Example sentences of "they [am/are] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of them are capable of organising their lives with dignity but others fall into football 's in-built poverty trap . |
| 2 | However , when observed over long periods , many species are found to be generalist in that individuals of them are capable of taking advantage of ‘ specialist ’ interactions at any one time : the ‘ anachronisms ’ show this , as do the generalized pollinators on islands where plants have ‘ left their pollinators behind ’ , e.g. a cetoniid beetle , Mauseolopsis aldabrensis , visits 58% of all flowering species , native or introduced , of all colours and morphology , on the coral atoll of Aldabra off the African coast , but it shows a remarkably high degree of constancy in its foraging flights . |
| 3 | Many of them are reminiscent of Modigliani 's nudes . |
| 4 | It being reported to this Meeting that the Peck Measures of the different corners of Islay do not agree in size , & that many of them are deficient of the Legal Standard Measure of this Country-In order to remedy this evil it is recommended that in place of the Heaped Peck commonly used that a streak measure answering exactly to the standard measure of Islay shou 'd be substituted in place of the Heap measure , & in order to carry this Resolution into Execution the Meeting do hereby appoint the following Committee … it is earnestly recommended to these Gentlemen to have the different Pecks of the different Parishes brought to the proper Streak measure , and to have these pecks Branded with Shawfield 's Iron , and this being once done it is recommended to the said Committee to cause publish at the Parish Churches that if any person within their Bounds shall Sell or Buy with any other peck than the Peck so ascertained & stamped , that they shall be Fined at the discretion of the Baron Baillie of Islay |
| 5 | ‘ Most of them are incapable of fighting because of the way the system squeezes all the verve and vigour out of them . |
| 6 | By putting those volunteers through a series of rapid tests on-stage , he will soon discover which of them are able of achieving the deep-trance state ; it is only these people who will respond quickly and satisfactorily to his suggestions . |
| 7 | The language barrier is n't too much of a problem , but some of them are frightened of police in their country so are a bit suspicious of us |
| 8 | If there are indeed older American values of the Truman and Eisenhower era , the people who hold them are suspicious of posturing blowhards , influencing public policy without being forced to take the hard choices that government requires . |
| 9 | The obligations felt towards kin , and the patterns of visiting and assistance that flow from them are characteristic of all social classes . |
| 10 | I hate men like you who proclaim that they are supportive of women and their efforts for equality . |
| 11 | In this sense , animals ( and we might add primitive peoples and even the environment ) are sui generis ; they are perfect of their kind . |
| 12 | They are indicative of the government 's shaky hold over grass-roots politics . |
| 13 | However , they are indicative of a feature of sign use which is critical to studies of this sort . |
| 14 | Although they receive notification from education of the intention to assess a child , they are uncertain of their role , and so , with other pressing priorities , they tend not to give it high priority . |
| 15 | Pair-bonds are comparatively rare in reptiles , and although they are typical of certain mammals , such as beavers , jackals , foxes and gibbons , this is not the typical mammalian grouping . |
| 16 | They are typical of the kind of factual information which may be expected of children and could be paralleled elsewhere . |
| 17 | They are typical of much of manufacturing industry . |
| 18 | Indeed we are rarely aware of them as rules , until they are broken , since they are typical of the settings in which we received our moral training . |
| 19 | However , many claim that they are typical of others , while a case-study does not usually make this claim . |
| 20 | I have taken those of Greer as a basis for discussion , not because his books are more sexist or pro-capitalist than other textbooks used in 16+ examination preparation , but because they are typical of such textbooks . |
| 21 | Right that 's something about the way things work , and as we go round I 'll tell you you know , what the precise duties cos they are various of the er of the er the stewards are . |
| 22 | Seneca , the Roman author and politician , claimed that men travel ‘ … because they are tired of soft living and always seek after something which eludes them ’ . |
| 23 | They are tired of the disruption the affair has brought to their lives and would like to take their money and forget all about criminal charges . |
| 24 | People living in Surrey Street say they are tired of an unhealthy eyesore in their midst . |
| 25 | But it is a great temptation for people to say the latter , especially if they are ignorant of what others believe . |
| 26 | One of the problems is that some doctors still behave as if they are deserving of awe , or as if patients are fools , when every patient is an expert on himself , at least . |
| 27 | The Germans are a peaceful people , but they have a right to live , and to live as Germans , and they are convinced of the fact that they have a mission for all the nations of the earth ; if one hinders them from fulfilling their mission then they have the right to use force . |
| 28 | They are all directed towards bringing potential customers from a state of unawareness of the product to a state where they are convinced of the value of the product and proceed to buy it . |
| 29 | Even today , private landlords within a mile of this building would say that they are nervous of letting their properties to homeless families because , and only because , of the whiff — albeit faint — of the risk of a Labour Government . |
| 30 | They have been challenging people without reason to declare that they are innocent of a crime . |