Example sentences of "are [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is made up of a number of bones ( vertebrae ) which are placed one on top of another . |
| 2 | Documents are placed one on top of the other in drawers or box files . |
| 3 | This happens when a succession of items are placed one after another in a sentence without words to indicate their order or importance . |
| 4 | Managers often view a job at Shell , where they are given plenty of decisions to make early on in their career , as an alternative to taking an MBA . |
| 5 | The Irish are seeing something of a cricketing revival … it 's the fastest growing sport in their home country , and they feel confident about taking on the World 's best . |
| 6 | Next , if you are using lots of fonts — but only a few at a time — you should combine blocks of fonts into Suitcases and then use one or other of the utilities such as Suitcase to manage them for you . |
| 7 | Er er simply er that the various upper case items which are listed one to twelve , are backed up in lower case script . |
| 8 | They are between the hills and the Forth and are sparing nothing in Lothian , from the east coast to Dunedin . |
| 9 | They are taught nothing about helping people to die . |
| 10 | Some are stacked one on top of another and there 's three stacked on together . |
| 11 | Twin humbucker guitars are enjoying something of a rebirth at present , thanks mainly to the players who are treading that particular path ( I 'm thinking of Nuno , Satriani & co ) and having played Strat derivatives for so long , it 's easy to forget just how good a neck humbucker sounds at full throttle . |
| 12 | Not for them the hollow reply , ‘ What meeting ? ’ when a call is made to check that they are bringing something to the pot luck supper at school that very evening . |
| 13 | Erm Eric in , in Manchester from where he comes is extremely well known obviously within the G M B but his record he 's one of the individuals in the trade union movement that I think are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days I know that many of us when we first started in the movement were very easily able , and , and very relaxed about combining trade union and political activities together but of course as time goes on and , you do tend to become more involved in the one and the other , because of course it 's all time-consuming but I can honestly say that in Eric 's case he 's never deviated one iota from his commitment both to the trade union , this union in particular , and to the Party never deviated at all . |
| 14 | Hereford are staging something of a mini revival this year inching their way out of the gloom at the bottom of division three . |
| 15 | Suppose , however , the children have to secretly plan an escape which the crew of the ship are to know nothing about … |
| 16 | The Mid-Kent Water Company has imposed a hosepipe ban , while the Kent Division of Southern Water Services and the Folkestone and District Water Company are to impose one from tomorrow . |
| 17 | avoid doing it because the revenue are checking one in twenty cases , and if you 've got a partner who 's likely to pay , not to pay tax , that 's fine , if they are likely to roll over into tax , then do n't use an R eighty five . |
| 18 | We have now been a week living in our big bungalow and it is working out well — at least we are saving lots of money looking after ourselves . |
| 19 | Dr Adil Elias , the Chairman of the BCCI Depositors ' Protection Association , mentioned to your correspondent that his committee represents creditors who are owed anything from $500,000 to tens of millions of dollars . |
| 20 | We are told nothing about the heir he instituted . |
| 21 | People who have been through this experience will describe how angry they feel with the doctor when having asked , ‘ How long ’ , they are told something like , ‘ We ca n't really say . |
| 22 | The expectation is that if Durham , the first new first-class county since Glamorgan in 1921 , are to win something in their inaugural season , it will be a one-day competition . |
| 23 | I mean Forest are pulling everybody behind the ball and you know they ca n't just sling the ball through . |
| 24 | As Mager has truthfully ( and unnervingly ) said : " If you are teaching skills that can not be evaluated , you are in the awkward position of being unable to demonstrate that you are teaching anything at all . " |
| 25 | Ah well , they are refurbishing plenty of other things besides the buildings and the language . |
| 26 | Rain , you are loosening something in my bones |
| 27 | ‘ What an irredeemably selfish person you are to do something like this to an innocent little girl . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We 've got players who can play but , probably because we are bottom of the division , we are lacking something in confidence . ’ |
| 29 | The North and central sides , among them Bangor City and Newtown with top reputations earned in English leagues , are facing nothing but the wooden spoon . |
| 30 | It refers to the presence of social groups which are ranked one above the other , usually in terms of the amount of power , prestige and wealth their members possess . |