Example sentences of "they be [prep] [det] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They are on neither side . |
| 6 | Our parliamentary group does not appear to be in touch with grassroots opinion — it 's as if they are on another planet . |
| 7 | If you have particular skills like dancing , singing , fencing , acrobatics , or mime , be sure they are on this information sheet . |
| 8 | Historically , they are on this side of it ; spiritually , they are on the other . |
| 9 | Only if they are at that time identified and agreed upon , will they be specific goods . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They are at any rate central and have I believe served for various committees of inquiry , etcetera , before . |
| 12 | The nearer they are to each other the greater is the field . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Well if you take the the figures that It depends where they are to some extent . |
| 15 | They are for that area on the Greater York study . |
| 16 | Every day couples meet who are amazed at how right they are for each other — proof that Dateline works ! |
| 17 | Please send contributions direct to the office at Epsom , clearly stating that they are for this fund . |
| 18 | They are for some reason most dreadfully at home in Paris — ‘ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Consequently , rich and colourful though they may appear , they are of little value as habitat . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Individually they are of little importance , but collectively . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | These are attitudes of the Stoics and it will be seen that though they are noble and inspiring , they are of this world . |
| 26 | Erm and clearly you know they are of some use . |
| 27 | He points out that most certified trainees come straight from school and so are cheaper to employ in the earlier stages of their qualification when they are of less use . |
| 28 | They are there , they are colossal , they are of another age ; and nobody knows how they came there . |
| 29 | We compare them in order to see not what each is like but in what respects they are like each other . |
| 30 | It should be noted that the two marks and are being used for two different purposes in this course , as they are in many phonetics books . |