Example sentences of "[conj] they be the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Virgin had , to a large extent , been built on Branson 's abilities at man-management and manipulation — his unrivalled capacity , as one friend put it , ‘ to get people to do things for him , and feel that they are the ones who have been done a favour ’ .
2 It 's time people gave some of our youngsters the credit for realising the state the country is in and knowing that they are the ones who are going to have to put it right — and are prepared to work hard to do so .
3 ( " most men like people to see that they are the ones who do the paying " )
4 In the first place , the rules by which the group lives will not form a system , but will simply be a set of separate standards , without any identifying or common mark , except of course that they are the rules which a particular group of human beings accepts .
5 As we now contemplate our strategy for the years ahead , let us never forget that they are the people who sit huddled outside , waiting for us to get it right . ’
6 Objective I is aimed at stressing to parents that they are the people who will solve the problem and that no-one else can solve it for them .
7 There can be no question but that the people of Belfast are showing , by returning day after day to work , to shop and to enjoy themselves in Belfast , that they are the people who are succeeding .
8 The trouble with the system was that they were the ones who never did .
9 Most British recording artists write their own material , so they are the composers who are signed to publishing companies .
10 We all basically have flushes , sweats , depression and various other problems , but basically the ladies who present with flushes and sweats are the ladies who in fact get help for ladies who do n't present with flushes and sweats finish up as osteoporotic and they 're the ones we are very concerned about !
11 Martin 's an architect and and it actually probably would be you know it might be a good thing to actually sort of provoke a question with architects because they do specify these things and they 're the ones who actually say you know right we 'll specify hardwood .
12 They 're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do , like die for them and work for them and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys , and they 're the ones who 'll survive another big war , in their bunkers and tunnels .
13 And they 're the ones you need to watch
14 Alright , so learn those but also learn the ones that you got wrong this time , you 've got , you had one , two , three , four , five , six there , one after the after , in fact you had seven almost in that list there , and they 're the ones you 've really got to learn Lucy , right , right , so let's erm
15 And they 're the specialists we 're not .
16 But even so , the government are still the people in charge , and they 're the people who should er , make a final decision or not , er , er , is n't it ?
17 and they 're doing it again and again and again , it suits them , it suits the ones that are really rich to have ordinary people struggling like that and it suits them not to have that two hundred pounds a week going in to help those people and they 're the people who it suits who will decide whether that two hundred pounds a week goes to help on the mortgage or put them into what is it , a bed and , a bed and breakfast ?
18 He went on to emphasise the importance of the national veto and said : ’ When I urged that there should be democratic control , I had in mind that Ministers are the representatives of their Governments and they are the ones who take the decisions .
19 I liked the sound he was getting and so I got some and they are the ones I 'm still using now . ’
20 ‘ My best bikes are over here and they are the ones I shall be using in the world championship .
21 At the moment , we have no way of knowing and , although the report is now public property , its contents during preparation and its final contents are determined entirely by those paying the bill — and they are the promoters who have every interest in avoiding drawing attention to anything that could be used against them when the Bill is debated publicly or scrutinised in the House on Second Reading , Report or in the Special Select Committee or the Standing Committee .
22 I mean we could n't move from one end of the hub to the other for that , and they are the people who are excellent at doing that sort of business are n't they ?
23 Only a few authorities have been treated in this fashion and they are the councils which have substantially exceeded government targets for local expenditure .
24 The tenants were the people who knew the district intimately from years of experience living and farming there and they were the ones who made the decisions in the manor court .
25 Most of them looked cold and miserable , and they were the men who had bought meals there when they could afford to do so , men who had helped build up the business .
26 If they 're the ones who wear funny hats , Charity , I 've seen them too . ’
27 Well if they 're the ones who wanted to camp I think you should go in there , you should er go in the
28 I ’ Clubs must look at the players they are registering and decide if they are the type we want in the League , ’ he said .
29 Perhaps they assume that if they are the customer they will be liable for their clients ' obligations as principal .
30 That 's what they led us to believe anyway , even if they were the ones who had most of the food and clothes .
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