you are not disciplined enough to arrive at the agency as though dressed for work you may not be taken on to the books .
23 This quotation from the Muslim News shows how important the distinction is , and what misinterpretation is possible if pupils are not helped sufficiently to see it :
24 The results presented are not detailed enough to assess the success of the method .
25 In an area with around 250 cm of rain a year , it seems clear that if the hillsides are not replanted then silt is going to rush down into the river , through the sluice gates of the dam and into the new land , where irrigation canals might become seriously clogged up , and the fertility of the soil lowered .
26 These estimates may be adjusted upwards , using judgement and experience , where they are not thought exactly to represent the total potential available market .
27 This book seems to be based on the techniques I have long suspected some producers use to keep a discussion going for the full length of a programme whether there is anything in it or not , to keep up the emotional temperature even about unexciting things , and to emit statements which are just distorted enough to get people objecting , whether they are worth objecting to or not .
28 The police are thus empowered arbitrarily to limit numbers and to form cordons to allow lorries and workers through to work .
29 There is also the supplementary point that very commonly the " web-groups that are thus linked together treat their solidarity as deriving from common substance , in contrast to the alliances , which link " we " and " they " , which rest on obligations periodically expressed in gift-giving and services .
30 Very few Spanish rugs come onto the market due to the limited numbers which are produced ; they are usually made specifically to contract .
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