Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] [conj] they [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The weather influences the actual location of the rabbits and it helps determine whether they are underground or on the surface .
2 I work amongst the elderly and I do know that they are very shy about telling people just how poor they are .
3 There are plenty of books in most libraries explaining building construction and the Buildings Regulations in simple terms , but do ensure that they are not out of date .
4 They will have lost little time if we do decide that they are too specialist .
5 Thus ministers no longer feel that the doctrine exposes them to special risks in the House but , by confining all the advice of the departments to ministers , it does ensure that they are so much better informed and briefed than their critics .
6 I note that the CIOSC reports were available from HMSO at prices between 3/ , ( 15p ) and 4/6d ( 22.5p ) — one does wonder if they are still available from some ‘ back number ’ store of ancient documents ?
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