Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] be [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Placings were the most popular method of issue over 1985–89 , although the average size at £6m was considerably smaller than offers for sale and tenders at £62.3 and £32.8 million respectively , reflecting the fact that smaller companies tend to go for placings as they tend to be cheaper ( see Table 11.2 ) and placings have also become more popular as a result of the requirements for the size of company using a placing being relaxed after Big Bang . |
| 2 | In general , when male animals compete for the attention of females , the biggest males are most likely to be successful ; therefore , as Darwin observed , in species where the males compete , they tend to be bigger than females , as in baboons or in most species of seal . |
| 3 | In general , however , they tend to be higher among those born outside the UK than for UK born mothers . |
| 4 | The size and shape of the individual motifs vary considerably , but as a general rule , they tend to be larger and bolder in village and nomadic rugs , and smaller and more delicate in workshop items . |
| 5 | Yes , and they tend to be larger cars . |
| 6 | Maturities vary but they tend to be longer than those for conventional stocks ; only three of the 13 stocks outstanding at end-September , 1991 had maturity dates before the end of the century and several still had terms to maturity in excess of 20 years . |
| 7 | This group will be discussed further in chapter 5 ; here it is sufficient to note that they tend to be older people and those with higher incomes . |
| 8 | The ventral interradial areas are covered with plates similar to those of the dorsal surface except they tend to be smaller , many also carry rugose spinelets . |
| 9 | Where such studies make use of the survey , they tend to be smaller in scale and more analytic in scope using directed samples . |
| 10 | Differentials do exist between blue- and white-collar workers , but they appear to be narrower than in most Western companies , and they are seen to be justified by different educational qualifications . |
| 11 | ‘ The king having said this , ill present , both great and small , gave their assent , and renouncing the more imperfect institution resolved to conform to that which they found to be better . ’ |
| 12 | No they seemed to be fairer than some of the lairds was . |
| 13 | They claim to be nearer than us to the European consensus , but they are as far from reality as they ever were . |
| 14 | What they pleaded for was further experimentation and what they hoped was that the new techniques and acting styles could be extended to other types of films . |
| 15 | Milla also said she steered away from romance with actors and models ‘ because they try to be prettier than me ’ . |
| 16 | Samples also came from 27 butchers and 27 delis in Leeds , Reading and South London — and they proved to be worse . |
| 17 | For a start they had to be brawnier than the old stalwarts had been . |
| 18 | ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 . |