Example sentences of "they [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 aye but I mean some of them are on this Committee as well I mean Wendy and I for a start erm so that would be good right let's try and give that one a
2 Although they are rarer fossils , some of them are of such interest that they are worth mentioning here .
3 The skills and expertise required to manage or advise them are in many respects different to those required in a large organization .
4 Such features are usually called raised beaches if they are at a low level , approximately below 50 m ( 150 ft ) OD , and marine terraces , platforms , benches or erosion surfaces if they are above this level .
5 They are under some degree of political control but they also need to have enough autonomy to carry out complex productive activity in an efficient way .
6 The machines are very good quality , Schaller-style but presumably Gotoh , gold-plated — as they are on all O.C. Smith guitars — and dead smooth to use .
7 They are on neither side .
8 Our parliamentary group does not appear to be in touch with grassroots opinion — it 's as if they are on another planet .
9 If you have particular skills like dancing , singing , fencing , acrobatics , or mime , be sure they are on this information sheet .
10 Historically , they are on this side of it ; spiritually , they are on the other .
11 Only if they are at that time identified and agreed upon , will they be specific goods .
12 I suppose it would bore you to come and see my poor children , but they do need amusing , they are at that stage of convalescing when nothing is entertaining for very long and Mamma is certainly not entertaining at all , so a pretty thing like you would be a breath of fresh air .
13 They are at any rate central and have I believe served for various committees of inquiry , etcetera , before .
14 The sexual feelings were there , and were overwhelming , as they are to many teenagers .
15 No , the the well some of them are , those particular ones some of them are joined but they are to all intents and purposes separate in that they can be er , rented out separately they 're not tied to the house erm in that they are they go with it but the housing department have the opportunity to rent them to whoever applies for them .
16 The nearer they are to each other the greater is the field .
17 Althusser 's concept of the dialectic involves various levels of social formation that have a ‘ relative autonomy ’ , that is to say , they are to some degree self-determining .
18 Well if you take the the figures that It depends where they are to some extent .
19 They are for that area on the Greater York study .
20 Every day couples meet who are amazed at how right they are for each other — proof that Dateline works !
21 Because they occupy key positions in primary care , they are for most people the most accessible caring profession , and psychiatry is considered by doctors to be primarily their occupational territory .
22 Please send contributions direct to the office at Epsom , clearly stating that they are for this fund .
23 They are for some reason most dreadfully at home in Paris — ‘
24 Secondly , the torts considered in this chapter may also come into question in cases of alleged unlawful competition between traders , but in practice they are of little significance because of the common law 's refusal to adopt any principle of ‘ fair competition ’ other than the prohibition of obviously unlawful acts like torts and crimes and breaches of contract .
25 Consequently , rich and colourful though they may appear , they are of little value as habitat .
26 Whilst data presented in graphical form have pictorial value , permitting crude general statements to be made about a sediment , they are of little value for detailed comparisons with other samples .
27 It can not be too strongly stressed that the subject of letters is all-important and that , even though they may be complete with the signature , they are of little virtue or worth unless they say something of at least modest significance .
28 Individually they are of little importance , but collectively .
29 ‘ They were all appointed because they are of such standing in the worlds in which their reputations were made that they will never kowtow to proprietors or editors . ’
30 The Crime Survey is a victimisation study and its main conclusion is one that has been noted , in a less systematic way , many times before : working-class crime is a problem , and it is a problem for the working class , since they are its principal victims , as they are of all types of crime :
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