Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] they are " in BNC.
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| 1 | Observation of zoo animals and the few accounts from naturalists in the field suggest they are a fairly stormy procedure , consisting of mock chases , vicious swipes of the female 's paw as well as obvious kisses and caresses . |
| 2 | MALE students at Durham University say they are sexually harassed , suffering everything from being eyed up to rape . |
| 3 | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania-based , Transarc Corp , American Management Systems Inc and Knowledge Systems Corp say they are co-developing object-oriented interfaces for Transarc 's transaction processing monitor , Encina . |
| 4 | Raytheon say they are reviewing the entire operation . |
| 5 | How do the Opposition think they are going to finance £35 billion of extra spending without raising taxes on ordinary people ? |
| 6 | The number of those less optimistic has fallen from 30 p.c. to 24 p.c. , while a significant 9 p.c. say they are uncertain about the outlook and four in 10 are uncertain about their own company 's prospects . |
| 7 | But the testers from the Driving Standards Association say they are only a limited number of roads in Henley suitable for three point turns , and there 's nothing they can do to stop instructors give their pupils a pre-test rehearsal . |
| 8 | The club say they are already looking for a replacement . |
| 9 | Lewis 's family lawyer says they are considering suing for compensation . |
| 10 | We could make it worse by insisting on the sort of minimum conditions put forward by the Labour party , conditions that would disadvantage the very people whom Labour says they are designed to protect . |
| 11 | They are asked to let Lorraine King at CIT HQ know they are coming . |
| 12 | Though this technology is well-established in medicine , researchers in Japan 's electric power industry think they are the first to take tomography outdoors . |
| 13 | Which is precisely what last Friday 's anti-SA vote means they are now doing . |
| 14 | While old ladies continue to brandish their handbags and umbrellas at the likes of Giant Haystacks in leisure centres and town halls , the arrival of WWF in national consciousness means they are outnumbered at ringside by the Nintendo generation . |
| 15 | But if and when a bid comes they are likelier to use it as a stimulus to change or otherwise discipline the incumbent management rather than selling out . |
| 16 | To reinforce a belief in their own omnipotence and popularity , the police have made increasing use of market research to show they are well liked ; especially by that important category ‘ the silent majority ’ . |
| 17 | The Club claims they are opposed to registration by permanent marking by branding or tattooing as ‘ unkind and inconvenient ’ . |
| 18 | When title is deduced the sellers will be obliged to produce a grant of probate or a grant of letters of administration to show they are entitled to sell . |
| 19 | The breeder 's vet says they are not hereditary . |
| 20 | Thirty five years later servicemen who were forced to witness the test say they are still suffering physical and mental side-effects.So far the government has consistently denied a positive link between the two . |
| 21 | However , in the professional world , little plastic boxes are not the order of the day , even though for everyday tuning needs they are more than adequate . |
| 22 | They are being engaged in activities which have a direct relevance to work they are already involved in , and which they can see are designed to help them do this work more effectively . |
| 23 | The Royal Ordnance says they are due to a shortage of cash for research . |
| 24 | All teachers shall be given a standard competence test to verify they are up-to-date with subjects and modern teaching methods . |
| 25 | All teachers shall be given a competency test to verify they are up to date with subjects and modern teaching methods . |
| 26 | We believe the need to consider the impact that refusing to permit minerals applications might have on local economies is adequately covered by the requirement to demonstrate they are ‘ in the public interest ’ ( MPG6 , paragraph 63 ) . |
| 27 | We believe the need to consider the impact that refusing to permit minerals applications might have on local economies is adequately covered by the requirement to demonstrate they are ‘ in the public interest ’ ( MPG6 , paragraph 63 ) . |
| 28 | Who 'd have thought that Shrewsbury would be in control here but with twelve minutes of the second half gone they are . |
| 29 | It is all too easy for someone in a position of influence to think they are there simply by virtue of their own ability . |
| 30 | or maybe twenty per cent , ten per cent think they 're better than the teacher thinks they are , ten per cent think that |