Example sentences of "they [be] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such features are usually called raised beaches if they are at a low level , approximately below 50 m ( 150 ft ) OD , and marine terraces , platforms , benches or erosion surfaces if they are above this level . |
| 2 | If you have particular skills like dancing , singing , fencing , acrobatics , or mime , be sure they are on this information sheet . |
| 3 | Historically , they are on this side of it ; spiritually , they are on the other . |
| 4 | Please send contributions direct to the office at Epsom , clearly stating that they are for this fund . |
| 5 | These are attitudes of the Stoics and it will be seen that though they are noble and inspiring , they are of this world . |
| 6 | Ltd. v. B.O.A.C. [ 1955 ] A.C. 169 , 191 , Lord Reid stated that if the arguments are fairly evenly balanced ( not that I believe they are in this case ) , that interpretation should be chosen which involves the least alteration of the existing law . |
| 7 | But it 's only by sort of putting it out like this and thinking yes , the media wants to talk about this , talk about that , talk about the other , you know , they are in this case the most , the likely thing to be adding to the problem . |
| 8 | They are in this wilderness with God , and there is no need to fear . |
| 9 | American guests are famous for deep ties and they hope they will consider themselves at home as long as they are in this country . |
| 10 | And rail railways really ought to be far better developed than they are in this country , eh . |
| 11 | I think I would say about universities that they are in this country offering a uniquely good service to our children . |
| 12 | Everybody knows how forward they are in this regard in North America , but in my experience it 's just the same in Australia , Argentina , the Soviet Union and elsewhere : for a rain soaked water girdled nation we really do not come very high in the league of comforts and efficiency . |
| 13 | You 'll have to use more than words to convince them just how special they are in this process . |
| 14 | I 've considered doing part-time work … but its almost impossible now with things as they are in this area . |
| 15 | If they 're into this sort of thing , they 're all potential clients . ’ |
| 16 | So what I want you to do is to follow these little chips er dimples here , they 're on this stone there 're a few on that but not on here , so that bit it goes in that direction . |
| 17 | It 's wrong , Mr Deputy Speaker , if they 're living in this country erm on a semi-permanent basis and happen to have been here last October they 'll have a vote so will any everybody else who 's a citizen of the European union , so will peers of the realm who happen to be living elsewhere whether they 're in this country or outside this country under these regulations and previous regulations , have a vote in the European elections and I think it 's wholly wrong that erm citizens of other European countries namely France because that 's the one and it 's remarkable is it not that France is the one that 's gon na be the cause of this whole edifice collapsing if we do n't submit to their extra demands but citizens of France who are citizens living in their colonies , as I 've said in South America , the West Indies and the Pacific , will have a vote in the European elections on June the ninth and yet we have got citizens for whom we are responsible for in this house , we can not shirk it onto anyone else , we deny them the responsibility and I think it 's about time the house addressed this matter . |
| 18 | And I feel sorry for the officers ' families who have to know that every time they go to work they 're in this sort of danger . |
| 19 | You know , and they 're in this sort of |
| 20 | I mean , they were on this trip . |
| 21 | So the women said , they were on this morning 's programme . |
| 22 | But they were on this bonus system you know , they were you know on the bonus but they were n't quarry men . |
| 23 | They were at this time boycotting the Security Council in protest at the UN refusal to replace Taiwan by Communist China ; hence there was no Soviet veto on sending UN forces to support South Korea . |
| 24 | Though all were to achieve success , Oliver as a poet , Bruce as picture journalist and Jeffrey as sports journalist and author of The Spectator 's column , ‘ Low Life ’ , they were at this time a little like characters out of a Chekhov play , searching and bewildered . |
| 25 | It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master . |
| 26 | Both young men then glanced at each other , clamming up in some embarrassment as they recalled that the fortune they were at this moment vying for had been lost by Benedict Beckenham , for the story of the will was naturally common knowledge among his intimates . |
| 27 | They were by this time descending the stairs , and Mrs Alderley looked about . |
| 28 | So the chief basis of argument must be indirect : when the relations of production are as they were in this case , people will make history of this kind . |