Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the smallest doses are given then even if the remedy is inappropriate the harm done is insignificant and the appropriate remedy quickly puts the case in order . |
| 2 | With regard to safety , if a product is misused or overheated it is better if unpleasant or acrid fumes are given off rather than sweet smelling , pleasant fumes that may be toxic |
| 3 | To some , the parade before the public is a source of extreme satisfaction to their vanity , but all the preliminaries that go before the parade are so much drudgeries that irritate , and are completed as hastily as possible . |
| 4 | The firm is well known for its painstaking research , which may mean that assignments are completed less quickly than by rival headhunters , but they are certainly carried out more thoroughly . |
| 5 | Where disabled persons are treated less favourably than others because they can not comply with a requirement with which a substantially higher proportion of non-disabled persons can comply , and the requirement is not justifiable in the circumstances , indirect discrimination will arise . |
| 6 | I think the way things are going now the Black people in South Africa are treated much better than they were before , but they used to be treated terribly , and after all it was their country . |
| 7 | It is so much easier to understand detailed and complicated financial figures when they are explained graphically rather than as a mass of figures on a piece of paper . |
| 8 | International discussion is eased if they are distinguished as far as possible . |
| 9 | 10. ( 1 ) An application to a licensing board of any kind mentioned in subsection ( 6 ) below in respect of any premises shall be in such form as may be prescribed , shall be completed and signed by the applicant or his agent , and shall be lodged with the clerk of the licensing within whose area the premises are situated not later than five weeks before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered . |
| 10 | Here , relationships are prescribed formally rather than informally , thereby strengthening a manager 's capacity to control the behaviour of others . |
| 11 | Linda , Christy , Cindy , Claudia , Yasmeen , Naomi ; their names are dropped as casually as cigarette butts in a pavement cafe . |
| 12 | With the support of regional legal officers and a set of guidelines and codes of practice , we ask the solicitors to abide by regional secretaries ensuring that cases are pursued as forcefully as possible with the members interests uppermost at all stages . |
| 13 | 2.7 If at any time any Works are carried out otherwise than in accordance with the Building Documents and this fact might [ reasonably ] have been expected to be apparent on visual inspection to the Surveyors on the first occasion following the carrying out of the relevant Works on which they actually inspected the same pursuant to clause 2.5 ( " Relevant Inspection " ) then unless within [ 5 ] working days after the date of the Relevant Inspection ( time being of the essence ) the Surveyors have served on the Architect a Defects Notice in respect of such non-compliance the relevant Works shall be treated for all purposes of this agreement as having been carried out in accordance with the Building Documents This provision should be deleted . |
| 14 | Currently , time-consuming psychological tests are carried out only when a patient is in an advanced state of dementia . |
| 15 | Its authors claim that some operations are carried out unnecessarily because doctors are frightened of being sued . |
| 16 | John Boys in his Agriculture of the County of Kent 1794 , tells us that hop poles are the chief article which make woods valuable in this part of the country , there being not only local demand but the poles are carried as far as Maidstone and beyond , the planters preferring the poles grown on the hills to those of quicker growth . |
| 17 | Not only do the results have no bearing on rankings — and therefore do not matter — but they are forgotten so far as historical records are concerned almost before the players have walked off the court . |
| 18 | For instance , half a dozen A's are included much later because as Miller explained varieties of Aloe and Agave had only recently flowered in the Chelsea Garden for the first time and could not have appeared before . |
| 19 | They are caught very well since they are travelling at top speed . |
| 20 | They are expected so far as practicable to make decisions on benefit entitlement within 14 days , but this time limit is frequently exceeded . |
| 21 | The advantage of this technique is that , in subsequent processing , the whole prime data track can be handled sequentially by the software , and overflow records are picked up only when the prime track has been processed . |
| 22 | It 's important that some eye problems , like a squint , are picked up early before they become entrenched and hinder your baby 's development . |
| 23 | The only difference is that fixed pairs are attested more often than non-fixed pairs . " |
| 24 | They are considered together here because of their close association with each other — girls experiencing institutional care also show a particularly high rate of premarital pregnancy ( Quinton et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 25 | The Balakovo reactors are regulated by a pressurized water system and are considered much safer than the older type of reactor installed at Chernobyl , the site of the world 's worst nuclear accident in 1986 . |
| 26 | Mental events are contained in rather than identical with what can be called personal epistemic facts . |
| 27 | The earth is rapidly carried away by the water but the larger stones are moved only occasionally when the rivers are in flood . |
| 28 | Dr Kenneth Kirk offered this criticism years ago , that some people are moved more easily than others by suffering and death . |
| 29 | In principle any shoe can be resoled , but track shoes are done less frequently than road , fell or cross-country shoes . |
| 30 | The few non-users of search , however , are seen not only as good at training people but also keeping them . |