Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb infin] they are " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do think they are important questions . |
| 2 | Where written records do survive they are as a rule woefully incomplete , and for prehistoric communities they are by definition completely absent . |
| 3 | erm schools just do n't help girls to have both and so a lot of the talk about underachievement , and I do n't like that word , amongst girls really ignores the fact that girls are n't underachieving when they do n't go all out for occupational success , when they do n't set their goals very high in schools , they are being very rational because if they do achieve they are going to be faced with immense problems . |
| 4 | Moreover , when they do occur they are more often allowed to operate in territories ( in both a spatial and a policy sense ) in which others ' intervention is limited . |
| 5 | ‘ People do believe they are more attractive than they actually are , ’ said Dr Benson at a Science and Engineering Research Council conference at King 's College , London . |