Example sentences of "they be [prep] [det] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are under some degree of political control but they also need to have enough autonomy to carry out complex productive activity in an efficient way . |
| 2 | Historically , they are on this side of it ; spiritually , they are on the other . |
| 3 | I suppose it would bore you to come and see my poor children , but they do need amusing , they are at that stage of convalescing when nothing is entertaining for very long and Mamma is certainly not entertaining at all , so a pretty thing like you would be a breath of fresh air . |
| 4 | The Crime Survey is a victimisation study and its main conclusion is one that has been noted , in a less systematic way , many times before : working-class crime is a problem , and it is a problem for the working class , since they are its principal victims , as they are of all types of crime : |
| 5 | A big bream is a very deep-bodied fish and would have to stand almost tail to surface to pick a bait direct from the bottom with its lips , which I know they do when they are in that kind of mood . |
| 6 | Even though we do n't have major problems with drug or solvent abuse in Northern Ireland , sudden changes in behaviour could mean they are in some kind of trouble . |
| 7 | It originates as a MEWING sound in tiny kittens , letting their mother know that they need some kind of help or that they are in some sort of trouble . |
| 8 | We have to look at the range of ideals which are somehow clustered together to guide us , arrayed as they are in some sort of a rough priority system , and take out of its slot the unquestioned ideal ‘ be a man ’ . |
| 9 | If they 're into this sort of thing , they 're all potential clients . ’ |
| 10 | And I feel sorry for the officers ' families who have to know that every time they go to work they 're in this sort of danger . |
| 11 | You know , and they 're in this sort of |
| 12 | They were at that stage of going out that was n't yet a Relationship . |
| 13 | They were of some kind of fibre , painted glossy chestnut , now dimmed and dulled , with bands of wood to give them strength . |
| 14 | They were in neither half of the house , but in a space that did not really exist for Maggie , who never asked herself which half the house was whose , since the whole house was , for her , theirs . |
| 15 | Not necessarily close friends , but it was amazing how welcome they were in that sea of faces . |
| 16 | A 1989 attempt to limit damages had failed to prove that they were against that part of the Constitution prohibiting excessive fines . |