Example sentences of "they [verb] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , it is logical that models which can yield an investment strategy capable of beating a process of random selection and ‘ buy-and-hold ’ would not be published until they ceased to be profitable for their creators . |
| 2 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 3 | As the police in both countries in recent years have relied increasingly on notions of professionalism to defend themselves against political attack , so police organizations have asserted themselves more publicly to promote not only their own organization , but also particular policies regarding law and order which they deem to be necessary . |
| 4 | In other words , airlines are to be able to compete freely , charging fares they judge to be appropriate , so long as these are not predatory and the result of cross-subsidisation . |
| 5 | In school , teachers show what they expect of children in terms of work and behaviour , they provide models for children by their own conduct and they feed back to children what they judge to be acceptable performance . |
| 6 | For this reason , the diaries of prominent politicians , such as those of Richard Crossman or Harold Wilson , have to be read with some scepticism , as they tend to be self-justificatory . |
| 7 | In contrast , forms of self-evaluation can be located towards the ‘ soft ’ pole because they tend to be internal , informal , descriptive , process-orientated and holistic in their mode of assessment . |
| 8 | They tend to be European , though , or Europeanized Egyptians and expect the social style of a club on the Riviera . |
| 9 | early adopters — the next 13.5% ; these people are critical in the process , since they tend to be influential , and are the people willing to be influenced by external information ( such as advertising ) . |
| 10 | They tend to be young , and they tend to be male . |
| 11 | The Galloway cows have wide pelvises and calve easily , even to Charolais and Romagnola bulls , and they respond well to quiet handling and familiarity , though naturally they tend to be shy if left alone in the hills . |
| 12 | I have my idols , too , but they tend to be real people , not film stars or anything . |
| 13 | Once you go through reception they do n't know what you 're like , or what your background is , but they tend to be rough with you and push you and see how far they can go — and most of the girls crack . |
| 14 | They tend to be lush period pieces set in Amazonia with Spanish , Italian , French , British or even American actors in the lead roles . |
| 15 | Almost all of the plankton feeding fish for the aquarium are carnivorous and because their food is comprised of small live zooplankton they tend to be small also , and often shy species . |
| 16 | There are several obvious flowers , such as forget-me-nots , which can either be used as a spray or individually , and wild flowers are often useful as they tend to be small . |
| 17 | Currently they tend to be small scale . |
| 18 | They tend to be young , energetic , and ambitious , but there are by now professors of that outlook . |
| 19 | They tend to be young , and they tend to be male . |
| 20 | They tend to be alkaline , with free carbonate and calcium , potassium , sodium , magnesium and other ions distributed in patterns that vary with age and the amount of leaching . |
| 21 | They tend to be alkaline , with soluble salts at the plant-soil interface and sometimes a brown mineral horizon below . |
| 22 | This is the first thing you notice about graphics interchange files — they tend to be long . |
| 23 | When they are deployed in arguments like the ones we have just looked at , they tend to be strong on moral denunciation but weak in their inclusiveness and weight of explanation . |
| 24 | They tend to be brittle , competitive and over-obsessed with their looks and who might be looking at them . |
| 25 | Some peaks of demand can be dealt with by using consultants , but they tend to be expensive and do not always fit well with ill-defined but important factors such as the favoured style of the organisation . |
| 26 | It 's not advisable to try and cut them out yourself as they tend to be close to the skin . |
| 27 | They tend to be contagious . |
| 28 | Paper records exist in the various departments , but they tend to be self-monitored , and are rarely referred to by other departments . |
| 29 | They are usually quite good at cutting daily national papers and the leading magazines , but they tend to be variable in their coverage of specialist magazines and of regional media . |
| 30 | The private sector tends not to be involved very much yet in planning they tend to be involved in the reactive and service delivery role . |