Example sentences of "be the things that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The things they have in common , or critical attributes , are the things that help us to define a concept , which in turn helps us to identify further examples of that class of things . |
| 2 | These are the things that make us afraid , and we build ourselves secure places so as that we ca n't or do n't have any need to be afraid . |
| 3 | To have both a family and interesting work means a terrible struggle , and yet I think that those are the things that make for human happiness . |
| 4 | Cos these are the things that cause . |
| 5 | And we 've now reached a situation in which there 's something over twenty percent of our streets is multiple occupation , erm and this is noise and other activities in relation to that are the things that cause the sort of low level of concern , and this was just the peak on top of that of major aggravation . |
| 6 | Those things on which attention is focussed regularly are the things that get done . |
| 7 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 8 | More dangerous than the drug itself are the things that come with it . |
| 9 | Er many of us remember Gordon in the sixties working with a small group to get this place built thirty years on does he feel the playhouse is doing what he then hoped for and if not what are the things that have changed it ? |
| 10 | Shallow people ( who eat in nasty restaurants ) do not know that these are the things that matter . |
| 11 | Those are the things that occurred to me . |
| 12 | they 're the things that 's got to fit in , no they 're not |
| 13 | Cos I know they 're the things that seem |
| 14 | But these were the things that made life worth living . |
| 15 | And these were the things that did |
| 16 | It 's the things that go with them . |