Example sentences of "[verb] they [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraging them were the new links between British and American film companies that grew out of the quota legislation . |
| 2 | How do we know they 're the proper people to have sight of these — documents ? |
| 3 | People say they were the good old days , but oh I do n't think . |
| 4 | The administrator , Tilahu Walle , says they are the lucky ones of the 200 000 people in the area who need assistance . |
| 5 | ‘ You have to remember they are the current league champions and had been training three nights a week . |
| 6 | By ordering the fourth Trident submarine , the Conservatives show they are the only party to be trusted with defending Britain . |
| 7 | The only thing that linked them was the embarrassing albatross of a marriage in whose death both of them had been guilty . |
| 8 | Whatever abstract mathematical objects I may choose to represent energy or momentum , the consequence of actually measuring them is the concrete one of finding that I have present so many units of whatever it is . |
| 9 | He said the photographer humoured the Lavergnes to let them believe they were the romantic subjects . |
| 10 | Second , the ‘ crisis ’ of 270 minutes without a goal does n't stop them being the Premier League 's joint top scorers with 34 . |
| 11 | Erm but you know they are the actual Inland Revenue . |
| 12 | As far as I know they are the original studs , measuring 23mm across . |
| 13 | The established , and now publicized , fact that women 's sexual capacity increases with age , at least until the late twenties , and stays at this peak for decades , while men 's is already declining , came as a shock both to men , who suddenly discovered they were the unlucky sex , and to women who had not realized what they had been missing . |
| 14 | Forcible spraying with clear water to dislodge them is the only means of control in a pool full of fish , but good autumn management deprives the adults of decaying pool-side vegetation in which to over-winter . |
| 15 | Paul 's wife , Caroline , and David 's wife , Carol , could n't care less about the subject and their friends reckon they 're The Odd Couple ! |
| 16 | " We believe they are the male and female principles of existence . |
| 17 | Yeah , it 's just pure coincidence , it 's just the way that trotting around , I think what we 're trying to do was to say , something wrong in exam book , plus , plus , which is not liked , but , I do n't think they are the alike . |
| 18 | The first people to appreciate them were the ancient Egyptians , who were able to draw on supplies from Sinai . |
| 19 | They all supported an increased budget , which meant they were the ONLY county capped by the Government for spending too much . |
| 20 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
| 21 | Some of them pretend they 're the illegitimate sons of noblemen , and some of them pretend someone else did the murder . |
| 22 | They were stopped and questioned by the police , who thought they were the real thing . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought they were the only party that could rule Namibia . |
| 24 | And er they thought they were the big cheese you see , th th th those who worked there . |
| 25 | He thought they were the local militia . |
| 26 | I bet they 're the other mob . |
| 27 | I walked alongside the men at the head of the column and soon learned they were the Black Watch , a well-known Scottish regiment . |
| 28 | Well I think they 're the only people who |
| 29 | I think they 're the wrong size actually , I think they 're a size too big |
| 30 | Then on the third page , some wards with very high rates of unemployment , I think they are the top twenty if memory serves me right . |