Example sentences of "they are [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we have a night sitting service , an elderly person may not have to go in hospital if they are temporarily gone off their legs as sometimes happens . |
| 2 | Camp sites there are in plenty , but they are discreetly sited . |
| 3 | Those who initiate racialist talk ( without referring to a racist ideology ) may be a minority too , but since they are rarely contradicted or opposed they tend to shape the norms of the group . |
| 4 | Commons are scattered throughout the county , and although rights of common are fiercely defended they are rarely exercised , and many commons are returning to woodland . |
| 5 | They are rarely challenged , nor are the implications of such statements examined , despite the effects they are likely to have on educational success . |
| 6 | It is a mark of the success of the policy that although they are often regarded as real people , they are rarely treated as such . |
| 7 | While course outlines , statements of course objectives etc are commonly prepared by college libraries , they are rarely documented in university and polytechnic libraries . |
| 8 | Some , like the hardline godfather Chen Yun , are so infirm they are rarely seen in public . |
| 9 | Snow algae are widespread in alpine and polar regions , but require persistent banks of melting snow to form spectacular coloured patches ; they are rarely seen , for example , on the colder coasts or interior ice-cap of Antarctica . |
| 10 | Although they have a base in Hanover House , they are rarely seen here as their workload of visits increases . |
| 11 | Although these disorders are genetic in origin , they are rarely inherited . |
| 12 | First , they are rarely posed as clearly as this ; things tend to happen incrementally or interstitially . |
| 13 | It stays warm longer during the day and they are rarely disturbed . |
| 14 | The two areas of land law in this chapter provide a focus on the ways in which land is capable of being possessed , and what amounts to possession in English law , although they are rarely examined together . |
| 15 | Questionnaires and achievement scores may be used but they are rarely given high priority . |
| 16 | An unusual atmosphere results : it is , so to speak , sub-XXXX Christian : there is an implication throughout of positive ideals , such as self-sacrifice and asceticism , but they are rarely pressed ; only occasionally does the narrator let himself testify . |
| 17 | While standards have become tighter for landfills and incinerators , they are rarely imposed on the plants at which recycled materials are sorted for reprocessing . |
| 18 | People who ‘ do n't mind ’ about anything are people unused to giving an opinion , probably because they are rarely asked for one . |
| 19 | It is equally true that they are rarely associated with earthquakes . |
| 20 | Despite their high amplitude , however , they are rarely associated with pain . |
| 21 | ( I did n't catch these because they are rarely taken on rod and line , but herrings make excellent bait for skate and pike . |
| 22 | They are rarely found on inland waters , although , since it is established that some of our winter visitors migrate over the interior of the county , such records are likely from time to time . |
| 23 | During infancy children tend to be kept most of the time in the small , dark interior of their hut , where they are rarely allowed to crawl on the floor , rarely spoken to or played with ( though always kept near the mother ) , and where few objects for play are available . |
| 24 | Once a water has received a regular supply of HNV baits , and the carp have been hooked on special rigs , they are rarely caught on any other bait or method . |
| 25 | In Canada and the United States there are coroners , but they are rarely used . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , they are rarely used individually and to the exclusion of all other forms of communication , so they need to be considered all together ; each form of communication adding a little more to the message the horse is sending . |
| 27 | For this reason they are rarely used . |
| 28 | Modern technologies can not be successfully used if they are simply imposed on an unwilling and underskilled workforce . |
| 29 | They are simply made on the day from fresh organic vegetables . ’ |
| 30 | You will recall that erm according to Filmer erm individuals do not consent to join a civil society they are simply born into it . |