Example sentences of "[noun] they [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect at a traditional first wedding they are the honoured guests of the hosts , her parents . |
| 2 | Winners They were the clever deal makers with an impeccable and infallible sense of timing |
| 3 | But in essence they 're the main er er the main aspects of er of of er what was meant by liberalism in the er in in er the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | In the War of Independence they were the true mass leaders , the prophets of a primitive nationalism . |
| 5 | elm , oak , ash they 're the only ones I know are free |
| 6 | exactly , I mean this , this is , this is the I R A , they 're not part of any fucking small community they are the fucking community unto themselves and that 's is that , that was he 's answ erm , that was he 's answer to the question of do , do you believe him or something , you know , well all in all it was quite interesting |
| 7 | Do not think these days are days they are the sacrificial priests of the telephone |
| 8 | Beyond the realms of Men , Orcs and their small Goblin kin are far more numerous , and in some places they are the dominant intelligent creature . |
| 9 | At first they operated alongside their toastrack predecessors , but in post-war years they were the only open cars in operation . |
| 10 | In Africa they were the hybrid offspring of an eagle and a wolf , and were usually the guardians of a fortune in gems , hidden in mountain caves or underground tunnels . |
| 11 | At the same time the British leaders , although they soon realized just how much they would have to concede in order to regain American confidence and backing , were largely unshaken in their belief that in Middle Eastern affairs they were the true experts compared with the Americans . |
| 12 | In most waters they are the classic golden bronze to which the common bream owes one of its names . |
| 13 | Both in rucking and mauling they were the complete masters . |
| 14 | The inspectorate , who came into most frequent contact with the diversities of local procedures , were consistently interested in ‘ modernising ’ the selection system , and in some ways they were the single group most responsible for altering local authority activities . |
| 15 | There are criteria which determine the way in which a man thinks and acts , and in Gandhi 's case they are the religious and ethical ideals of his own form of life . |
| 16 | Small specialists journals are the backbone of serious art historical writing : in many cases they are the only forum in which a lengthy article based on primary research can appear . |
| 17 | No , but the er the Germans they were the supreme body were n't they ? |
| 18 | Before looking at the day-to-day working of the system in London and Birmingham , it is worth pausing to describe the role of the school care committees , for in both cities they were the vital link in the attempt to make the transition an educational rather than an industrial process . |
| 19 | Well the lower class of course they were the labouring class and the out of works and and the very low , you see the the people on probably a wage of two pounds a week and less . |
| 20 | In one sense they are the British equivalent of political advertising on American television ‘ but they differ from such advertising in three very important ways : first , PFB broadcasting is free ( although the parties have to bear at least some of the production costs — indeed , all of the production costs if they wish to use private production facilities ) ; second , the number of PEB broadcasts is fixed by agreement between broadcasters and the parties to reflect ( roughly ) the current popular standing of the parties ( in 1987 Labour , the Liberal-SDP Alliance , and the Conservatives got exactly equal time for PEBs while other parties received very much less ) ; third , the broadcasters have insisted , against the politicians ’ wishes , that PEBs be short programmes typically ten minutes long , rather than high-impact adverts of perhaps twenty or thirty seconds ' duration . |
| 21 | The recreational vehicles — Vauxhall is sensitive about calling them off-roaders — are familiar ; in Japan and in the US they 're the short-wheelbase Isuzu Amigo and the long-wheelbase five-door Rodeo , but in the UK they 're to be the Vauxhall Frontera Sport and Frontera respectively . |
| 22 | In some instances , their work supplements the work of professionally-trained personnel ; in other situations , they function independently of professionals ; and in many parts of the world they are the only people available to provide front-line services to people in need . |
| 23 | So near the line they 're the only ones that went ne near front line . |
| 24 | That means imperialism means in a way they 're the French market it 's well known , and , makes itself sell at much a than in its , in its own country , so you can say that for example Thompson has a monopoly tower , most European and have a monopoly tower |
| 25 | In their own way they were the spiritual precursors of Mrs Thatcher 's ‘ Star Chamber ’ . |
| 26 | Er , they reckon they grow two to three foot a year they 're the fast grow ones , once they get a hold , they start growing and they shoot up each week and when they start shooting up , that 's when , you 've got to keep them watered , and you 've got to feed them with that plant stuff do you know what I mean ? |
| 27 | Miners , for example , maintained large families , 3.6 children in 1911 , despite the rapid general reduction in birthrate , and in the early twentieth century they were the only large category of workers whose families averaged over 3 . |