Example sentences of "they [verb] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though some of the foregoing indicates diversity , the questions they raise are common to all teachers : |
| 2 | They argue that support acted as an antecedent protective factor , but as their data was not longitudinal , the relationships they found are open to alternative explanations . |
| 3 | That the services they provide are relevant to environmental groups , and in that way to help environmental groups plug in to the kinds of advice on fund raising and er , management and all sorts of other aspects of running a voluntary organisation , which , at the moment , of , er a lot of , er social service organisations plug into , but so many environmental groups . |
| 4 | An international team of astronomers estimated that the distance to Supernova 1987A , and therefore the LMC , is 169 000 light years , a figure which they say is accurate to within 5 per cent . |
| 5 | These were Cypripack plastic media which Cyprio offer as a cheaper alternative to foam ( which they say is 3 to 8 times better than most plastic media ) . |
| 6 | If anyone older than you , even someone you know , tries to kiss or touch you in a way you do n't like or that confuses you , or which they say is supposed to be a secret , say NO in a very loud voice . |
| 7 | The participants were willing and the setting was ideal ; they 'd been close to it often enough , so what was happening now ? |
| 8 | They 'd been good to Mam , though , sending her money when they could . |
| 9 | Of course the question in the EPQ does not refer solely to driving and the population they sampled are unlikely to be driving particularly regularly . |
| 10 | He then went on to discuss whether an employee could use his recollection of any features of the plaintiff 's plant , machinery or process which they claimed were peculiar to them even though they admitted that their competitors used similar machinery . |
| 11 | Although writers and writing are the subjects of most of these essays , the themes they present are essential to understanding both the extraordinary political changes that have swept through Eastern Europe , and the human condition under communism . |
| 12 | They steer people away from any home which they believe is likely to be closed and once you start doing this , you will in fact be sealing the fate of those homes and you it 's a very , very dangerous game , you 've got ta be , you 've got ta play it very , very carefully indeed and I hope Chairman that there can be a degree of common sense and rationality introduced into discussions between the members of the various groups who have to deal with these very difficult issues . |
| 13 | Erm the police will only apply their resources to a matter which they feel is appropriate to the need of that particular problem . |
| 14 | Most voters wish a fraction of the energy expended on internecine warfare between fellow opposition parties could be expended in opposing those aspects of Government policy they feel are detrimental to Scotland 's future . |
| 15 | Their stories will cover issues which they feel are crucial to the democratic movement in Haiti and to the daily lives of the population . |
| 16 | Member states could however veto any proposal which they thought was detrimental to their economies , therefore very little progress to harmonise to common European standards took place . |
| 17 | Fine , but though countries may eat what they like , they can not exclude foods they think are inferior to their own . |
| 18 | They 've been loyal to me , and I 'll stay loyal to them . ’ |
| 19 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They 've been beastly to me always — always . |
| 21 | They 've been next to my telephone for four weeks . |
| 22 | Hitherto , they had been subject to largely servile pieces , containing five paragraphs of biographical detail , three to describe the speed of the music ( with at least one simile ) and two humorous asides from Gedge . |
| 23 | As Poles they had been subject to St Petersburg 's longstanding attempts to interfere in relations between Polish nobles and non-Polish peasants . |
| 24 | They had been vociferous to the effect that the ‘ tithes should come down ’ and the men should ‘ have higher wages ’ . |
| 25 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 26 | For the first four years of the new school 's existence the buildings were used much as they had been prior to amalgamation , but in 1974 organisation was rationalised to provide departmental areas with teaching rooms and adjacent resource bases . |
| 27 | It might well prove to be all they could do to find their way across the heather to some quiet field or copse-bank like those they had been used to . |
| 28 | Two members of the jury threatened to sue , because the comments ( which were based upon mis-statements of fact ) suggested they had been false to their oaths by acquitting black defendants because they ( the jurors ) were black . |
| 29 | One panel member said that they had been ready to ‘ throw out ’ the whole study until the notebook with this new data was produced . |
| 30 | Dismissing the taxpayer 's appeal , Mr Justice Vinelott said that the overriding purpose of para 24(5) , Sch 5 , FA 1975 was to ensure that the participators in a close company , which was entitled to an interest in possession , were to be treated for the purposes of capital transfer tax as if they had been entitled to interests in possession according to their rights and interests in the company . |