Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they been given a more accurate picture of what was actually taking place , would they have reacted differently ? |
| 2 | Had they been given the time , they 'd 've talked their faces off . |
| 3 | Furthermore , many authorities , had they been given the option , would have chosen to spend more on services . |
| 4 | They had not given the details of the break-in a moment 's thought , so keen had they been to avoid the subject in the course of the evening . |
| 5 | In addition , they are organising a promotional campaign to expand the Lanka Guardian 's readership . |
| 6 | In this way they are exploring the relationship between psychological well-being and issues such as experienced relative poverty , income related stigma , perceived ( non ) entitlements , spending and consumption patterns and attitudes , the domestic division of family economic management , coping strategies and budgeting tactics . |
| 7 | EVERTON must change the habit of a lifetime if they are to arrest the current slide this weekend with a victory at Nottingham Forest , writes Ken Rogers . |
| 8 | They are to hold a site meeting . |
| 9 | MURTON Brass Band has been in existence for more than 100 years and to say thank you to the people of the village who have kept the band going , they are to give a concert at the Victoria Club . |
| 10 | Equally I believe that local communities too must feel that the police are to them if they are to give the positive help which the police need to successfully detect and prosecute the criminals who prey on them . |
| 11 | Here people accept the importance of regular exercise but it is not clear if they are translating the message into action . |
| 12 | The theft , at allotments behind the Beechwood and Easterside Club , Middlesbrough , has angered the racing club members so much they are forming a vigilante group to keep overnight watch on the lofts . |
| 13 | When activists like the Cape Town Sixteen fight this system of oppression and exploitation , they are demanding a democratic say in the running of their lives and and the right to determine their own futures . |
| 14 | They are opposing a bid by the Cotton Club to stay open until 2am . |
| 15 | They are opposing a bid by the Cotton Club to stay open until 2am . |
| 16 | They are chewing a drug plant and drinking their quite disgusting beer or spirit — I had only one sip and did not stay to analyse the taste but rejected it instantly — the dancers — wearing headdresses feathered like exotic birds and daubed all over with signs and scribbles — messages to their gods , I assumed — then begin to pound the earth in a movement which matches the drumming perfectly and , like the drumming , is powerfully affecting . ’ |
| 17 | This is one case where , again , I make the point that I am proud to stand here and support the policies of the Adam Smith Institute which every Tory Member should also support , but unfortunately they are afraid to do so because they are facing a general election , knowing that they will be out of power within six months . |
| 18 | Erm , now as as this so called generous funding in fact , the police authority are facing a straight deficit of three hundred and twenty-eight thousand , they are facing a further deficit of four hundred and twenty-five thousand because they have only been given one and a half percent for pay , where all the information we have been given from the Home Office , you can shake your head as much as you like Chairman , it is in fact true , and in fact , in fact as reported in the Guardian , on , only the day before yesterday , yet again the police bill is to be , almost certainly four percent , not one and a half . |
| 19 | Collegians grabbed a late consolation try from Michael Dorrity , but their lack of pace and bulk up front probably means they are facing a long hard season . |
| 20 | Environmental Health officer Richard Hallows admitted yesterday they are facing a problem and called on the public to help them . |
| 21 | These , under pressure to increase the returns on their portfolios over very short review periods , turn over their holdings frequently ( known as ‘ churning ’ ) , disposing of a company 's shares on the first sign that they are under-performing the market . |
| 22 | Worse , they are achieving the opposite of what they intend . |
| 23 | ‘ They are searching the Castle ; and they have set a guard on the trapdoor . ’ |
| 24 | They are searching the flat methodically , opening cushions , moving furniture , looking beneath the floor . |
| 25 | Ideally , all doctors should participate in regular ongoing appraisal and training to ensure that they are providing a good service to their undergraduate and postgraduate students . |
| 26 | Local authorities must be sure they are providing the right care for children , and with increasing pressure on budgets they must know the money is well spent . |
| 27 | Shareware libraries provide you with a program on disk for a ‘ nominal ’ sum — they are providing the program for free , and charging only for the disk , duplicating and administration , all of which includes a small amount of profit , I suppose . |
| 28 | A number of the 150 people who have contacted Age Concern England about the debt they face took up their scheme before this date and will not be able to obtain compensation even if they are granted an award through arbitration or private legal action . |
| 29 | For example , if a researcher wants to investigate the factors that influence pupils when they are choosing the subjects they wish to study at higher levels of education , then group discussions with , for example , fourteen-year-old pupils in almost any secondary school would give some ideas about what questions to include in a questionnaire . |
| 30 | When people are feeling wound up , there are different things that can unleash the barbed remark : another small demand for their attention , a lost key , not being taken seriously enough by the person to whom they are cataloguing the disasters of the day , or TOO MUCH NOISE . |