Example sentences of "they be [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are lots of priests at Manchester United , ’ he said in typical Docherty style , ‘ and some of them are on the board . ’ |
| 2 | I think every , all the benefits should definitely be means tested , I know that most of them are to a degree . |
| 3 | Molecular evidence has shown that the old concept of great apes ( family Pongidae ) , as distinct from humans ( family Hominidae ) , is no longer valid because the African apes and humans are more closely related to each other than any of them are to the orang-utan . |
| 4 | Most of them are of the lancet type particularly associated with the commissioners ' buildings and many — for example , Christ Church , Meadow Lane , Leeds ( 1823–6 , demolished ) and Honley near Huddersfield ( 1842–3 ) — had thin arcade piers of cast iron ; but Chantrell was a serious student of Gothic . |
| 5 | ‘ A lot of them are under the water and you ca n't see them . |
| 6 | Many factors affect the usage , and not all of them are under the control of the textile works . |
| 7 | Some of them are below the level you expect and below the standards we want to provide , ’ it says . |
| 8 | There 's no doubt if you analyze a lot of dreams , that an awful lot of them are as a matter of fact . |
| 9 | Assume for example that Ford and General Motors between them are in a position to buy up the Great Lakes and pollute them as much as they desire in order to reduce the costs against such an action . |
| 10 | It is disturbing to think any of them are in a position of influence in the education field since to a man they seem only capable of talking in cliche-riddled sentences or civil service speak . |
| 11 | Most of them are in no mood for another leadership contest and , in any case , there is no plausible challenger outside the Cabinet . |
| 12 | Most of them are in the name of Thomas Leavy , a cover identity originally provided by the CIA in 1982 and reinforced by the DIA in 1990 for Operation Shakespeare . |
| 13 | So that you may find that all the hesitations are by women , or most of them by women , or most of them are in the pub , or most of them are a after ten at night , or ar you know , you can look at the context in which certain words , certain conversational gambits that some of them use . |
| 14 | ‘ Most of them are in the south of England , which could , in the next 10 years , see the top teams coming from Chichester or Eastbourne , ’ Roberts said . |
| 15 | Many of them are in the south of England , in seats held by Conservative Members of Parliament . |
| 16 | Some of them are in the library . |
| 17 | Yet double , triple and even multiple stars are surprisingly common in space , and some of them are within the range of binoculars or even the naked eye . |
| 18 | Some of them are like a lot of old women . ’ |
| 19 | And therefore in the interim period things had to be you know , you had to treat people fairly in order not to let them be of the belief er that going to er central conference was just an exercise . |
| 20 | Have they been in the fridge ? |
| 21 | prior to the Daily Telegraph article in January nineteen eighty eight , had or or had they been in the habit of spending large amounts of money on national publicity ? |
| 22 | How long does you happen to have in his family , how long have they been in the collection ? |
| 23 | It is an offence for companies to recruit a non-disabled worker when they are below the quota . |
| 24 | Hounds such as the Bassett can be particularly stubborn , especially about returning once they are off the leash . |
| 25 | A DIY breathalyser will soon be able to tell drivers if they are over the limit — but police say it ca n't be trusted . |
| 26 | Drivers will simply blow into a cigarette-sized tube and if chemical crystals inside turn blue it shows that they are over the limit . |
| 27 | We are not interested in them as such ( they are outside the boundary of the investigation ) , but we are interested in what they give . |
| 28 | I 'm saying as a matter of fact they are outside the equation , and that 's what 's wrong , because they 're certainly not upper class , they 're not middle class , but nor are they working class , are they ? |
| 29 | Marginal implies that squatters are outside the system , rather than a part of it and , therefore , that they are outside the class structure . |
| 30 | Now I could write a book on Workers I have known and they are worth a mention here , because I can not think of any other branch of agriculture , but organics , where people will almost pay to work for you . |