Example sentences of "are [verb] in a " in BNC.

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1 All the room are furnished in a comfortable , rustic style and have a private bathroom , telephone and radio .
2 Bedrooms and lounges are furnished in a variety of styles ranging from Louis XIII to Louis XV .
3 The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have air-conditioning .
4 A lift serves the roomy bedrooms which are furnished in a simple , modern style with balcony .
5 The bar and lounges are furnished in a refined and contemporary style and the charming restaurant spills out onto the terrace under a canopy of trees .
6 The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have double glazing .
7 And you are kneeling in a field
8 The guerrillas are embroiled in a civil war against an alliance of rival Tamil groups , the Tamil National Army , in areas from which the Indian Peace-keeping Force has withdrawn .
9 Six candidates are embroiled in a Commons clash over who will succeed Bernard Wetherill .
10 MORRISSEY and organisers of the ill-fated Madstock Finsbury Park concerts are embroiled in a legal battle , with both parties threatening to sue each other over Morrissey 's non-appearance on the Sunday bill .
11 The Republic 's Customs officials are embroiled in an ‘ active campaign ’ to try to thwart the illicit practice .
12 Taxable profits , which are calculated in a similar way to companies ' taxable profits , are treated as personal income to the sole trader , or split between partners in proportion to their share of profits in the year of assessment .
13 Across the yard in the oast house , hops fresh from this year 's harvest are placed in a kiln for 12 to 14 hours and heated by electric fans at temperatures starting at 90 degrees F and rising to 140° .
14 The inductions in the two cores cancel out precisely when the cores are placed in a zero external field ; an external field causes asymmetric pulses of amplitude and position dependent on the polarity and strength of the external field .
15 For this reason , if shelter sheds are placed in a paddock , they may have to be placed at the top of the hill and preferably near the gate .
16 If , however , they show no sign of ability to make contact or to learn by five years they are placed in a special school , welfare institution or returned to family surroundings .
17 In the third term of Year II , major students are placed in a theatre or theatre organization in the British Isles for an intensive six-week programme of work experience .
18 Divide the children into two teams and provide them with sets of corks which are placed in a bowl of water .
19 It is a process whereby jobs are placed in a rank order , according to the overall demands each one makes on a person doing it .
20 To explain the difference between the two structures , they are placed in a realistic context .
21 They are placed in a position analogous to that of a government agency and must ultimately reach a decision on the basis of the public good .
22 Starfish , flatworms and other early animals use a slightly refined system in which the eye-spots are placed in a cup-like depression .
23 If these are collected before they sink and are placed in a jar of water in a cool airy place , they will start into growth much sooner , and , by providing much needed surface shade , can do much to combat the algal growth that is invariably experienced in early spring .
24 If these are placed in a tray of mud they sprout very quickly .
25 Indeed , if goldfish and carp are placed in a pool , providing that the proportion of males and females is reasonably balanced , they will probably breed with some measure of success of their own accord without the pool owner needing to become involved .
26 The technology is based on the observation that , when particles are placed in a rotating electric field , they too rotate in a characteristic way .
27 Beakers containing the fluids are placed in a ventilated oven and dried at 100°C for at least 24 hr , cooled in a desiccator , and weighed to 0·001 g
28 ‘ The secrets are placed in a despatch bag and sealed with the chancery seal .
29 Their inward warbling song , which can not be described , is unceasingly poured forth from noon to night , and is even continued throughout the night if they are placed in a room with lights , and where an animated conversation is carried on . ’
30 But you are placed in a great difficulty .
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