Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are gathered here to celebrate a marriage but , in deference to the family of the late verderer and lord of the manor , our celebrations will cease . |
| 2 | Although ignimbrites can be unconsolidated deposits , the pyroclasts are frequently so hot when deposited that the contained gas is expelled and the individual particles are welded together to form a compact , impervious rock . |
| 3 | The demand that , as a science progresses , its theories should become more and more falsifiable , and consequently have more and more content and be more and more informative , rules out modifications in theories that are designed merely to protect a theory from a threatening falsification . |
| 4 | Emmenthal and Gruyère are mixed together to make a Swiss cheese fondue . |
| 5 | The markets in which they are sold often include a small number of very large customers , such as , for example in the UK : * fuel oil — Ministry of Defence , British Railways ; P & O , Sealink and other large shipping companies ( etc ) ; * paint — Central and local government authorities , British Railways , car manufacturers ( etc ) . |
| 6 | These photographs are interpreted visually using a variety of instruments . |
| 7 | Two or more warp strands are tied together to form a knot which presses against the final weft strand and holds it in place . |
| 8 | Jockeys are known sometime to receive a different reception ! ’ |
| 9 | Some 70 pharmaceutical grade trace elements and the basic compound are melted together to ensure a complete mix before being solidified and ground down into the basic salt . |
| 10 | Occasionally two individual pieces are brought together to make a new complex whole as in the bronze cast Doll and Bow which now stands on the top of the Toybox where the toys , including a ball , are again in bronze and the box itself is the broken-off end of a stone carved sarcophagus . |
| 11 | The significant fact about both phrase types is that we have two property words — a major one ( the verb ) extended by a minor qualifying one — and they are linked together to form a more complex property before they are permitted to enter into construction with a syntactic object . |
| 12 | You will find that the experiments work best when the ends are cut cleanly using a sharp blade then , if possible , polished . |
| 13 | Now once again lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief , and are evenly scattered over the entire picture surface to maintain a compositional balance . |