Example sentences of "are [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visualizing your opponent as he really is , without his fearsome trappings , is not easy ; and concentrating the mind , to allow you to visualize , is also an acquired skill ; but both concentration and visualization are widely taught techniques which can be mastered with practice . |
| 2 | Migrants are widely termed Zigeuner ( gypsy ) , Lumpenpack ( rag-pack ) , Kameltreiber ( camel rider ) , Zitronen-schuttler ( lemon squeezer ) , or Schlangenfresser ( snake eater ) . |
| 3 | It does , however , deal with those congregations which are loosely termed chaplaincies , where worship is provided chiefly for members of an institution or organisation of some kind . |
| 4 | They are loosely termed I-Control , I-Pursue , I-Explore and I-Preserve . |
| 5 | As a result , many who are genuinely aggrieved by apparently unlawful decisions by government bodies and public officials are effectively denied access to justice . |
| 6 | These packets are properly called pillows , and the lavas pillow lavas . |
| 7 | This presupposes that pieces are not too long and that they are properly rehearsed set-pieces rather than the meaningless meanderings which too often pass for improvisation . |
| 8 | Their brains are delicately tuned packages of miniaturized electronic wizardry , programmed with the elaborate software necessary to decode a world of echoes in real time . |
| 9 | There are commercially produced alternatives , such as pig or mechanical valves , but the natural human valve is best for many adults and is ideally suited for children . |
| 10 | There are commercially produced stands or easels to hold the papers , but a home-made version is cheap and easily stored . |
| 11 | Another difference Walker found was that untried prisoners , who can be held for up to a year , are rarely allowed visits . |
| 12 | Their lives are rarely laid side by side for comparison with those of working women — women like Shahida or Prabhaben ( Chapter 7 ) who work all day in laundries , component factories and sweat-shops ‘ till my feet are like bricks and my arms aching … at night it used to be agony till I fell asleep . ’ |
| 13 | There are other reasons why women are unable to build up sufficient National Insurance contributions and are thereby denied access to unemployment benefit . |
| 14 | Also For Sale within the Mill Garden are Locally Grown Plants & Shrubs . |
| 15 | It can only be a matter of time before World Cup , sheep-racing and World Cup bog-snorkelling are much loved fixtures in the sporting calendar . |
| 16 | These gums are highly polymerized pentoses that have to be broken down by bacteria , which release nutrients roughly equivalent to the yields from fruits . |
| 17 | Some are well prepared and have taken the trouble to find out how to conduct a selection interview , especially if they are highly trained personnel officers . |
| 18 | In a system such as the education department where personnel are highly trained professionals perhaps more trust could be placed in ‘ grass roots ’ consultation at earlier stages of developments . |
| 19 | Previewed at the Manchester City Art Gallery in the spring , they are highly charged works bluntly tackling the issues of AIDS and the usually hysterical reaction which it engenders in the popular press . |
| 20 | There can be no middle class with even those who are highly paid , they are highly paid members of the working class , they 're not middle class . |
| 21 | Approximately 60 per cent of the Group 's sales are accounted for by uPVC products and 40 per cent are thermally treated aluminium products . |
| 22 | During normal growth , they may acquire defects from distorted internal structure between mosaic crystals , suffer omission defects where grounds of atoms or molecules are missing from lattice sites , have charge displacements ( for example where there are abnormally ionized atoms ) , or undergo mechanical damage such as formation of distorted surfaces and cracks . |
| 23 | If there were no tuba in the score , the double basses would be used col arco to help sustain the pedal B ♭ , but with the tuba ( and also , possibly the double bassoon ) present , they are better employed pizzicati to support the rest of the strings . |
| 24 | These feelings of community are better termed communion , since they represent a form of community at the level of an individual 's subjective experience or consciousness . |
| 25 | They are apparently called Chesapeake Bay Retrievers although |
| 26 | The two ‘ male ’ persons of the trinity by contrast are anthropomorphically conceived entities , ‘ persons ’ to whom people direct their prayers . |
| 27 | What we 've had in parts of London are so called turf wars between crack crack dealers , crack sellers , fighting for territory . |
| 28 | Companies that set up their regional headquarters in Singapore are only taxed 10% on income from approved services , including trading in foreign exchange and offshore investments . |
| 29 | Most certainly and if you do you will be saving money because with First National you are only charged interest on the amount you owe , calculated on a day-to-day basis . |
| 30 | A Most certainly and if you do you will be saving money because with First National you are only charged interest on the amount you owe , calculated on a day-to-day basis . |