Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] they [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strictly speaking not all of the measures within these areas fall within the 1992 programme but given their inter-relationship they need to be looked at together . |
| 2 | In spite of their success they seemed to be vulnerable to extirpation in a way that some of the less imaginative molluscs , like the bivalves seemed to be immune . |
| 3 | At first the rebels appealed to the sultan , whose authority they claimed to be upholding against the janissaries . |
| 4 | It was difficult to tell the passage of time , but when Blake opened his eyes they appeared to be within reach of the rising smoke . |
| 5 | so they 're not just making it up out of their heads , it actually , you know , somebody really did a study on this , somebody really put this argument forward erm er partly it 's to , I mean some of the things on those things you ca n't easily get in Aston library anyway , some of the things erm er particularly if they 're references to general , you know , sort of , you know , general bits of the , you know , whatever textbook they seem to be using mostly erm |
| 6 | Should a statutory liquidity ratio be imposed on the banks , or should the banks be allowed to choose whatever ratio they consider to be prudent ? |
| 7 | ‘ He was always very strict with my sisters , about what time they had to be in and clothes and make-up and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 8 | And that 's a lot of dead people … and innocent people , whichever side they happen to be on . ’ |
| 9 | And whichever sort they happen to be , they always think they 're the first of their kind . |