Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they are [adv] " in BNC.

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1 As part of our routine annual review of allocations , we shall continue to consider how best to ensure that funds are targeted where they are most needed .
2 But there are other causes of bad conditions as well as overcrowding : many prisons are old and decaying , and the newer prisons have often turned out to be so badly designed that they are not a noticeable improvement .
3 Although Prime Ministers may from time to time use words which suggest that they are not unwilling to exercise their power of appointment , in recent times there is no direct evidence that they have done so .
4 The functional characteristics of these two strong promoters suggest that they are not optimized for a tight and stable RNA polymerase binding .
5 One would expect such issues to be handled in the training , both pre- and in-service , of all teachers , but our collective experiences and the responses received to the main LITE questionnaire suggest that they are not .
6 However , Interactionists suggest that they are less frequently and vigorously applied .
7 Nor do his choral forces always suggest that they are home in the idiom .
8 Mortality statistics , too , are not restricted to the unemployed : how do we know that they are not indicating greater health problems in the population as a whole during times of economic difficulty ?
9 " The Ingard board must know that they are nearly at the end of the road .
10 I work amongst the elderly and I do know that they are very shy about telling people just how poor they are .
11 If it is accepted that we are in possession of logically adequate criteria of particular-identification , I do not see how one could deny that such criteria are ever fulfilled ; for how else would we know that they are indeed adequate ?
12 They include , to give just a few examples , realizing that they have re-read the same page of a book three times without taking any of it in ; nearly getting knocked over crossing the road ; yelling ‘ Tie ! ’ at a pupil they do n't know ; noticing that they are both reading a magazine and watching the television while having their evening meal ; spotting the line of empty wine bottles that has accrued since the weekend .
13 Sexual problems of the child may stem from any of the above considerations , although it must again be stressed that they are not inevitable .
14 Visitors are respectfully reminded that they are not permitted to feed any of the animals , this would spoil their carefully balanced diet .
15 Above all , to what extent can clinicians be persuaded to accept that they are financially and managerially accountable for their decisions ?
16 He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’
17 Children in the ‘ top ’ set for mathematics quickly come to know that they are more capable than those in the ‘ bottom ’ set .
18 There is obviously something wrong with a portrayal of children as totally lacking in reason until they leap out of bed on their tenth birthday announcing that they are now able to act on principle .
19 Consider the facts : there are about 3,000 architects in Scotland ; workloads have declined by as much as 60 per cent ; and some firms report that they are only half the size they were just two years ago .
20 While seeking to understand the opposition , the buyers should recognise that they are probably their own most formidable adversaries .
21 This means that they will recognise that they are not intended to commit themselves to all of the implicatures they had derived .
22 He has refused , so far , to bring the Moroccan troops home , but has issued a pamphlet explaining that they are not under allied command , and will not attack Iraq .
23 The Soviet Union has reclassified three army divisions , all with heavy equipment , as naval forces , and has claimed that they are thereby excluded from the terms of the treaty : a trick the West calls cheating .
24 It can be added that they are not mysteries , not discontinuities , not small or large miracles , and so on .
25 Individuals paying less than £2,400 a year in free-standing AVCs will not normally need to involve their employer but just have to certify that they are not paying more than 15 per cent of their earnings in total contributions .
26 Such distinctions are valuable only , I believe , once we realise that they are not alternative , but , rather , mutually supportive .
27 Do these general practitioners not realise that they are about to see a major drop in their incomes ?
28 In addition to supporting CCITT standards , the companies say that they are also aiming for compatibility with the US Advanced Intelligent Network specifications .
29 American negotiators say that they are not even talking the same language as the Community on farm support .
30 In Newham , there are 519 young people without a job ; 58 say that they are not interested , so that means that 451 are seeking a YT place .
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