Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [verb] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the steps they perform are the traditional ‘ hauling up the anchor , paying out the rope , hoisting the flag , going on lookout after climbing the rigging ’ and , of course , ‘ taking the salute ’ — a little haphazardly . |
| 2 | Among the subjects they cover are the role and responsibilities of trustees and management committees and advice on how to make successful grant applications . |
| 3 | The relationship between Jacques and his Master is founded on a tacit agreement that the roles they occupy are the reverse of what they appear to be , but when Jacques tries to articulate this he risks losing his power which depends on its going unacknowledged . |
| 4 | Another aspect of the scene which cheapens the quality of the emotions they express is the presence of Pandarus . |
| 5 | The only suitable families they knew were the Trants , the Rices and the Hoares over at Castlegregory , and the sons of these families were all inextricably involved in the conflicts between the English Lord Deputy and the Irish earls . |
| 6 | The main problems they pose are the excessive patronage they confer on the politicians and officials who establish them and make appointments to them , ‘ their frustration of the implementation of public policies , their financial irresponsibility and their erosion of democratic accountability and control ’ ( Jones , 1982a , p. 924 ) . |
| 7 | Increasingly , skilled counterfeiting has led to some high street stores selling goods they believed were the real thing , only to find they 'd been had . |
| 8 | Among the things they criticized were the arrogant behaviour of Party leaders , their lenient treatment when misdemeanours came to light , the fact that ‘ the awaited purge in the Party had not taken place ’ , the wringing of money out of the people in constant collections , and the ‘ large , elegant cars ’ in which Party functionaries travelled to and from work . |
| 9 | Many of the predators mentioned in the previous section function equally well as scavengers ( Hewson , 1981 ) , and the modifications they produce are the same as if they had been the primary predators . |
| 10 | They only possessions they had were the travel-weary clothes they stood up in . |
| 11 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 12 | The moments they portray are the life of the next world , for the Egyptians saw paradise as an idealized version of their own lives along the banks of the Nile . |
| 13 | Experience has shown that , although all of them are readers , few if any have noticed that the design of the documents they read is the product of a rational process , let alone developed an awareness of what such a process involves . |
| 14 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |
| 15 | The paddles they used were the very narrow bladed ones like the Inuit sea kayak paddles . |