Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] they are [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK and France have always accused each other of malpractice , the UK claiming that the French are the most protectionist country in Europe ; the French say that they are simply more open about it , and that the UK is just as bad . |
| 2 | They continue to argue for what no one else is prepared to offer and they are wholly isolated in a fantasy world . |
| 3 | I do not know any ( secondary ) school teachers who , in private , are not willing to say that they are substantially dissatisfied with the job that schools are doing , for at least a substantial proportion of pupils . |
| 4 | Although best buys may be easy to spot as they are regularly listed by several financial advisers , Chase de Vere warns : ‘ Please remember that all GIBs are ‘ limited offers ’ and the best buys are likely to be fully subscribed . ’ |
| 5 | Looking at the Pointers , apparently side by side in the sky , it is not easy to appreciate that they are quite unconnected with each other . |
| 6 | As you watch a buzzard quartering the ground , it 's easy to think that they are very lazy birds . |
| 7 | However , couple contracts are more likely to succeed if they are not directly reciprocal . |
| 8 | All women 's organizations are quick to explain that they are not fighting against men , but with them , for a more just and democratic society . |
| 9 | I am glad to say that they are now in Wales . |
| 10 | Criminals are not supposed to reveal that they are as human as the rest of us ! |
| 11 | The ‘ underclass ’ is what the working poor become when they are not employed . |
| 12 | Usually this is because they got ready before the rain started falling and are unable to see that they are not going to stay up unless they wait until the shower has passed . |
| 13 | The people are bright , reasonably well educated and unusually patriotic considering that they are invariably descended from a mix of European and African Negro forebears . |
| 14 | How on earth does he expect the exile clubs of London Scottish and Irish to survive if they are not included in the English league system ? |
| 15 | Smith suggests that ‘ the concept of policy denotes … deliberate choice of action or inaction , rather than the effects of interrelating forces ’ : he emphasizes ‘ inaction ’ and reminds us that ‘ attention should not focus exclusively on decisions which produce change , but must also be sensitive to those which resist change and are difficult to observe because they are not represented in the policy-making process by legislative enactment ’ . |
| 16 | Circular temples are often difficult to identify unless they are clearly differentiated from their domestic counterparts . |
| 17 | ‘ On average I suppose it 's fair to say that they are down here once every three months so we know exactly what they want and how to give it to them . ’ |
| 18 | Most of the ontogenetic patterns occur early enough in life and are sufficiently strongly marked and stereotyped to suggest that they are genetically canalized . |
| 19 | The pleasant natural scents make them agreeable to use and they are very reasonable in price . |
| 20 | It has made physically handicapped people keen to stress that they are not mentally handicapped , not stupid . |
| 21 | It may be more true to say that they are not over-stocked , which is a different matter entirely . |
| 22 | The fact that nationalized industries make losses is not sufficient to prove that they are not minimizing costs or that they are producing the wrong output from society 's view-point . |