Example sentences of "they be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they been on deposit in US domestic banks , then naturally such a course of action would be open to them . |
| 2 | How long have they been on you ? |
| 3 | If you have particular skills like dancing , singing , fencing , acrobatics , or mime , be sure they are on this information sheet . |
| 4 | Without a convincing explanation and an insistence that the checks must be done properly , many students will become careless and slap dash when they are on their own and away from close supervision . |
| 5 | For example , the thought ‘ They are on my left ’ does not ‘ succeed ’ as a thought unless I can also have other thoughts such as ‘ If I move to my left they will move to my right ’ , ‘ They are substantial ’ ( that is , not a chimera ) , ‘ They are reachable/not reachable ’ , ‘ They are supported by something ’ , ‘ A large opaque object coming between me and them would render them invisible to me ’ … |
| 6 | Private ‘ lawn ’ graves can also be bought , which are cheaper , because they are on grass , and only a simple headstone can be erected . |
| 7 | And it 's not always easy to respect the author of The Maximus Poems , marred as they are on nearly every page by solecisms and gaucheries , by arbitrary coarseness in diction , punctuation , syntax , lineation . |
| 8 | ‘ They have to account for and justify what clothing they choose to wear , if they are on the Pill , their behaviour , and lifestyle . |
| 9 | They are on the bonnets of the jeeps , some are clinging precariously onto the sides as both vehicles speed away through the farmyard and out into the road . |
| 10 | They are on the side of this new engine for society-breaking . |
| 11 | Consider this : every time a writer/ performer sells an album , their royalty earns them around 60p ( assuming they are on 10 per cent ) . |
| 12 | The suspension settings are stiffer than they are on the Tercel , and with the option of Toyota 's TEMS electronic damping the spec sounds good . |
| 13 | This is speculative but they are on firmer ground when they point out that violent incidents were underreported both by referees in their correspondence with the FA and by the press . |
| 14 | An estimated 40,000 are held by it and other agencies , but since they are on paper , they fall outside the act . |
| 15 | The plastic floats at the top of the net could easily be detected by sonar , but in drift-nets , they are on the surface , where , even if detected , they would not give the dolphin any cause for alarm . |
| 16 | While they are on the ground , it is argued , they pose no danger ; if they fly , most will be shot down . |
| 17 | ‘ They are on the stage ’ , I told him . |
| 18 | The Official Receiver has not heard from the family and has no idea where they are , but assumes they are on the road . |
| 19 | ‘ Highlander 's vision is to make people who feel they are on the margins , believe that they are in the centre . |
| 20 | They are on the road , they are on their way . |
| 21 | They are on the road , they are on their way . |
| 22 | We have lived in Birmingham for 18 months and been totally absorbed in familiarising ourselves with our own local environment , and all I knew of Highgate , Sparkhill , Sparkbrook and Small Heath was where they are on a map . |
| 23 | 85% of the respondents to a recent survey , commissioned by Canon Cameras , stated that the press should be banned from taking photographs of the Royal Family when they are on their private holiday . |
| 24 | He believes the psychology generated in many newspapers is lacking , where the job is treated as a production line with photographers feeling they are on a treadmill . |
| 25 | A great proportion of our farmers , large and small , know in their hearts that they are on the wrong road , but have neither the wisdom nor the courage to strike out on radically new lines . |
| 26 | So long as they are on a well-drained surface above ground-water level , moisture from above will not harm them , and clamps may be built outside anywhere sheltered from strong winds . |
| 27 | ‘ When they are on tour you do n't get wild , post-gig parties . |
| 28 | And , if you do believe in the continuation of the spirit , you have the added comfort of knowing that there is no such thing as ‘ never ’ and that people do not stop loving one another just because they are on different planes . |
| 29 | The figures demonstrate something about the characteristics of people with dementia referred to psychogeriatricians : that they are on average around 80 years of age , mainly women , mainly widowed or single , quite likely to be living alone but not without the involvement of relatives or friends , and with fairly advanced dementia ( assuming that this is the implication of a score of nearly seven on a scale , running from one to ten , designed mainly to measure impairment of memory ) . |
| 30 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |