Example sentences of "are [adv] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out-migrants from rural areas are predominantly the younger members of the adult population . |
| 2 | These commodities are arguably the primitive valuables of early Anglo-Saxon society , used to oil the wheels of social and political activities ( Huggett 1982 and forthcoming ) . |
| 3 | There is n't work for everybody , so people who work are mostly the lucky ones . |
| 4 | The birds arrive on the cliffs in January and February and stay until June or July , and what are presumably the same birds are recorded right along the coast . |
| 5 | The first concerns the continuing insistence that class and class-based processes are necessarily the principal mechanisms underlying uneven development and social change . |
| 6 | Third , they are suddenly the good guys . |
| 7 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the reasons why we are updating Trident are basically the same reasons as caused the Labour Government to update our nuclear deterrent by bringing in Chevaline , the difference being that we are doing it openly and they did it under wraps ? |
| 8 | Orange and either ginger or cinnamon are perhaps the nicest flavours to combine with rhubarb , and they work especially well as a compote . |
| 9 | The instances where one can most easily make oneself aware of the distinction are perhaps the ambiguous phrases where the same adjective in construction with the same noun can be understood in either way with a consequent effect on the meaning of the whole phrase . |
| 10 | I think those are perhaps the hardest cases , where the parents are not able to cope because they just can not cope , they are subnormal , and you ca n't in any way say that they are to blame , they 're just totally inadequate people . |
| 11 | " Being in love " and " being loved " are naturally the next stages . |
| 12 | This is a sinister view of the world of simulacra and simulation described by Jean Baudrillard , the world in which people have the illusion of being actively hooked into vast information networks , whereas in fact they are only the passive recipients of processed data , more and more isolated in front of their televisions and their computer screens ( 1970:186–91 , 1981:121–31 ) . |
| 13 | Before considering the automatic directions , it is as well to remember that ( although they will be sufficient in most instances ) they are only the bare bones of the directions the parties may need in a personal injury case , and do not prevent the parties seeking any further directions they may need under Ord 25 whether set out in PF51 or not . |
| 14 | But in Saussure 's system there are only the two terms , Signifier and Signified , with nothing in the third column . |
| 15 | It is true that the qualities of an object are only the various ways in which we or other minds are affected by it , and these affections are not the same in different objects , except in the sense in which the word same stands for exact similarity . |
| 16 | The house was originally built in 1880 and the Michies are only the third owners |
| 17 | Now there are only the all-consuming docks . |
| 18 | In doing so I must make it clear that these are only the main functions ; there are of course many exceptional occurrences during a session , but time does not permit of my dealing with that here . |
| 19 | CHRIS THAU argues that the welter of recriminations and the Dubroca Incident are only the latest instalments in the long-running French obsession … |
| 20 | But for now there are only the empty frames on the walls of the cinema and the rich maroon emulsion they are set against . |
| 21 | They are literally the only possessions she has in the world : those two pictures , and the ring , her father 's ring . |
| 22 | There are over three thousand mature trees within the five mile perimeter fence and they are literally the only trees for miles around . |
| 23 | And it is the same attitude of world-weariness and sophistication that socializes each generation of students and new teachers into believing that their own blends of ill-formed idealism , intermittent enthusiasm and nagging doubt about the true value of what they are doing are merely the embarrassing stigmata of the beginner , to be covered up as much as possible , and grown out of as soon as possible . |
| 24 | Where the branch manufactures a product ( such as a car ) the standards it must comply with are those of the host member state ; conversely , where it sells a product made in its home member state the manufacturing standards of the home member state are normally the relevant ones , although the rules of the host member state would apply to its advertising in that state provided that they are justified as being for the public good . |
| 25 | These are normally the only customers who can bring an action under s 62 of the FSA for loss resulting from breach of the COB Rules . |
| 26 | Some essential and irreplaceable tissues , like the brain , kidney tubules , intestinal mucosa and red blood corpuscles , can take up glucose in the absence of insulin , which other tissues , notably muscles which are normally the largest consumers of glucose , need its presence . |
| 27 | They are normally the senior employees and therefore the high earners of the business and it is important for the purchaser to assess the cost at an early stage . |
| 28 | The family member also progressively adapts so that the effects of the disease are largely the progressive effects of that adaptation — The disease always gets worse if it is not treated but nonetheless the family member develops ways in which he or she can somehow live with the disease . |
| 29 | The ground crews within the Army Air Corps are generally the unsung heroes behind everything we do . |
| 30 | River , meadow , and woodland may lead the spectator to predict ‘ Arcadia among fertility , loveliness , industry and wealth ’ , but the illusion can be sustained only by those who keep their distance , for such ‘ picturesque villages are generally the perennial hotbeds of fever and ague , of squalid penury , sottish profligacy , dull discontent too stale for words ’ . |