Example sentences of "[subord] the [noun pl] be [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the patterns are formed they direct attention and organise the perception of the present . |
| 2 | Once the vertebrates were established they quickly acquired hard parts displaying great complexity when compared with most invertebrate phyla ( we should except the arthropods , perhaps ) . |
| 3 | If the drains are blocked they will undoubtedly smell , but there will be other symptoms of the blockage as well . |
| 4 | When the Prime Minister said on Tuesday that if the Conservatives were re-elected they would not increase VAT , was he giving the House and the country a categorical assurance ? |
| 5 | The total numbers of students involved would be of a hundred a year and if the courses are to start they will require the approval of the Secretary of State . |
| 6 | If the debt is still not paid 14 days after the goods are seized they can be sold . |
| 7 | The finished case is thrown upon the floor ; the long narrow strip which is to form the frame of the drawer is laid upon the bright strip of ready-pasted paper , then bent together and joined by an overlapping bit of paper ; the edges of paper below are bent flat , the ready-cut bottom is dropped in and pressed down and before the fingers are withdrawn they fold over the upper edges of the paper inside the top . |
| 8 | Although it may be correct to say that when the Accounts were audited they ‘ gave ’ a true and fair view of the company 's financial position it is difficult to say whether or not they now ‘ give ’ a true and fair view . |
| 9 | When the wheels were finished they taped them to the four corners of t ] he bed and Mum spread the red blanket over the covers . |
| 10 | They 'd hear it th th they would n't erm they 'd know through the agent , when the ships were coming they used to make it their business to go and find out you see but today th they even got telephones on the houses now so they can call 'em out . |
| 11 | Ward says when the forms are revised they will also include more questions about sexual abuse and the therapeutic work being undertaken . |
| 12 | This will ensure that when the invoices are received they will be relatively easy to code and will not need splitting between different cost centres . |
| 13 | When the rabbits are bolted they emerge from the exit holes — and entrances too — at some speed . |
| 14 | When the messages were decoded they emerged as apparently meaningless blocks of letters , and these were passed on to the linguists in Hut 3 who turned them into intelligible German . |
| 15 | When the stockings were completed they were both wide and long and shrunk to size on wooden boards . |
| 16 | When the ringleaders were captured they were tried by a special Assize Commission in Chichester in January 1749 ; judges and witnesses were protected by troops of soldiers who were also detailed to prevent a feared rescue attempt by large bands of smugglers which did not materialise . |
| 17 | Mr Caterall said that when the men were arrested they claimed they were hunting for foxes . |
| 18 | As fast as the packages are unloaded they are checked with the consignment notes , trundled off to weighing machines for their weight to be recorded , and are then conveyed to the decks or platforms convenient to the spot where they will be loaded later in the day . |
| 19 | As the dividends are paid they can be reinvested , and hence interest can be earned . |