Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All sections are counterstained with cresyl violet . |
| 2 | Countries to the east of us are in time zones with local time that is ahead of GMT , whereas local time and the time zones to the west are delayed with respect to ours . |
| 3 | A few guests who are invited to a midweek ceremony may not be able to leave work early , are delayed by rush hour traffic , or have to return home to change their clothes , and therefore they reach the reception after it has started . |
| 4 | The situation is more acute in the rural areas when only 32 per cent of the population aged seven to fourteen years are enrolled at school . |
| 5 | A large number of students are enrolled for City and Guilds and RSA certificates . |
| 6 | So family memories are tinged with sadness : |
| 7 | The complaint of Admiral Vernon , in a parliamentary speech of 1749 , that ‘ our fleets , which are defrauded by injustice , are first manned by violence and maintained by cruelty ’ , was substantially justified . |
| 8 | Other things being equal it appears that those remanded in custody are more likely to plead guilty , substantially less likely to be acquitted and very much more likely to receive a custodial sentence on conviction than their counterparts who are remanded on bail ( see , eg , Bottomley , 1970 ; Davies , 1971 ; and also Home Office , 1990f , Tables 9.6 and 9.9 ) . |
| 9 | The answer to his first point is that it is absolutely clear that a number of people who break their bail conditions are remanded in custody when they are brought back to the court ; but that happens in only about six out of 10 cases , and in four out of 10 cases when those who break their bail conditions are brought back to the court , it seems that they are no longer remanded in custody but are again let out on bail . |
| 10 | Here the ewes ( female sheep ) are gathered for lambing and later for shearing wool and for dipping to control insect pests . |
| 11 | For the Church of God 's frozen people this is the Pathway to Power , individual and Church alike are Gathered For Power . |
| 12 | BLACK MUSLIMS FROM the Nation of Islam are gathered in force outside the Hackney Empire . |
| 13 | There is the special delight Britons have in gossip , especially when it is hinted that politics are spiced with sex . |
| 14 | Most meetings are punctuated with champagne toasts , many are held in expensive restaurants . |
| 15 | Frequently , squeaks and crackles over the posterior lung lobes are heard on auscultation . |
| 16 | Many voices are heard in favour of more women running for office , and Emily 's List , a group that funds only Democratic women running for office , has seen its membership grow by more than 300 per cent since the Hill-Thomas hearings . |
| 17 | Normally such personal statements are heard in silence . |
| 18 | Existing ESA payments are calculated as compensation for not intensifying production . |
| 19 | But if the damages are calculated without reference to income tax that will not be so . |
| 20 | The number of ‘ unemployed ’ is never on its own an adequate description of the forms of economic restructuring that are occurring , even when such figures are calculated with integrity . |
| 21 | The table below gives an indication of possible early encashment values per £1,000 of single premium invested and are calculated in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Securities and Investments Board ( SIB ) . |
| 22 | It 's to do with the way the er the totals are calculated in table eight , erm the split is divided in totals of the proportion of Greater York and the rest of the district . |
| 23 | Annual rate bills are calculated by reference to rateable values and the rate multiplier . |
| 24 | These are calculated by reference to the regulations and allowance is made for dependants , income tax , national insurance , housing costs , and work expenses . |
| 25 | Gains on property disposals are calculated by reference to historical net book value to the Group . |
| 26 | Our charges are calculated by reference to an hourly rate . |
| 27 | If you are dismissed with pay in lieu of notice , or without notice , and you obtain new employment during the notice period , you are bound to bring into account those earnings . |
| 28 | Equally , you may have a right of redress if you are dismissed for failure to comply with an unjust order . |
| 29 | Hamburgers and disco biscuits are undercover terms for the rave drug Ecstasy , while royalty is cocaine and poor quality drugs are dismissed as flea powder . |
| 30 | Purchasers should be aware that the recent House of Lords ' decision in Litster v Forth Dry Dock Engineering Company Ltd [ 1989 ] IRLR 161 has radically altered the position of purchasers for liability where persons are dismissed in connection with a business transfer . |