Example sentences of "are [verb] a [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Classic movie-star style also crops up at Hope And Glory , who are opening a second shop in the new Thomas Neal development in Covent Garden at the end of September . |
| 2 | The adoption of standards by TDWG networking and the first steps towards ‘ taxonomically intelligent ’ integrity checking are enabling a second generation to appear . |
| 3 | So Dr Palcic and his team are developing a second test to help decide who might benefit from their first test — they are trying to determine whether a patient might have signs of lung cancer by looking at cells coughed up in his sputum . |
| 4 | The event , which has been one of the most successful new launches in recent years , is now in jeopardy for the coming season , although both the RYA and James Capel are seeking a last minute sponsor . |
| 5 | I remind him that it hit Grimsby bitterly between 1979 and 1981 , and now we are having a second dose of it , with the loss of Findus Ltd. and 900 jobs , and the shrinking of labour forces by major employers . |
| 6 | Gloucester are giving a first team debut to new winger Mark Nicholson . |
| 7 | The Operators & Observers of the River Adige & Its Banks are running a second Green Canoe Tour down Italy 's second longest river from 24th to May 7th to make the local population aware of the environmental threats to the river . |
| 8 | But in competitive equilibrium prices are performing a second role . |
| 9 | Now we are entering a third period of change : the shift from the command-and-control organization , the organization of departments and divisions , to the information-based organization , the organization of knowledge specialists . |
| 10 | Historically , world society has become a believable idea only in the last few hundred years , and science , technology , industry , and universal values are creating a twentieth century world that is different from any past age . |
| 11 | ‘ We are to hold a fourth meeting this evening , ’ Fatah central committee member Hakam Balawi said . |
| 12 | Welcome back:Speedway fans are making a last ditch attempt tonight to save one of the sport 's most influential clubs . |
| 13 | This is particularly likely to occur if you are introducing a second dog alongside an existing pet . |
| 14 | Below is an extract of conversation between two policemen who are telling a third about a cot death the two of them had recently attended . |
| 15 | Bills are read a first time in the same way as in the case of Government Bills , two weeks after the ballot is taken , and there is consequently little time for any consultation or drafting which has not already taken place . |
| 16 | Mr Stevens and his 21-year-old wife Andrea are planning a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains this spring . |