Example sentences of "[adv] they [am/are] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes so they 're actually the least attractive bit of the dress , I think is the fastening and the boning underneath . |
| 2 | If we look at Figure 4.6 , which represents a trip to the supermarket , it suggests that by the time the person leaves home they are already a little anxious about the trip perhaps as a result of their previous difficulties with this task . |
| 3 | In their natural state , tropical forests , especially tropical rainforests , are among the most productive of the earth 's ecosystems producing two or three times as much organic matter per unit area ( e.g. ) than temperate or boreal forests ( typically ) and as numerous writers have pointed out they are also the most diverse ecosystems in terms of numbers of plant and animal species ( P W Richards 1986 , Walker 1986 ) . |
| 4 | He agrees that if public services expand then something in the industrial sector must decrease — profits or investment — but ‘ it does not follow that the former is the cause of the latter ’ ; rather they are both the joint results of the non-competitiveness of British goods in the international market . |
| 5 | Well they are simply the most direct spontaneous images drawn from his personal drama , which had little to do with the war . |
| 6 | Well they 're probably a bit shocked now cos they 've got clean water . |
| 7 | Yeah well they 're just a family business . |
| 8 | Er and solicitors well they 're there the point is about the solicitors among other things they can er mediate when you have the sort of family who are going to fallout and I 'm afraid people do have families that are going to fall out . |
| 9 | Unfortunately they 're also the worst set as well . |
| 10 | Maybe they are only a crime problem and not the crime problem . |
| 11 | If there are lessons that can be drawn from the past four years then they are probably the following . |
| 12 | Their slogan says ‘ unique by a thousand miles ’ and indeed they are around a thousand miles ( 1600 kilometres ) from the coast of Africa . |
| 13 | And , but i i he , next year when they 're both a year older , you know |
| 14 | Recent surveys show that sausages , chips and burgers are still favourites with children yet they 're just the type of foods we 're being told to cut down on . |
| 15 | Bitterness and hatred are only self-destructive , yet they are often the chosen path . |
| 16 | The monuments in our care are the best and they have survived for specific reasons — yet they are only the tip the iceberg of our archaeological inheritance . |
| 17 | He opposed the privatisations , yet they are now the two greatest flag carriers in the Northern Ireland economy . |
| 18 | Hoovers , vacuum cleaners , call them what you will , may be the answer to the houseworker 's prayer but more unexpectedly they are also the source of unparalleled gratification for a surprising number of randy old men . |