Example sentences of "they be [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have they been there all week ? |
| 2 | Oases are misleadingly named ; they are simply polar desert areas , notable for their absence of ice but not for floristic abundance . |
| 3 | There is no magic about environmental audits , they are simply another management technique . |
| 4 | Clay figurines are also made , but they are mostly styleless work ( as are some bronzes ) , toys or cheap offerings . |
| 5 | Your list is more than enough fish for your tank , as they are nearly all substrate spawners , and need territory . |
| 6 | ‘ If you look at the rail figures , they are nearly all variable . |
| 7 | A LABOUR front-bencher has been told he can not marry his bride in the House of Commons crypt because they are both Roman Catholic . |
| 8 | Similarly , the name PI is not recognised in the name PILE ; they are both unique variable names . |
| 9 | But they are also big meat eaters and you will find suckling pig and rabbit offered on most menus . |
| 10 | They are also important rock builders ; in northerly latitudes today limestones are being formed from the skeletal debris of such calcareous algae as Lithothamnion . |
| 11 | They also contain information about the sea routes round Brittany , and south to Gascony and the Iberian peninsula , although they are markedly fuller north of Bordeaux ( 63 , pp.24–6 ) . |
| 12 | Univel Inc and Novell Inc say they are jointly developing connectivity extensions with for UnixWare and its rival , Microsoft Corp Windows NT , so the two can co-exist in NetWare environments . |
| 13 | They are invariably superb field naturalists , socially active and grand yarners . |
| 14 | They are especially strong T-cell mitogens and activate both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells ( whereas conventional antigens presented by class II MHC molecules activate only CD4+ T cells ) . |
| 15 | When first setting up a fence it takes time to adjust the three wires at the tackle end so that they are under equal tension ( the far end having already been secured to a strong chain link , which in turn is fastened to its anchorage ) . |
| 16 | Chimpanzees are first given an opportunity to familiarize themselves with mirrors and then , when they are under deep anaesthesia , their foreheads or earlobes are marked with a conspicuous spot of rouge or similar material . |
| 17 | Although the public enterprises have a primary economic task , such as the provision of railways , energy , postal services and so on , they also lend themselves to a wide range of other economic goals , precisely because they are under political control . |
| 18 | On the contrary , the molecules involved are so small — remember all those New Testaments fitting on a pin 's head — that they are under constant assault from the ordinary jostling of molecules that goes on due to heat . |
| 19 | In its annual World Labour Report , the United Nations ' agency says the power of trade unions to protect their members is eroding even in developed countries , while in the major new economies of Asia they are under outright attack . |
| 20 | And yet they are under enormous stress when they are doing their best work . |
| 21 | They are too busy making money to worry about paying bills . |
| 22 | They are too busy campaigning on issues like equal pay , childcare , child benefit , violence against women , homelessness , carers , the representation of women in Parliament and public life , rights for part-time workers and the myriad other urgent issues with which they are confronted each and every day . |
| 23 | ‘ They are too busy fighting for a stable life , ’ said Mr Ho . |
| 24 | They are still good food if you chop them up into suitably sized pieces , or larger fish , such as adult Angelfish will eat woodlice whole . |
| 25 | They are still happy living together but without passion they describe themselves as being like brother and sister . |
| 26 | But they are still single sex boarding schools . |
| 27 | Many still stand happily alone but they all know that without an ethernet or some other network port or at least a modem , they are very low technology in the world of the network . |
| 28 | As they are very poor quality foods they really form no part of a weight-reducing diet . |
| 29 | They are very good value for the points . |
| 30 | ‘ But they are very collectable Christmas presents . ’ |