Example sentences of "they [be] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Directors are treated as being in a position analogous to that of trustees , so powers conferred upon them are given to them in a fiduciary capacity . |
| 2 | Where an employer seeks to impose new terms , he necessarily faces the problem of the previously bargained contract of employment and must initially show a sound good business reason to justify the changes when dismissals resulting from refusals to accept them are assessed for their fairness . |
| 3 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 4 | Both of them are captivated by what I shall call ‘ the myth of the sense behind the sentence ‘ . |
| 5 | Most of them are tilted in their orbits at an identical angle to Earth 's ( the exception being the inner and outer two planets ) , proving that they have all evolved together . |
| 6 | ‘ It is ordered … that the defendants or one or other of them be restrained by themselves or their servants and agents from selling disposing or otherwise dealing with seeking to sell dispose or deal with the premises at 220 , Westbourne Grove , London , W.11 . |
| 7 | and I think we must recognise that it is only that many of the questions and questionnaire had they been displayed of what they wanted to propose . |
| 8 | Many of the girls who had been in her class at school , had they been told about it , would have scoffed at the coyness and naïvety of Marie 's fantasy . |
| 9 | They are worn with their roots intact and if the hydrogel is watered , the shamrock will continue growing . |
| 10 | They are worn by our guests . |
| 11 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 12 | If they originate from some person of eminence they have , of course , additional prestige ; but they are prized in their own right because many are beautiful in themselves and are representative of their time and place . |
| 13 | If the figures are moving , they are perceived as what they are . |
| 14 | Improvements to animal welfare and the environment can only come about if they are perceived by us to have added value , and this means that the animals must continue to work for their living and we must accept the short-term economic consequences of working towards explainable , more humane , agriculture . |
| 15 | I have great pleasure in proposing the honorary officers for appointment as they are printed on your order paper . |
| 16 | ACET is a church-based organisation whose primary concern is practical care rather than counselling , and so these areas are only covered if they are raised by our clients . |
| 17 | They are fascinated by it and she is picking up French fast , compensating for five months out of school . |
| 18 | And they are abused in their own homes by relatives and carers , and the response of the government , in the shape of Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley , is that this is not ‘ a major problem ’ . |
| 19 | If she starts talking about sexual matters they may jump in hastily , saying , ‘ Do n't talk about that ’ without explaining why they are disturbed by what she has said . |
| 20 | The work may differ , but they are united in their admiration for the skill of the human hand and the imagination which drives them . |
| 21 | They are funded by your council and will thus have a say in things . |
| 22 | Rhetorical questions work , then , when they are answered in what follows , and so long as they are not over-used . |
| 23 | If two persons agree that the price of property should be fixed by a valuer on whom they agree , and he gives that valuation honestly and in good faith , they are bound by it . |
| 24 | If the patient had the requisite capacity , they are bound by his decision . |
| 25 | Many of those applicants do not understand the system and they are misled about their applications . |
| 26 | If they differ only in what they are made of he says : ‘ Mahmah ’ , which is his version of ‘ Matter ’ . |
| 27 | They admit they are baffled by their findings because they have been unable to discover a common link to all the tragic cases . |
| 28 | Individuals are regularly asked about their perceptions of the economy as a whole , about inflation and unemployment levels ; then they are asked about their household finances in particular , their expectations of buying consumer durables and their attitudes towards saving . |
| 29 | More importantly , they are locked into their own epistemic community , composed of others who are working in the same subject areas . |
| 30 | By lifting these and other examples out of the compelling context of the stories in which they are embedded and analysing just how they are weaved in you will probably be able to see how , in the compelling story you are contemplating , a similar device can be used . |