Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As each financial year passes , the bow-wave does , indeed , dissipate as research and development programmes meet snags ; as decisions are delayed in the labyrinth of Whitehall committees ; as procurement contracts slip behind schedule ; and as units expend less than they asked for due to similar delays in their day-to-day training and operations . |
| 2 | Many EEC students are enrolled on the Course , usually either as one year exchange or private associate students ; but a small number seek full degree programmes . |
| 3 | You can work through the open learning material whether or not you are enrolled on the programme . |
| 4 | Onerous responsibilities are heaped upon the man in the White House , but many obstacles are placed in his way as he attempts to meet those responsibilities . |
| 5 | The rooms of the museum are furnished in the style of the period , with important collections of authentic period furniture , silver , china and art . |
| 6 | The songs are produced by males when they rub their wings together , and are heard by the female through the ears on her front legs ; they are familiar to us from night-time walks , or the vicarious experience of the cinema . |
| 7 | When Tibetans protest , their cries are heard around the world , as they were this week from the demonstrations in the capital , Lhasa . |
| 8 | Expected numbers of cases are calculated on the assumption that the true rates are the same as those for England and Wales . |
| 9 | These are calculated on the value of the investments held in the trust ( measured on their own offer and bid prices ) , the brokerage costs and stamp duty . |
| 10 | Monthly repayments are calculated on the difference between the selling price ( less the deposit ) and this final payment . |
| 11 | This is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level , though we must bear in mind that these expectations are calculated on the basis of a purely random distribution of sites , which may not be quite true in practice . |
| 12 | Payments are calculated on the basis of the worker 's age , length of continuous service , and pay . |
| 13 | They are a form of taxation levied on local property , and are calculated on the basis of the rent at which the property might reasonably be let . |
| 14 | Ages are calculated at the beginning of the tax year . |
| 15 | Ages are calculated at the beginning of the tax year . |
| 16 | Correlations with time at junction , average speed over junction and the number of vehicles seen at the junction are calculated from the video record for 28 subjects only . |
| 17 | These are calculated from the number of students registered for each module together with its size , single or double , rather than from class hours . |
| 18 | The interest rates are calculated in the way required by the Consumer Credit Act and do not take into account any tax relief that could be gained for a home improvements loan . |
| 19 | Once the population levels are calculated in the model , the population is converted in to households using marital status and rates . |
| 20 | If , if anybody is interested , these unemployment rates are calculated by the number of unemployed as a percentage of the estimated total of the workforce , the sum of the unemployed claimants , employees , and call it self-employed , H M Forces and participants in work related training programmes . |
| 21 | I understand that they are policed by the State Veterinary Service , but where the wholesomeness of the animals ' feed is involved , the Environmental Health Service may be brought in . |
| 22 | While some nightmares like this are consummated by the monster 's actually making an appearance , it is not necessary — the terror may never become actualized . |
| 23 | If you are dismissed at the end of your first year , concentrating on the terms of the contract leads to the conclusion that you ordinarily worked in Great Britain , whereas looking at what actually happened leads to the opposite conclusion . |
| 24 | Your entitlement to redundancy pay will depend on the factors referred to above , just as it will if you are dismissed during the trial period for a reason connected with the changed terms of employment . |
| 25 | The ‘ middle-class ’ witches are dismissed by the ascetics as a ‘ weird bunch of ecology freaks ’ . |
| 26 | These include the Hops Marketing Board and the Nature Conservancy Council , for example , and are justified with the argument that certain functions can best be carried out at arm 's length from central government : |
| 27 | Indeed , many vertical mergers are justified on the basis of internalising such information and transaction costs with the hope of reducing such costs . |
| 28 | What is really new about this vision , though ( the non-affluent have always serviced the affluent ) is that hedonism becomes the moral dynamo of the economy : pleasures are justified by the work they provide , having fun becomes a moral duty . |
| 29 | The major institutions of society are justified by the belief that they are meeting the functional prerequisites of the social system . |
| 30 | These processes are justified by the fact that the audience wields some power over the moves of the managers . |