Example sentences of "are [verb] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to a summary table some specific examples are given of questions and the results they produced . |
| 2 | For the coarser particles sieve screens are formed of plates or strong wire of stainless steel or brass , and finer wire meshes are used for smaller particles . |
| 3 | A further way of obscuring diatonic chords is by using counter parallelisms , in which every move in the upper part(s) is reflected by inversion in the lower : In ( a ) the upper and lower parts are formed of triads with an added note in the upper part . |
| 4 | Here we are reminded of studies carried out some years ago in Germany on the personality characteristics of a large group of professional painters and sculptors . |
| 5 | Libraries both public and institutional are disposing of books without any public debate , apart from a few over-heated outbursts in local newspapers and professional journals , forgotten as soon as read and never taken seriously . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most serious worry is that these institutions too are disposing of books . |
| 7 | ‘ The highest standards of personal morality are expected of bishops , clergy and all Christians who have personal responsibility for others . |
| 8 | Norms , in this context , are common standards of social and work behaviour which are expected of individuals in the group . |
| 9 | that it is crucial to draw attention to fundamental assumptions in our society , and to keep open for pupils the options of accepting , modifying or rejecting these views ( Chapters 2 – 3 ) ; 2. that the purpose of RE is pupils ' self-education , engaging in depth upon the meaning and truth-claims of religions in a way which is relevant to their total experience of life ( Chapter 4 ) ; 3. that space needs to be given in which pupil involvement has a chance to develop , together with creativity , a sense of wonder and the cultivation of inner quietness ( Chapters 5 and 6 ) ; 4. that teachers need to model a positive , fair and balanced approach to the diversity of religious traditions and outlooks , and the controversy which these can generate ( Chapter 8 ) ; 5. that in a spirit of critical affirmation it is important to develop skills of evaluation and criteria for discernment ( Chapters 7 and 9 ) ; 6. that the crucial need is to put persons first , to establish genuine relationships which are affirming of pupils , believing that they have something to give , and so listening to them and responding to them — and in the light of this to encourage their capacity for self-assessment ( Chapter 10 ) ; 7. that the distinction between education and dogmatic teaching is all-important and that , provided this is borne in mind , opportunities for stillness and possible worship can be an invaluable aid to education ( Chapters 6 and 11 ) ; 8. that RE can relate in a dynamic and creative way to all other areas of the curriculum ( Chapters 12 and 13 ) . |
| 10 | Through such corporate crimes as bribing foreign and domestic governmental officials , price-fixing , mergers and take-overs , fraudulent advertising , espionage , and patent violation , some competing corporations are forced into bankruptcy , others ' capacity to compete is impaired , and still others are robbed of resources vital to maintaining their market position . |
| 11 | Their castles are built of skulls ! |
| 12 | Many of the older houses and walls are built of cobbles from the sea shore , and there is a fair amount of new building to accommodate young people and those who wish to retire here . |
| 13 | However , an alternative approach might argue that , if learning does involve making structural changes at synapses , and the synapses are built of proteins and packed with molecules of neurotransmitter , then learning must itself involve the synthesis of new proteins and transmitters . |
| 14 | Of the 426 chemicals cleared for use in farming , 166 are known to cause , or are suspected of links with cancer , birth defects , genetic mutations and allergies . |
| 15 | All of them are suspected of links with Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman , a blind Egyptian preacher who lives in New Jersey and urges an Islamic holy struggle against the West and the government of President Hosni Mubarak . |
| 16 | All the examples are made of notes from a pentatonic scale , but harmonised using 4ths to fatten them up and make them sound a bit more ‘ chunky ’ . |
| 17 | Half of Switzerland 's coffins are made of abachi wood . |
| 18 | These are made of metals since they are good conductors of heat . |
| 19 | Estimates are made of drawings on these amounts by the combined evidence of the advancement of project construction , statistics of trade deliveries and other pointers . |
| 20 | Crystals are made of myriads of layers of atoms ( or equivalent ) , and each layer builds upon the layer below . |
| 21 | Although many artefacts are made of pure metals , rather more are made of alloys . |
| 22 | Evaluations may also be made of the whole work group so that judgements are made of workers ' attitudes and performance at both levels . |
| 23 | Brains are made of cells called neurones . |
| 24 | What is indubitable is that they are used of effects , that they can not be used of unnecessitated events , and hence that effects as we understand them are not unnecessitated events . |
| 25 | Most verbs which are used of situations where the object — talking strictly of the intensional level and not of the world referred to — does not change its properties ( between the narrow focus on the object phrase alone , and the wider view when it is construed with the verb and the adjective as in ( 22 ) ) will not be suitable ; if a property that might be expressed by an adjective could be present in the wider structural context , then its applicability will not normally be connected with the link between the verb and the noun phrase . |
| 26 | The announcement comes six days before staff are told of proposals to merge most of the two groups of journalists , involving redundancies . |
| 27 | These stories occur world wide , so I will limit myself to two which are told of sites on the Yorkshire Wolds only a few miles from where I live . |
| 28 | There were , as well , jumble sales , and stories are told of men 's silk hats mysteriously and miraculously transformed into stylish ladies ' bonnets , and of feather mattresses disintegrating , to the great discomfort of those transporting them . |
| 29 | Most commonly , tales are told of mermaids who fall in love with mortal men and painfully shed their tail in order to be able to live with them on land . |
| 30 | The two black groups , which stand to the left of the African National Congress , are accused of attacks on white farmers . |