Example sentences of "[adv] they be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I doubt very much they 're hidden under your pillow . ’
2 In this instance the objective is not just a winning result ; it is also to leave the volunteer workers with an awareness not only of their importance , but of the value of the contribution they have made and how much they are appreciated by the ‘ roadies ’ and the candidates passing through .
3 Apparently they were used in restaurants , skating-rinks , and similar venues .
4 Rightly they are discriminated against !
5 Or perhaps they 're attracted by New York State 's international business atmosphere .
6 The oblong block markers are n't centrally positioned either ; perhaps they 're meant to be offset as well …
7 Perhaps they were justified in recalling early days in makeshift cinemas and perhaps they had to mingle with the masses as they went in search of Chaplin movies , but they must have been aware that prestigious down-town and suburban theatres were now largely being patronized , not exclusively by a lumpenproletariat , but rather by a mix of social classes and perhaps above all by young people who were moving up the social scale into more respectable occupations .
8 Perhaps they were disturbed by alarming reports from France , where the noble philosophical aims of Liberty , Equality and Fraternity were beginning to be taken a little too far .
9 Perhaps they were cloistered at home or in one of the wig shops .
10 Perhaps they were influenced by the ghoulish sets and sound effects , Christopher Lee 's cape and the ‘ blood capsules ’ they bought to disgust their pals .
11 He said and I do n't think that they were meant to be perhaps they were meant to be in order of importance .
12 Survival of these roots may have been enhanced by greater lignification and/or suberization of cortical or epidermal cells , or perhaps they were located in resource-rich microsites .
13 Fortunately many nature reserves and other wildlife refuges are situated on land of little agricultural value ; and many farmers can still be persuaded to retain important and irretrievable landscape features if only they are informed of their unique significance .
14 At Pan Am , only the chairman and chief executive officer , Thomas G. Plaskett ; the senior vice president , legal , John Lindsey , and Gregory W. Buhler , deputy general counsel , were allowed to read it , and only they were advised of Shaughnessy 's decision to subpoena government records .
15 So they were appointed under the seal of office of the seneschal , not the great seal of England .
16 So they were left with a tantalising hint : heat , yes ; neutrons , no .
17 It is only when one has haunted the markets of France and the food shops in the country towns and villages , watched the housewives doing their shopping , listened to them discussing their purchases at the pâtisseries and the charcuteries that one realizes how much less they are tied to their kitchens than we had always been led to suppose .
18 The text ends with the words ‘ for although at strict law the heirs should be held by no action to build a monument , none the less they are compelled by pontifical or imperial authority to observance of the last wishes [ of the deceased ] ’ .
19 When 2 or 3 of these central forms are joined together they are referred to as pole medallions ( pls 1,2 ) .
20 Nevertheless they are constrained from deploying the usual wind-up techniques by their overriding concern to justify their actions and attitudes to someone who disapproved of them but whom they perceived to be in a position to influence their situation for better or worse .
21 Nevertheless they were held to be in contempt but , the strike having collapsed , no penalty was imposed .
22 Certainly some melodies are the result of pure inspiration , but more normally they are conceived in moments of clear vision , probably with only fragmentary suggestions .
23 It is noteworthy that Martin is described in the inventory as a ‘ Mâitre facteur d'instruments ’ , a designation rarely found for the Hotteterres ; normally they are named in documents according to their official titles as musicians to the court .
24 Normally they are constrained by what 's on the touring market . ’
25 They were carried on four pairs , of which the two middle ones were fixed , whereas to move sideways in a radial direction when going round a curve , though normally they were held in a straight line with the fixed wheels by a pair of springs in compression .
26 Soon they are joined by the supporting cast taking sides .
27 As usual after Anne and Sarah went into the parlour to play records , and soon they were joined by Mick and John , but the conversation was still general .
28 Sophie welcomed her warmly and pulled out a chair for the plastered leg to stretch out on , and soon they were joined by Helen .
29 Very soon they were acquired by a developer and are now being marketed as individual office units .
30 Thus they are seen in full stature , their crests being 3000 feet above the road , in an upthrust of unremitting steepness without a single weakness to encourage ascent .
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