Example sentences of "are [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other aspect is of course catering facilities here on a Saturday may not be the same as what they are during the week . |
| 2 | Never mind : the action pictures by Russell Cheyne are worth the price on their own . |
| 3 | The pictures of the smokers alone are worth the price of admission : Burri 's series on the cocky Che Guevara chomping on a cigar ; Cartier-Bresson 's puckish Jean Genet drawing on a cheroot ; Erwitt 's vain Mishima posed with a cigarette ; and Halsmann 's immortal Hitchcock ( above ) . |
| 4 | The goals are worth the work . |
| 5 | The question now is whether they will all be penalised as a result of collective inaccuracy , or if a convincing explanation will be found to persuade clients , both political and commercial , that surveys are worth the paper they are printed on . |
| 6 | High-end drawing packages ( which cost hundreds of pounds ) are worth the expense if you work regularly with images and need to create complex or technical drawings . |
| 7 | It may be in these circumstances that moderation rather than liberation is more likely to achieve results , but it is a matter of interpretation whether the results achieved by good behaviour are worth the energy required . |
| 8 | Items of value , real or sentimental , are worth the trouble of proper storage . |
| 9 | Still , some of the suggestions made by the people who would be running economic policy in a Socialist government are worth the attention of anybody anxious to straighten out the Greek system . |
| 10 | Kevin Burke , chairman of the cooperative , said : ‘ The message to everyone tempted to follow our example must be that if the final homes are worth your time and trouble , they are worth the wait . |
| 11 | The interiors are worth the detour . |
| 12 | They cost around £40 to £50 an hour , but these elegant craft are the epitome of Venice and are worth the splurge just once . |
| 13 | For the Tory dissidents , a leading opponent , William Cash , said : ‘ The European Central Bank arrangements under the treaty are for the whole of Europe , yet it comprises unelectable , unaccountable bankers making decisions on behalf of the people of this country and elsewhere . |
| 14 | However , if the cards are for the wife 's relations or childhood friends , it would be more natural to put her name first . |
| 15 | ‘ No more anxious than you are for the return of the Earl of Gloucester , madam , ’ he countered . |
| 16 | Contemporary memoirs are as full of praise for the building 's beauty as they are for the work which took place within its walls : ‘ Its magnificence , proportions and pleasant air makes it unique among the buildings of the world , ’ wrote the chronicler Barni . |
| 17 | The research aims to describe how police authorities give effect to this duty and to analyse what the consequences of their adopting different strategies — formal consultative committees , public opinion surveys , informal liaison etc — are for the work of police authorities , for policing priorities and for police management practice . |
| 18 | Ask whether a chairperson is necessary , what items there are for the agenda and how timing is to be arranged . |
| 19 | They are for the session 1993–94 . |
| 20 | The private schools are for the élite , mostly in urban areas . |
| 21 | On the whole , however , it is submitted that a judicial is preferable to a statutory re-definition , because the existing law , although imprecise , is founded on the right principle , that continuance in perpetuity and exemption from tax should be allowed to those purposes and those alone which are for the benefit of the public . |
| 22 | Any disregard of this may provide the minority shareholders with a claim under s459 Companies Act 1985 , under which they may complain against resolutions of the company which are for the benefit not of the company as a whole , but of the majority shareholders alone . |
| 23 | It may be that the tenant 's lease contains covenants on its part that are for the benefit of other units within the centre and the tenant will expect similar reciprocal provisions to be contained in all other leases . |
| 24 | Tory success in the elections to Anne 's first Parliament in 1702 led Dr Henry Sacheverell to boast that " the Majority of the People are for the Church of England " . |
| 25 | All records are for the river valleys , levels , or the coast . |
| 26 | Two are for the Queen 's flight- to carry members of the royal family and VIPs — the rest are used by the RAF for training . |
| 27 | The important thing to remember is that NVQs are for the individual , are broadly based and non-specific , in five levels , and once accredited the individual , from school leaver upwards , builds up a personal record of achievement which will be recognised by employers across the country . |
| 28 | The reason sometimes given is that the defences of justification and fair comment are for the jury , which is the constitutional tribunal , and not for the judge . |
| 29 | There you are for the gent 's ring this time . |
| 30 | Briefly , these are for the making of the essential survey of resources and potentialities , the allocation of land in development plans , and the control ( by means of planning permission ) of mineral workings . |