Example sentences of "they are [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examination of chromosomes , particularly if they are banded and carry silver grains , is optically demanding and the best possible microscope should be obtained . |
| 2 | The use of index numbers and special ratios should always be undertaken with care since they may contain hidden dangers if one does not know how they are compiled and , very often , how they are ‘ corrected ’ for a variety of reasons . |
| 3 | Choose to buy fruits and vegetables which are organically grown — the ones which carry , for example , the Soil Association 's symbol , or a statement that they are grown and packed under UKROFS standards . |
| 4 | They are so basic they seem obvious , yet it 's amazing how often they are broken or ignored . |
| 5 | Lyons could legitimately maintain that scribal records have some potential , according to the institutions in which they are developed and used , for reliability as defined in that culture or even as defined by him . |
| 6 | It is here that a true designing system will be based and will grow from an understanding of the conceptual activities , how they are developed and controlled . |
| 7 | These officers , who wear the uniform of the service to which they are assigned and are not accountable to the Ministry of Defence , are often unknown to their nominal military superiors . |
| 8 | The phenomenon of certain mundane objects becoming so firmly associated with an individual that they are understood as literal extensions of that individual 's being was discussed in some detail by Levy-Bruhl ( 1966 : 100–27 ) . |
| 9 | Other noxious substances may be very good drugs too if they are understood and properly used . |
| 10 | Not particularly these circumstances in an objective sense , but the way in which they are perceived and oriented to by black people . |
| 11 | For one thing , they are perceived as essentially punitive since they ultimately involve criminal prosecution or the ‘ sanction ’ of a care order . |
| 12 | According to Richard Feigen , ‘ It does the art dealing profession a lot of harm if they are perceived as traffickers of stolen merchandise … dealers have to be able to stand behind what they represent , and know that it was bought legally otherwise you lose your client 's trust ’ . |
| 13 | They are perceived as legitimate , not just because of this , but more importantly because the pupils feel able to respond in the same vein and at the same level . |
| 14 | They are perceived as " fast-talking " con-men who are insincere and exploit unwilling customers . |
| 15 | They are perceived as unlikely to take an authoritarian line , yet they have remained politically uncritical of Government policy , during the attacks on their departments made by the media during the child abuse , and transnational adoption controversies . |
| 16 | * they are perceived as authoritative . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a terrible shame that , after all these years of feminism , women should be back in the place where they are regarded as expendable . |
| 18 | They are regarded as advisory rather than mandatory . |
| 19 | they are regarded as being ‘ unemployable ’ for one reason or another ( residual unemployment ) . |
| 20 | They are regarded as belonging to an earlier age of superstition and ignorance . |
| 21 | It would be ridiculous to suggest that black kids who are constantly being geared up by teachers to thrust themselves into sports , do not , at some stage , recognize that there exists a manipulative element : they feel they are regarded as naturally gifted sportsmen ( see Vince Hilaire 's opening quotation ) , but without an abundance of intellectual equipment , who are used for the purposes of bringing prestige to both the individual teacher and the school . |
| 22 | Tea and marijuana have three things in common : they alter the moods of those who take them , they are regarded as tolerably safe , and they are addictive . |
| 23 | For example , as I indicated in discussing personal care , it is regarded as legitimate for children to think about their own interests when deciding whether to support a parent , but this is balanced rather delicately with the morality of obligation and duty , so that children can quite easily get into the position where they are regarded as too self-interested . |
| 24 | The meaning of the couplet does not reside in A nor in B ; nor is it in A + B ( if they are regarded as capable of being added like 2 + 2 or 3 + 2 ) . |
| 25 | Institutions , such as the Cabinet , are sucked out of the larger political and societal context that gives them meaning , and they are regarded as having a life and importance all of their own . |
| 26 | * Mongolian wolves illegally imported into Hungary face death if they are returned to Mongolia , where they are regarded as highly dangerous . |
| 27 | Further , market counterparties receive still less protection as they are regarded as fully capable of looking after their own interests and understanding the risks inherent in what they do . |
| 28 | They are condemned as signs of unclear or lazy thinking — and , indeed , when they are overused or inappropriately used ( as in a wall of political hedging erected by a defensive politician ) — they are widely and justifiably attacked . |
| 29 | So the granules are wetted with the solution and left to dry after which they are bottled and labelled with the appropriate nomenclature e.g. LM 1 , LM 2 or LM 0/1 , LM 0/2 etc. the zero signifying the granule , the form in which the final medicine is stored . |
| 30 | Industry will have to pay for the licences they are granted and will have a duty to reduce pollution and render their discharges harmless . |