Example sentences of "they are [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The categories in each case are artificial and social rather than self-evident , but they are necessary so that we can conduct our affairs in an orderly manner . |
| 2 | I had a close look at the table last night — what really — ehh — scares me is Scum 's away form — in fact they are better away than at Old Scumford — even so they are just as good away as we are at HQ … yes they are vulnerable — but as they got points from the games vs us , Newcastle , Blacburn and Scousers recently i ca n't see what ( who ) is gon na crack them ? |
| 3 | Do you say ‘ Hands up all those that feel that they are better today than they were yesterday , or do you apply some perhaps more objective criteria of describing that ? |
| 4 | Either the physical limits of the item are wide , so that the design and production of the mating parts become difficult and expensive , or they are narrow so that they can only be produced by expensive processes . |
| 5 | Either the physical limits of the item are wide , so that the design and production of the mating parts become difficult and expensive , or they are narrow so that they can only be produced by expensive processes . |
| 6 | Many of the dynamics that attend times of doubt and change are collective ones : they are sociological rather than psychological . |
| 7 | Debt-free and so not hampered by high interest rates , they are nimble enough and liquid enough to take advantage of the recession . |
| 8 | From this brief examination of some of the factors which can affect childhood psychiatric risk , it is apparent for each one of the examples that they are relevant only if certain other conditions prevail . |
| 9 | They are young enough and strong enough to handle the months ahead . ’ |
| 10 | Not every one of these may be stocked by every newspaper shop or bookstall in the country but they are available somewhere and are read . |
| 11 | I 've a feeling that , that probably they are all together and that they are safe because I think the , the , the , the Soviets are probably trying to , to damp down the issue now by keeping quiet on it , because I think they 've been very rattled . |
| 12 | They are 60 today and celebrating their first birthday together in more than 30 years . |
| 13 | They are acceptable rather than optimal . |
| 14 | They are free only when they are electing members of parliament . |
| 15 | They know they are safe here and that is very important . |
| 16 | They are nostalgic rather than expectant , thinking only in terms of God doing a ‘ repeat performance ’ rather than a new thing . |
| 17 | Although the maker and even country of origin of these pieces surprisingly remains unknown , one view holding that they are German rather than French , this uncertainty did not matter to the bidders as it sold to an anonymous private collector for $1,700,000 ( £944,400 ) . |
| 18 | Outside there are scudding clouds , but they are high up and the sun occasionally breaks through . |
| 19 | Much of their music was originally intended for plays or Court masques ; a great deal of it consists of undistinguished melodic declamation , 56 and even the simpler tuneful airs in which they are happiest seldom if ever match the poems of Donne and Herrick , Suckling and Carew , which they set . |
| 20 | We wish we had n't done this as they are valuable now and we ca n't get them out ! " |
| 21 | At present they are commercial rather than educational . |
| 22 | They are old enough when they leave school … |
| 23 | This takes on an added significance when it is remembered that geriatrics and the terminally ill are regarded as the failures of the health service and are often consigned to the young and inexperienced who , as one doctor recently put it , ‘ do strive very officiously to keep people alive because they are interested scientifically and they want to use every method they can as part of their training ’ . |