Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] they [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If experience shows them to be wrong , as proved by hard evidence of a growing mountain of unmet need , their only honest course will be to fight for more resources and resign if unsuccessful . |
| 2 | If that is not the case , then the returns owing to the investors simply accumulate until circumstances permit them to be paid . |
| 3 | Legal issues are ‘ given ’ Gould argues because Parliament intends them to be decided by the ordinary courts . |
| 4 | Other studies have also shown that many teachers express stereotyped and often contradictory generalizations about black pupils , with some teachers tending to regard Afro-Caribbean pupils as lazy and withdrawn while others thought them to be aggressive and disruptive ; a common stereotype of Asian pupils among teachers is that they are passive and industrious but they and their parents are over-ambitious ( Brittan , 1976 ; Giles , 1977 ; Verma , 1982 ; Lee and Wrench , 1983 ; Swann , 1985 ; Eggleston et al . , |
| 5 | Some longer-term , less detailed targets and stabler financial regimes for services are as necessary as Plowden recognised them to be . |
| 6 | ‘ If the contents were to be known , as Ward wanted them to be known , the results would be catastrophic , ’ Dashwood reminded him . |
| 7 | But changes in legislation — like changes in local government provision — will only be as effective as society permits them to be . |