Example sentences of "and they [be] [adj] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Erm but there will be a new set of tutorials provided for you because I think there 's a general recognition that you 've been very badly treated indeed er as regards this erm and they 're likely to be run by me in term three , okay ?
2 There are animals in the show … but they 're mythical oriental lions … and they 're happy to be taking part .
3 And they 're supposed to be the experts on camouflage , she thought ironically .
4 And they 're supposed to be coming boxing day .
5 erm Because the loggers have been , as I said earlier , logging 24 hours around the clock , and they 're supposed to be logging over a 70 year cycle , and they 're not because the companies have only got three year licenses , and basically the indigenous people have just had enough , so they started to block the logging roads .
6 However , the potential reserves offered by these reefs would be minimal because of their relatively small size , and they are likely to be only of limited interest as exploration targets .
7 They are very costly and they are likely to be resisted by various sections of the community , including some of those who stand to benefit from such policies .
8 The researchers are reassessing the scales and they are likely to be replaced in the final version .
9 Agreements have to be notified and they are likely to be outlawed .
10 You have to code the numbers of the athletes and they are supposed to be on the inside so you ca n't read them , but they were outside so you could — you could see which one was from Krabbe , Breuer and Moller .
11 Mr Glennie activated an emergency locator beacon , and they were confident of being rescued within a week .
12 Now at one time that road as it started off there were terraced houses there erm little tiny terraced houses , and they were due to be demolished .
13 Their pay was , however , increased when he loaned them to Madame Rasimi to work in Lyons and Bordeaux , and they were proud to be able to send almost ten shillings weekly to their mothers .
14 In the 1970s the average family size of graduate women at the time of interview ( 1.53 ) was considerably lower than the fertility of women with no further education ( 2.04 ) ( Cartwright 1978 ) and they were likely to be childless .
15 The children with whom I worked had the least opportunity in terms of personal development and careers , and they were likely to be drawn into a variety of different forms of behaviour , among which the first was often the use of and then addiction to tobacco .
16 Then of course failing that , if you did n't want that doing you 'd er try the French letters and they were supposed to be er you know supposed to be intact and supposed to be the thing .
17 There had grown up in the Commandos a tradition that to be a tough regiment it was necessary to act tough all the time in the barracks and on leave , and they were liable to be badly dressed , ill disciplined and noisy in the streets and restaurants of Cairo .
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