Example sentences of "that they be [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The occult power of dictators does n't lie in the fact that they 're clever they 're frequently quite limited , and I think Milosevic is a very limited man but in the fact that they can draw a great number of people and even whole nations into the circle of their mad ideas . |
| 2 | The car is generally occupied by an idiot or two gazing strictly ahead either with expressions that lead you to think that they are convinced they are doing everyone else a favour , or that they are only sitting down because they have insufficient brain to walk and chew gum at the same time . |
| 3 | Anyone who complains that they are convinced they programmed their machine correctly but it wo n't read , should try this solution too , as static electricity can cause computer chips to misread instructions and if it 's bad enough , static electricity can destroy data held on disc . |
| 4 | This might include shifting the burden of proof so that defendants have to satisfy the jury that they were sure they were not trading on illicit information . |
| 5 | And when they were later approached by the police they claimed that they were unaware they were being arrested . |
| 6 | Their replies to my questions may not be those that I had in mind , but by telling them that they were incorrect I would probably have ensured that they would not be so willing to answer again . |
| 7 | It was the babies you see that they were Well you had to have the doctor to you . |