Example sentences of "they [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they been born 15 years earlier , Tumbleweed would probably wear loon pants and big belts and be called something like Satan 's Spaceship . |
| 2 | Neither had they been given extra hay the night before . |
| 3 | Virginia Bottomley , a health minister , said many of the 3,000 people sleeping rough in the city might have stayed at home had they been given enough attention earlier . |
| 4 | That said , the Scottish backs have also been looking extremely sharp all year , and it would have been a criminal offence had they been left starved of passes . |
| 5 | Rarely had they been left alone together for any length of time , but one thing now seemed certain . |
| 6 | They are mounted two models to a base , and both models get their own attack . |
| 7 | There are of course many aspects of language usage that depend on these relations ( see e.g. Brown & Levinson , 1978 , 1979 ) , but these usages are only relevant to the topic of social deixis in so far as they are grammaticalized Obvious examples of such grammaticalizations are " polite " pronouns and titles of address , but there are many other manifestations of social deixis ( see Brown & Levinson , 1978 : 183-92 , 281-5 ; Levinson , 1977 , 1979b ) . |
| 8 | Hence they are pronounced illegal unless the parties to an agreement can set aside the presumption by " proving " to the satisfaction of the Restrictive Practices Court that the agreement operates in the public interest . |
| 9 | They are employed 7–11 a.m. only . |
| 10 | They are fed artificial diets , and to counteract the spread of infection caused by overcrowding , they require courses of antibiotics . |
| 11 | In the course of this book I have argued that , despite its unyielding appearance , the problem of holism can indeed be resolved : the stalemate between individualists and holists stems from their failure to perceive a number of dimensions which , once they are made explicit , point toward a solution . |
| 12 | They are made available directly to you — with no bookstore mark-up and no distribution excesses . |
| 13 | When we judge that additional resources are needed , they are made available . |
| 14 | Unless they are made available for further research , data which have often been collected at great expense and with significant effort may later exist only in a small number of reports which analyse only a fraction of the research potential of the data . |
| 15 | A conceivable solution to the problem might be to redraft the guardian angels when they are made redundant from Underground trains and deploy them in parish churches . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , multiple persons and entities , such as ‘ shipowners , ’ ‘ charterers , ’ ‘ possessors of property shipped , ’ ‘ masters of the vessel , ’ their ‘ agents , ’ and even ‘ ships ’ are referred to as carriers in bill of lading law and practice once they are made responsible for loss or damage to cargo . |
| 17 | While for some this is a welcome development , for many others this structural change in the labour market reduces the income and the company welfare benefits of those concerned to such an extent that they are made inferior to their colleagues in the primary labour market . |
| 18 | The people who do these jobs lose the power they once had , their work is closely regulated , and they are made aware of their subordination . |
| 19 | By giving young children the opportunity to create the more " dangerous " characters themselves , they are made safe ; the elements of pretend are made clearer . |
| 20 | To be told that animals are treated cruelly when they are caused unnecessary or unjustified pain is of little use unless we are told what counts as unnecessary or unjustified pain . |
| 21 | Since behavioural methods are central to psychobiology they are tackled first in this chapter . |
| 22 | But the fact they 're doing it i is because they want a revolution , they 're actually saying they , they are motivated these poor peasants , you know , the fact they are downtrodden , I mean , if you are comfortable then you 're not gon na go out and |
| 23 | In any event , they are adjusted one way or the other at the next meter reading . |
| 24 | Firstly , if they are isolated unusual events , risky situations may be well remembered because of their distinctiveness in a way which is analogous to a von Restorff effect . |
| 25 | It may be that the ban will in due course be struck down , or at least restricted in its scope by the European Court : a total prohibition on television and radio appearances by representatives of a lawful political organisation , for example where they are elected local councillors speaking about domestic issues , can hardly be justified on the grounds of national security or the prevention of public disorder . |
| 26 | It has been known for many years that neurons , like other cells , can be maintained alive and well under such conditions for periods of many days or even weeks , provided they are kept warm , aerated and well fed with glucose and other essential molecules . |
| 27 | They retain their foliage through the winter if they are kept moist . |
| 28 | Even on dry days they are kept moist , ready to dissolve and transmit the perception of interesting molecules . |
| 29 | Often wall mounted in or near the working area they can be a useful provision provided they are kept clean , emptied after use and operating temperatures are maintained . |
| 30 | So long as they are kept busy in Port-au-Prince until the morning , we can continue with only minor alterations . ’ |