Example sentences of "are [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But not all professionals subscribe to the view that disabled people are unsuitable as health professionals . |
| 2 | Old ladies with thick stockings holding veins like knots of worms , and men whose eyes are duller than clay alleys dream other dreams and watched the numbered screen , killing time , hoping for a win . |
| 3 | We have seen that bond dissociation enthalpies are endothermic since energy must be absorbed to break bonds . |
| 4 | and then your starter was about well your starters are dear because sea food is |
| 5 | Ideally you need just a little one-to-one tuition , preferably after you have struggled on your own for a bit to discover which bits are clear as daylight and which are clear as mud . |
| 6 | Some of these books are raw as hell , but whether the inspiration comes from Jilly Cooper or Thomas Hardy , Iceberg Slim or Samuel Selvon , what can be said for sure is that the Black British Novel is here to stay , giving voice to a bunch of people with a whole mess of new stories to tell . |
| 7 | Wind driven generators are economical where wind velocities average 6 m/s or more . |
| 8 | " Creed " was , indeed to some extent how the convert himself saw it at the time : witness the acknowledgement in letters of 1866 and 1867 , that such philosophical tenets are not philosophically demonstrable , but are acceptable as art or for their edifying power or simply as faith . |
| 9 | Walk-in shower cabinets are popular where space and budget permit , but ventilation must be adequate to avoid suffocation in the steam , and shower pressure should be tested to avoid a needle sharp spray . |
| 10 | But there are snags : the buds and leaves of hazel and thorn are tasty when grass is scarce , particularly to inquisitive cattle . |
| 11 | The more philosophical might say that harnessing the power of the elements brings a certain unity with mother nature ; the more prosaic that sunlight and wind are free while diesel or petrol are not . |
| 12 | But it does not follow that finite forms are superfluous because religion has to find expression in concrete forms , and the plurality of particular religions is necessary for the complete manifestation of religion . |
| 13 | Both are lighter than cotton but neither are as durable , nor as watertight . |
| 14 | No heavy shagpiles here , these carpets are lighter than air . |
| 15 | They are lighter than water and consequently float up to the bubble nest . |
| 16 | Of great interest , Mr Raggett says , are sophisticated aluminium metal matrices which are lighter than aluminium yet stronger than steel . |
| 17 | Silt , sand , and rocks are heavier than water . |
| 18 | It carries a bit more weight in its nose ( diesel engines are heavier than petrol ) but the derv-sipping AX is just as agile as its petroleum cousins . |
| 19 | They are heavier than air and |
| 20 | However , since they are interspersed with shots of debris from the loch bed they are inadmissible as evidence . |
| 21 | Bell heather erica cinerea has brightly coloured flowers which are bigger than ling . |
| 22 | They are bigger than protein molecules but smaller than bacteria . |
| 23 | All fees are payable when invoice is issued . |
| 24 | The symptoms are similar so hospital tests may be needed to tell the difference between bacterial and viral meningitis . |
| 25 | The example of the recent ending of the Lebanese civil war showed , he said , that " miracles are easy when destiny is at stake " . |
| 26 | It is a commonplace that natural human languages are vague whereas computer languages are precise . |
| 27 | The indicators of success in a compliance system , however , are vague because compliance itself is a vague and open-ended concept ( ch. 6 ) , and the enforcement agent has to fulfil a variety of roles demanding a wide range of skills and knowledge . |
| 28 | Cartridge circuit fuses are larger than plug fuses , and are marked ‘ Made to BS1361 ’ . |
| 29 | Believe everything you hear about Texans : they are larger than life : noisy , and inexhaustibly friendly . |
| 30 | One explanation for all this brilliant caricaturing of college teachers might be that they really are larger than life , as portrayed . |