Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [am/are] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's not just the animals they 're cruel to . |
| 2 | Derry with two drummers and four fluters and a bass drummer and no it 's the truth supposed to have er cut down the size of the and for triangles they 're supposed to be er cut right to two spoons . |
| 3 | People use the word ‘ stress ’ to refer to both the external pressures and demands they are subject to , and the effects that such stressful circumstances have on their performance , feelings and health . |
| 4 | In frontier areas they are critical to our ability to win access . |
| 5 | At the end of their lives they are subject to hard copying , and the only thing which remains on-line is a record of the fact that they existed and the reference into the hard copy system for long term reference . |
| 6 | Where these opportunities are ignored by domestic companies they are likely to be exploited by those from overseas . |
| 7 | It 's no secret that those guerrilla bands contain a fair proportion of characters who are just as undesirable as the dictatorial governments they 're supposed to be fighting and who would have no hesitation in disposing of those $60,000 missiles , at a fraction of their cost , to any passing terrorists who , in turn , would have no hesitation in loosing off one of those missiles at a passing Boeing 747 , preferably one packed with five hundred American citizens . |
| 8 | It 's just that we have n't got any resistance to the kind of germs they 're used to . |
| 9 | Unless preference shareholders are expressly granted participating rights they are unlikely to be entitled to share in any way in the ‘ equity ’ or to have voting rights except in narrowly prescribed circumstances . |
| 10 | But if the cultural materialists , unlike the more fastidious new historicists , cheerfully ignore the theoretical consequences of Foucault 's work for many Marxist concepts , in other ways they are closer to him insofar as they make clear in their work their own political priorities and commitments . |
| 11 | Sex is a sensitive barometer of stress for many people : they lose interest , their bodies stop responding in the ways they are supposed to , or they find themselves feeling unusually ( and perhaps embarrassingly ) sexual . |
| 12 | It may be that there is literally nothing they can say about it in the terms they are accustomed to using . |
| 13 | Are individual Japanese so decidedly group orientated by cultural tradition or is it that ‘ in many cases they are loyal to their groups because it pays to be loyal ’ ( Befu 1977 p. 87 ) ? |
| 14 | Ants make fearsome enemies , but as friends they are second to none . |
| 15 | Koontz , O'Donnell and Weihrich formulate the principle that ‘ since people tend to follow those whom they see as a means of satisfying their own personal goals , the more managers understand what motivates their subordinates and how these motivations operate , and the more they reflect this understanding in carrying out their managerial actions , the more effective leaders they are likely to be . ’ |
| 16 | Having a baby usually means not being able to have a job as well so most young mothers have to make do with the various state benefits they are entitled to . |
| 17 | ( Presenter ) Many elderly people have paid into pensions etc for years , is n't it their right to have all the benefits they 're entitled to ? |
| 18 | Too often pupils are put off by material which is dull , linguistically unsuitable , and which bears little resemblance to the colourful storybooks they are used to . |
| 19 | Indeed , one of Dunleavy 's key themes is the central role of state professionals and bureaucracies defending their own material positions , if necessary at the expense of the public services they are supposed to be providing . |
| 20 | Gender difference indicates that people will be admitted to care at a point when for older women they are likely to be frail and dependent , whereas men are admitted earlier when they are fitter , and may live longer in a home , settling more comfortably ( Willcocks , 1986 , p. 151 ) . |
| 21 | In their tasks they are answerable to the VPK , the Central Committee and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers for Defence Production . |
| 22 | That way , such banks can reassure shareholders of takeover targets that the shares they are likely to be offered in payment are backed by rock-solid assets . |
| 23 | Though they serve as parent representatives they are unlikely to be representative parents typical of the average parent at the school so they need to be encouraged to become involved in as many of the schools activities as possible , not only to gauge parental feelings and attitudes but energetically to engage in identifying ways of improving the school 's performance . |
| 24 | Employees ' attitudes to relocation may well improve once they have learned what expenses they are entitled to under such policies . |