Example sentences of "are [adv] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We do the same for the submatrix bordered by the first row and column , and so on , so that finally we reach the unit matrix as the canonical form for A. It is to be observed that , since in using elementary operations I ( i , j ) , I(k) , I(l) on A we are effectively at each stage multiplying together determinants neither of which vanishes , the reduction of A to I must be possible when A is on-singular .
2 GPs ' reports are rarely of much help , if only because they do not have the time or the experience to write useful reports and usually resent doing them .
3 But these private fictions are rarely of much significance , nor do they affect most people — despite much American talk of ‘ roots ’ .
4 She pays £12.50 a week for a one room flat , so the couple are constantly in each other 's company .
5 Her claw-prints are all over this Anya debacle , and the only physical attentions from me she 's likely to receive in future are a piece of my mind , the rough side of my tongue and my boot up her backside . )
6 These are all rou you see they 're all these are all round that area .
7 Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels .
8 But is common that they both are together in that way .
9 The parties ' intentions are perhaps of more importance than individuals ' commitments .
10 I mean all I , I would like to , to say is that so far as this particular road , whatever you may call it , er is concerned , that we look at highways priorities in this committee and that we would receive an assurance that this would not be bulldozed through , if I may put it that way , erm and opposed to one two three four other major schemes which are perhaps of more importance in terms of highways rather than er a , a corporate objective .
11 The staff at these branches are perhaps in most need of training , but manpower budget for relief staff and travelling expense budgets prohibits inclusion of these staff at present time ’ .
12 Plants are normally under some form of stress — heat or light stress are two of many forms — but nevertheless plants are generally healthy , from which we may conclude that nature is continually carrying out a delicate balancing act among the contributing reactions making up the complete photosynthetic ‘ machinery ’ .
13 Serological studies ( for the markers α fetoprotein , β human chorionic gonadotrophin and carcinoembryonic antigen ) are generally of little use because of their lack of specificity and are generally used to monitor patients with tumours of known primary site — for example , CA125 in ovarian cancer .
14 Small minority holdings would normally be valued by reference to dividends , and earnings and assets are generally of less importance in these cases .
15 Onomatopoeic effects are generally of this kind , as we see from the opening sentence of D. H. Lawrence 's Odour of Chrysanthemums ( see 3.4 ) : The small locomotive engine , Number 4 , came clanking , stumbling down from Selston with seven full wagons .
16 Note , if you are already in this position , please call SST Technical Support for advice .
17 They are thus to some extent limited in where they can invest , as we discuss further in chapter 6 .
18 The different methods do not react to the same types of buried feature , and are thus to some extent complementary .
19 Solid-liquid phase diagrams are particularly important in the study of alloys and are thus of much importance to metallurgist An ordinary electrical solder is a mixture of tin and lead .
20 ‘ We are totally against any form of discrimination , ’ a Belgian official told New Scientist .
21 But it is as well for high-profile entrepreneurs to remember that they are always at some risk of being damned by association if they use structures that appear , or can with journalistic licence be made to appear , too close to those behind which fraudsters have hidden .
22 You are always in this way of late .
23 What they show is that no matter how objective or impartial enquiries may seek or claim to be they are always in some degree preconceived because they are preconditioned by cultural assumptions of one sort or another .
24 Executive information systems , which are designed for strategic management , are usually of this type .
25 Particular symptoms which relate to the separate parts are usually of less significance .
26 It is essential that a thorough selection trawl of new books is made , because important titles must be put into stock before they have a chance to go out of print , and because the first year or two after publication is the time that books are usually in most demand .
27 Apart from the evidence of reduced sexual interest in familiar members of the opposite sex , which I have already mentioned , the great mass of data shows that freely chosen human spouses are more like each other than would be expected on a chance basis .
28 It allows them to promote the false claim that the blacks are not fit to run South Africa when clearly they are still at each other 's throats .
29 Studies of the aspect markers of the Black English Vernacular , like invariant be are still at this stage .
30 We are still at this stage today .
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