Example sentences of "they [am/are] and what " in BNC.

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1 There are times when it might seem that this is a definition which can produce the sense of a self which is both amorphous and autonomous , of a doubtful self which also serves to cast doubt on the human world that lies beyond the subjective individual — a world which some writers are , and some are not , very cunning in , and which is inhabited by people with a working knowledge of who they are and what they are doing .
2 Pride is a state in which people seek attention and recognition for what they think they are and what they think they have done .
3 Few people understand exactly what they are and what they can do and quite a few people have mistaken impressions from the media .
4 Huntley , a burly 51-yearold , has created a constant reminder of who they are and what they want in the form of glossy profiles , complete with pictures , inserted beneath a glass plate on the leather topped table in his office .
5 Such an object is not so very different from a table or a cow , concerning which I can have similar information of where they are and what they are doing .
6 It 's worth knowing who they are and what they do .
7 Whether or not you think you 'll ever need to use their services ( see Chapter 21 on where to go for advice and help ) , it 's important to get to know who they are and what they do .
8 Well I work as a psychotherapist and it seems to me that for some people change is impossible and when that is the case then its my job to help them to come to terms with who they are and what they are and how there going to remain , but the other side of it is helping people to change and I have to say usually its to loose weight , that 's the biggest reason people want to change .
9 Look at what they are and what we are .
10 All right then tell us who they are and what they do .
11 individual franchises will vary , depending on how successful they are and what the bids are
12 The beliefs and ideas that organisations hold about who they are and what they are trying to do and what their environment is like have a much greater tendency to realise themselves than is usually believed .
13 They can be told some of the pre-requisites , and have to work out the others out-of-role before starting — perhaps they are told who they are and what has happened , and they have to agree where and when the situation is taking place .
14 Each person goes in turn to one or more other(s) in the circle , saying who they are and what dealings they have with them .
15 Again , just to remind you of waiver of premium , this is exactly the same as the Covermaster so you really wo n't need to cover , copy this , it 's charged as we established earlier , as according to your client 's age and sex I E how old they are and what gender they are , you can see how the percentage of the premium is established .
16 ‘ When you travel round the world , and being brought up in a family like mine , you learn that what happens on the field is actually very important to people elsewhere , and you feel , perhaps not so much a sense of responsibility , as a sense of focus in which people identify nationally for the best kind of reasons , and are made aware of who they are and what they came from .
17 Oh what action they are and what what 's that ?
18 Well , er we 're not saying they do n't , er , you , we , we went there to protest nuclear testing , we knew that er you know , we , that that , that protest would be opposed , but now that those people have been seized , er surely the very least they can do is inform us that they 're safe and well , and where they are and what is being intended ; that , that is not , er that is not too much to ask .
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