Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then these stents have been used in bile ducts for malignant obstructive jaundice and are placed either percutaneously or endoscopically . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | In the left-hand zone of the picture the features are treated almost realistically and ‘ brought forward towards the observer . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A feature which distinguishes superior from inferior courts is that superior courts are not limited in their jurisdiction , whereas inferior courts are limited both geographically and as to the subject matter of the dispute . |
| 9 | Their vents are pressed together so that the sperm can make its way into the female . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | New skin cells are formed more slowly and worn-out cells , which are pushed to the surface , tend to stay around in patches . |
| 12 | International discussion is eased if they are distinguished as far as possible . |
| 13 | Here , relationships are prescribed formally rather than informally , thereby strengthening a manager 's capacity to control the behaviour of others . |
| 14 | Linda , Christy , Cindy , Claudia , Yasmeen , Naomi ; their names are dropped as casually as cigarette butts in a pavement cafe . |
| 15 | … if environmental problems are pursued rigorously enough and with sufficient attention to likely contributions from other disciplines they may foster constructive alterations in public policy but at the same time may stimulate new research and refinement of research methodology to the benefit of geographic discipline . |
| 16 | If , however , the studies are pursued more widely and the research becomes deeper , the need for ready-to-hand volumes and essays will increase geometrically . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Preference shares usually carry a right to fixed dividends , but if on any dividend payment date Newco has insufficient distributable profits to meet these , they are rolled forward so that the shares may accrue a right to a premium , representing rolled-up dividends , payable on redemption . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Diary and news magazine programmes : These too are organised both nationally and regionally by the BBC and networked by the independent companies . |
| 23 | They are caught very well since they are travelling at top speed . |
| 24 | They are expected so far as practicable to make decisions on benefit entitlement within 14 days , but this time limit is frequently exceeded . |
| 25 | The only difference is that fixed pairs are attested more often than non-fixed pairs . " |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | To ensure that all issues presented to the court are considered as fairly and expeditiously as possible and are seen to be so . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | What it does is it means that there is a proper look each year at the finances of each individual firm er and er if there are things which are wrong , they are reported straight away and that really I think is the lesser of all of this with B C C I , er that er where things are not all they should be that they are dealt with and they are reported quickly and these orders , Madam Deputy Speaker , go a long way to helping to ensure that and for that reason I believe the house should warmly welcome them . |
| 30 | Divided plants will take hold of the soil and grow new roots more quickly if they are replanted so quickly that the plant hardly knows it has been out of the ground . |