Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stories of how they got involved are typical . |
| 2 | It is not that these things are in themselves opposed to religion , but the possessiveness and distractedness which they tend to promote are . |
| 3 | Realising that if any modules which they want to read are offline , then this will result in a delay to all modules requested at the same time while those offline are brought back online . |
| 4 | And erm are they going to become are they boys or girls ? |
| 5 | More often than not the words they choose to apply are negative . |
| 6 | And then you 're just replying to what they 've said are n't you . |
| 7 | You know , very often you hear the people that are actually talking about the things they 've done are normally the ones that have n't quite got there . |
| 8 | But what makes made me laugh so much was the fact that they cos their clothes they 've got are always the biggest , mind you , it 'd fit anybody , it 's alright |
| 9 | Police say three of the people they 've arrested are teachers from the school . |
| 10 | Examples of centurial stones or distance slabs with which different legionary detachments marked sections they had constructed are to be seen in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh and the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow . |
| 11 | It has never been doubted that if directors discover that the accounts that they have presented are defective they can , and should , correct them . |
| 12 | ‘ The deck shapes they have achieved are excellent . ’ |
| 13 | Through accommodation , the mental structures at whatever stage they have reached are themselves changed in order to encompass the particular characteristic of the environment they have encountered . |
| 14 | But despite the imperfection of the mental process by which the belief is arrived at it may still be " honest " " , that is , a positive belief that the conclusions they have reached are true . |
| 15 | There is every likelihood that the versions of antiracism I have criticized will wither away as the local state structures on which they have relied are destroyed by the conflict with central government . |
| 16 | This is usually because they 've never thought much about Christianity and the only opinions that they have got are ones that they 've picked up from their parent(s) or the TV . |
| 17 | And at least , what rights they have got are clearly defined and acted upon . |
| 18 | Likewise with friends they 've probably got fewer friends but the friends they have got are very close friends and they know them on a much deeper level . |
| 19 | Women in particular may realize that the kind of relationships they have enjoyed are less likely to come their way once they reach middle age . |
| 20 | In fact their feelings and the vast emotional adjustment they have to make are perhaps best explained to nuclear family dwellers by considering the reverse transplant from nuclear to joint family . |
| 21 | The good they have done and the influence they have had are known to God and cherished in the hearts of those who remember gratefully their words and their work . |
| 22 | Where such ideas ultimately came from and what practical consequences they have had are questions which , on the whole , I have preferred to avoid . |