Example sentences of "they are [adj] [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not , if the public decides against it , if they are unmoved by it , then the Glass will be broken and people will stop talking about it , which could quite easily happen in twenty years or ten years , or even sooner . |
| 2 | ‘ Too often chief executives fail to recognise that they have embarked on a major project until they are well into it and it had run into difficulties . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They are depressed about it and it is now a question of loss adjustors and insurance . |
| 4 | Whether they are capable of it is another issue entirely . |
| 5 | Mirth , tranquillity and enthusiasm are not directly part of the transcendent world , yet they are essential to it , just as they are essential for a successful and happy life . |
| 6 | The virtue referred to is the love of honour in a man , and the ‘ outward favor ’ is the outward appearance of Brutus , so Cassius manages to weave sentences into his conversation which flatter and influence people , even if they are unaware of it . |
| 7 | They are sick of it . |
| 8 | God gives them what they want — till they are sick of it ! |
| 9 | These histories , their temporalities defined according to the specific concepts of particular domains , are not , however , independent of the whole : they are dependent on it , but in a structure derived from the ‘ differential relations between the different levels within the whole … the mode and degree of independence of each time and history is therefore necessarily determined by the mode and degree of dependence of each level within the set of articulations of the whole ’ ( 100 ) . |
| 10 | This is strong stuff , true only in a minority of instances , but Hare 's point is that the potential for stupidity and even tragedy is always present when people mislead themselves and others into thinking that if they want something strongly enough then they are entitled to it . |
| 11 | They are puzzled by it . |
| 12 | And they are happy with it . |
| 13 | I would say to other pregnant teenagers that I think it 's great if they are happy about it . |
| 14 | Children make progress at various speeds at different ages and by watching their activities and offering the next stage when they are ready for it teachers can give them the breadth of experience that will make the formal work of later years more meaningful . |
| 15 | For the id , of course , such contradictory feelings pose no problem ; they are natural to it . |
| 16 | In fact they are dead against it and Iain Duff , manager at both courses , is optimistic that sanity will reign next year . |
| 17 | While the evidence he cites shows that Y-cells may be capable of sustaining some form of pattern vision it does not show that they are responsible for it in the normal brain . |
| 18 | Some , though knowing the terms of the Act of Settlement , or of the similar statute now in force , steer clear of the problem because they are afraid of it . |
| 19 | Teachers , business people , doctors , everyone believes in it … or they are afraid of it . |
| 20 | All schools market themselves whether they are conscious of it or not . |
| 21 | This is also communication , and it affects others , too , automatically , whether we or they are conscious of it or not . |