Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] they are " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bivariate relationship between terminal education age and preparedness to break the law suggests a different conclusion about the relationship between education and respect for the law in Britain in 1984 : more of those who left school at 16 or above say they are prepared to break the law ( 0.364 ) than do those who left at 15 or younger ( 0.274 ) , a difference of +0.090 . |
| 2 | Judith Hurwitz , now head of the Hurwitz Consulting Group , says the whole tone of SCO Forum was different this year and obviously indicates they are jockeying to go public — even though they 'll need a couple more quarters at least to get the kind of track record they need to do it . |
| 3 | It is a little sad to see the innocent eagerness and enthusiasm from so many who have stars in their eyes and really believe they are quite good players . |
| 4 | And this means that they are more confident about their work and really feel they are making progress . |
| 5 | In contrast to white , black is widely employed to represent evil , terror , darkness , decay , the appropriate colour for mourning — a range of depressing associations perhaps ultimately deriving from the alternation of night and day ; we share these with the Ndembu and readily assume they are universal . |
| 6 | they 're not as nice if you defrost frozen peas and then cook them are they ? |
| 7 | Where listed buildings stand empty and completely abandoned they are able to carry out emergency work themselves and send the bills to the owners . |
| 8 | Some people prefer to think of blue or golden light ; others may not think of a colour at all but just feel they are centred within a sphere . |
| 9 | But perfectly matched they are in this grand old play which seems to steadily improve with age , and which is receiving a very good production from Colette O'Neil at Perth . |