Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the wing of a bat and the paddle of a porpoise are homologous because they show the same underlying pattern of bones typical of a mammalian forelimb . |
| 2 | Most women had tried to become pregnant for two or three years , and most ( 412 , 82% ) had never been pregnant when they entered the study . |
| 3 | Here is what you must memorise : These words are Latin and they form the basis of the secret to this trick . |
| 4 | Other feminist writers , such as Overfield ( 1981 ) , Wallsgrove ( 1980 ) and Fee ( 1983 ) have suggested that dichotomies such as nature/culture , subject/object , emotional/rational are harmful because they imply the superiority of culture over nature , the objective over the subjective , and the rational over the emotional . |
| 5 | Many people with HIV are unaware that they have the virus and may be unaware that they have taken risks . |
| 6 | Paul McCartney said , ‘ Bootlegs are illegal and they cheat the public . ’ |
| 7 | TIP : Highlights and lowlights are great as they thicken the cortex of the hair . |
| 8 | The phosphates used in detergents and cleaning products are useful because they condition the water to reduce scum , help to keep the water alkaline for proper cleaning and break up the dirt on fabrics to prevent it settling back . |
| 9 | I am sure that they need the time to debate the Bill just as much as anyone else . |
| 10 | Opening remarks are important since they set the tone for the rest of the sales interview . |
| 11 | The numerous studies of artefact types that have been produced are important as they form the basis for the chronology of the period , but beyond that their relevance to the study of man has not been demonstrated ( Evison 1955 ; 1958 ; 1963 ; 1967 ; 1968 ; Swanton 1974 ; Avent 1975 ; Avent and Evison 1982 ; Hills 1981a ) . |
| 12 | Such questions are important because they probe the conditions under which political and cultural resistance is generated . |
| 13 | The issues of ‘ falseness ’ and ‘ prejudice ’ are important because they relate the concept of ideology back to its origins in the work of Francis Bacon and Destutt de Tracy . |
| 14 | The slight improvements in the eighteenth century are important because they mark the beginning of the downward trend . |
| 15 | But Copernican thinking has already led astray many astronomers who should have known better , and we 'd best be careful when they use the same logic to try to convince us that we and our planet are nothing special . |
| 16 | French Socialists prepare to feast on crumbs of comfort The Socialists have been told so often that they are heading for total rout in tomorrow 's election that they will be relieved if they manage the 20 per cent predicted by the polls , writes Diana Geddes in Paris |
| 17 | And it surely is som something that the people of Wiltshire can be glad that they made the right decisions in May , that they have n't got that administration , |
| 18 | The Pentagon must be glad that they added the faint possibility that there was one chance in ten thousand that security might be breached . |
| 19 | Two quantities can only be equal if they contain the same powers of space , time and mass . |
| 20 | The parents have said they do not want their schools to be self-governing but they see the legislation as the only way to avoid closure . |
| 21 | Er , er Mr might have added that er the village hall management committees which er he has a great affection would not be unhappy if they had the sum of five hundred and one thousand one hundred and thirteen pounds with which to provide sources , er resources for the communities that he represents . |
| 22 | ‘ We have to be sure that they have the right product and that they will be able to sell it . |
| 23 | Still they will hopefully be knackered when they play the Arse on Sunday . |
| 24 | It must , indeed , have been clear to everyone that the claims of Canterbury could only be successful if they had the support of the king and the English bishops . |
| 25 | All applicants for admission from outwith the United Kingdom or European Community , applicants who are temporarily resident in the UK or EC at the time of application and those who have within the past three years spent a period of employment or residence outwith the UK/EC are advised that they should be certain of their status for fee purposes before registering for their courses at the start of the academic year and be certain that they have the necessary funds to meet the appropriate fees , and for subsistence throughout the course of study . |
| 26 | They will be correct when they explain the advantages of new fabrics , they will also be correct to laugh when you explain what you already use , and you will be bewitched when you try on something fantastic , comfortable and attractive that they slip surreptitiously from a hanger while they talk . |
| 27 | She says the tenant should be liable if they take the battery out . |
| 28 | Some of the boys who had just left school used to be mischieful when they brought the farm-horses in , but the smith had a few tricks to put them in their place . |
| 29 | But his timings are critical because they reflect the mood Mahler wanted the music to project , a mood that would be destroyed by an excessively slow tempo . ’ |
| 30 | It is no wonder that ordinary men and women throughout the country wish that Guy Fawkes had been successful when they consider the punishment that this House has levelled at ordinary men and women in a state of poverty . |