Example sentences of "[be] [conj] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantages of films , video-tapes and MEDIATRON programmes are that they allow the careful preparation of material which is recorded and so can be used many times . |
| 2 | Until quite recently the outstanding problem with many recordings of music before 1600 has been that they reveal the lack of tradition behind their vocal and instrumental practice and therefore suffer from an inevitable slide towards solipsism . |
| 3 | ‘ For the railway monopolies , it has always been that they wanted the data network modernised . |
| 4 | You do n't think it 'll be once they put the money |
| 5 | It may be that they left the gate open when they went , and Joe just trotted out . ’ |
| 6 | In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but … |
| 7 | It might be that they lead the opinions of a group of three people , ten people or thirty , but those opinion-makers are the key . |
| 8 | For others it might be that they want the relationship to end completely and do not want to be financially dependent on their former partners ( Bradshaw and Millar found that a fifth of those not receiving maintenance said that they did not want any ) . |
| 9 | Assuming that all the materials you have are equally suitable for your students , the main distinguishing feature of the video materials is likely to be that they provide the most realistic examples of the language in use . |
| 10 | They represent enemy ships sunk by torpedoes , and the crossed guns on the left means they 've been in a surface action — that 'd be when they got the German destroyer — and the dagger below is a special operation . ’ |
| 11 | They are more or less in the position that teachers will be when they receive the published item . |
| 12 | Has my right honourable friend had an opportunity to see the report from three I s , investors in industry , in which they have surveyed five hundred of the companies in which they invest and the confidence factor of those businesses is higher now than it 's ever been since they started the surveys in nineteen eighty eight . |
| 13 | A weakness of many low-cost colour inkjets is that they use the colour cartridge to produce black by applying 100 per cent cyan , magenta and yellow . |
| 14 | A feature of all these quotes is that they conflate the social and the personal ; Vicky , for example , argues that the arts are ‘ a waste of taxpayers ’ money' and then says ‘ I could n't motivate myself to do it ’ . |
| 15 | Perhaps some component of Pascal 's restless questioning was due to his displacement through recurrent ill-health , but what makes his questionings still worth reading , is that they confront the foundations of our existence and that despite the fact that he is sometimes seen merely as a Catholic apologist . |
| 16 | ‘ Sure they miss the money , but one of the most important things is that they miss the buzz . |
| 17 | The merit of separate qualified defences is that they focus the evidence and the legal argument , giving the jury ( in contested cases ) an opportunity to assess the defence , and giving the judge fairly precise guidance on the basis for sentencing : this might be thought to ensure that each defendant is dealt with more fairly , but the risk of confusing the jury in a contested case might tend to erode that protection . |
| 18 | The reason for their use is that they make the task of interpretation easier for the reader . |
| 19 | Part of the reason for this is that they make the interpretation of information derived from assessments unproblematical . |
| 20 | As we shall see in a moment , one significance of the parallel markets is that they make the Bank 's monetary control operations , at least in principle , more difficult and they do this in at least two ways . |
| 21 | The fact is that they hold the uterus open , which means that egg and sperm are allowed to unite , but the pregnancy is doomed because it can not be sustained without the uterus closing . |
| 22 | The problem with ‘ infant industry ’ and other import controls is that they protect the domestic producer , whether foreign or local . |
| 23 | The reason is that they deny the significance of speculative balances and argue that overwhelmingly money is held as a medium of exchange . |
| 24 | From the standpoint of constructivism , the reason why associationist-representational theories so spectacularly fail to capture the essence of thought is that they ignore the fact that every thought , like every action , has , at some level , a purpose . |
| 25 | The point of new methods with new messages is that they convey the sense of a new order ( or at least the decline of the old one ) . |
| 26 | One advantage is that they relieve the prosecution of the burden of proving sexual intercourse , which is helpful where precise forensic evidence is lacking . |
| 27 | Their essential feature is that they misdirect the enemy 's attack , so that it fails to damage any vital organs . |
| 28 | The important point about these immediate constraint is that they establish the scenario for the operation of the group . |
| 29 | The answer is that they pursued the site owner monthly for three years until he agreed to sell the plot , seconds away from Hampstead Heath , then designed a five-bedroom house with 40ft outdoor pool and had it built . |
| 30 | SVQs are nationally recognised awards ; their particular feature is that they incorporate the occupational standards defined by industry Lead Bodies . |