Example sentences of "[subord] they [be] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rough Trade , for instance , had to dip into the piggy bank to move into the American market , where they 're now said to be pulling out . |
| 2 | Relatively few cost/benefit studies have yet been carried out except in such areas as crop prediction and ocean navigation ( where they are generally shown to be highly advantageous in saving someone else 's money ) . |
| 3 | It was in this role that he removed the relics of the Three Wise Men from Milan , and placed them in Cologne Cathedral , where they are still found to this day . |
| 4 | Speaking only from a base financial standpoint , there is probably no book of which people hold higher hopes than the Bible , and none where they are more doomed to disappointment . |
| 5 | Thus , reading right-wing papers had most effect upon increasing Thatcher 's ratings on the ‘ soft ’ virtues and depressing Kinnock 's ratings on the ‘ hard ’ virtues — that is , on those aspects of each politician 's image where they were generally considered to be at their weakest . |
| 6 | Reading right-wing papers had most effect upon improving Thatcher 's image on the ‘ soft ’ virtues and damaging Kinnock 's image on the ‘ hard ’ virtues — that is , on those aspects of each politician 's image where they were generally considered to be at their weakest . |
| 7 | Switzerland is famous for six cheeses , four of which belong to the semi-hard family , although they are sometimes referred to as hard cheeses . |
| 8 | Previously , Questions had been replied to in the Commons by one of the Law Officers , although they were neither attached to the Lord Chancellor 's Department nor directly subordinate to him . |
| 9 | This is not to deny that the ending of a marriage through death , and through divorce , are in many ways very different experiences , nor that they may be handled differently in families , but the point here is that the idea that kin groups used to be much more stable over time than they are today has to be modified by historical evidence . |
| 10 | Most English wines have a fine fruit structure and a racily crisp freshness , so they are well matched to lightly flavoured fish — especially fish such as trout — and to light poultry dishes . |
| 11 | I mean … when will we know if they 're both going to be able to pull through ? ’ |
| 12 | Often ecosystems become less diverse if they are simply allowed to ‘ settle down ’ . |
| 13 | What is the point of only taking what you need and looking after your resources for the future , if they are simply going to be swiped by somebody else ? |
| 14 | To allow sufficient time in the post for training in investigation techniques and the all-important legal aspects and also for the accumulation of a broad experience at this fairly unusual job , it is desirable to recruit inspectors at a reasonably early period in their career , especially if they are ultimately to rise to supervisory or management positions in the organisation . |
| 15 | But Russell does not distinguish , as McTaggart does , between the Humean ‘ bundle ’ view and the view that mental states belong to the same self if they are causally related to the same body . |
| 16 | There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time . |
| 17 | What this means , and what schools would look like if they were truly dedicated to helping young people become good learners , is explored in Chapter 9 . |
| 18 | This support enables terminals connected to asynchronous ports on the RS/6000 to operate as if they were directly connected to the AIX/ESA system . |
| 19 | Redefinitions of chronology are claimed to be part of the process of improvement of understanding , but may as easily be viewed as an infinite series of alternatives none of which are demonstrably correct unless they are somehow related to the reality of the society in question . |
| 20 | We shall also look at the Cinderellas of settlement studies — hamlets and farmsteads , which have received little attention but are of immense importance because they are widespread and because they are clearly related to both the origins and the decline of villages . |
| 21 | Such discussions not only take an inordinate amount of time ( a subtle form of disobedience ) , but they are subversive because they are so rewarding to the child . |
| 22 | Bernie believes some parts , mainly the rivets , had corroded and so protected the hull because they were tightly bound to the 11 mm steel . |
| 23 | By degrees the British came to dominate this trade , partly because they were so committed to sugar that they were bound to make large purchases of slaves on their own account , partly because their increasingly dominant position at sea meant that they could take the place of the Dutch as general suppliers of slaves for planters in other European colonies who wanted to buy them . |
| 24 | They could n't be allowed to do this , because they were still attached to the creance and might get themselves caught up round the perch . |
| 25 | Such hydration expansion commonly occurs in response to changes in relative humidity which , since they are closely related to temperature , may be diumal . |
| 26 | The spirits can move the instruments , since they are strongly attuned to their protection . |
| 27 | Variables declared i programs of the final type ( VAR x:P ) can never be given a " proper " value ( since they are neither input to nor assigned to ) . |
| 28 | Such associations are , however , infrequent , since they are usually known to us only by accident . |
| 29 | RAWP first used the treatment rates in various categories of disease , but later dropped this since they were strongly related to the availability of the treatment in the region , and thus risked confusing supply factors with need . |
| 30 | The price reduction initially requested may be substantial and may be designed to provoke a reaction from the vendors to test their minimum price and their negotiating strength at this late stage ( i.e. whether they are irrevocably committed to the deal ) . |