Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Productivity-enhancing research and development in many lesser developed countries have often been harmful , where they have been accessible to farmers of those areas . |
| 2 | A more unified European climate offers building and construction students significantly better career prospects than they have been privy to in recent UK history . |
| 3 | Dismissing the taxpayer 's appeal , Mr Justice Vinelott said that the overriding purpose of para 24(5) , Sch 5 , FA 1975 was to ensure that the participators in a close company , which was entitled to an interest in possession , were to be treated for the purposes of capital transfer tax as if they had been entitled to interests in possession according to their rights and interests in the company . |
| 4 | If they have been used to rushing home from work or watching the clock during any stolen time with friends , they may find it hard to adapt to the fact that there is no longer any need to hurry back . |
| 5 | If they have been accustomed to carrying a baby on the hip , they start to curve in that direction without realising it . |
| 6 | For the first four years of the new school 's existence the buildings were used much as they had been prior to amalgamation , but in 1974 organisation was rationalised to provide departmental areas with teaching rooms and adjacent resource bases . |