Example sentences of "they [be] [adj] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way those candidates who recognise that they are unsuitable are able to drop out of the process early on . |
| 2 | Okay good yeah they are that 's good that would add together to make twelve but how about some number times another number . |
| 3 | Although these floods , which have been termed streamfloods by Davis , are rare and of short duration , the amount of work of which they are capable is enormous . |
| 4 | Ken Smith , electronics director of the Scottish Development Agency , thinks that these firms have helped to promote the growth of other electronics firms in the region and the fact that they are foreign-owned is unimportant . |
| 5 | Experience will tell you how hard they have to be tightened : generally 1¼ turns after they are hand-tight is sufficient for 15mm fittings ( 1 turn for 22mm ) . |
| 6 | Her people when they are important are moral agents ; and when they are good they are usually nice as well . |
| 7 | The story goes that it was a very merry party — maybe they were celebrating being able to get in the hay after a bad spell — and they stepped on the bridge to enjoy some music , a very Tallentire thing to do . |
| 8 | They said that the reason they were authoritarian was due to the pressure involved with the job . |
| 9 | For the current purpose , demonstrating that they were different is sufficient to illustrate two main points : that understanding a place involves uncovering the multivariate and inter-related nature of its culture , for which the three components of the schema in chapter 3 provide a valuable framework ; and that without understanding the nature of a place in all its complexity , it is difficult to appreciate what happens there during particular events — simple , monocausal explanations ( often located in the sphere of production ) are usually insufficient . |