Example sentences of "they be [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skills and expertise required to manage or advise them are in many respects different to those required in a large organization . |
| 2 | The sexual feelings were there , and were overwhelming , as they are to many teenagers . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 : |
| 5 | They are out most nights visiting a post office somewhere or repossessing cars . |
| 6 | The opportunities offered by Post Ordination Training and in-service clergy training ( CME ) should be used much more than they are by most dioceses , perhaps in collaboration with music colleges or diocesan music advisers . |
| 7 | Surveys are a way of life with an I B M. as they are in many companies today . |
| 8 | Yet the more we look at our surroundings , the more we find that they are in many ways far above the average . |
| 9 | Centuries ago they created torsion powered and counter-weighted devices which are their equivalent of cannons , perfecting them to such a degree that they are in many ways superior to crude gunpowder weapons . |
| 10 | Mrs Whitehouse is concerned not only that television companies are using their influence to promote political causes but , as was suggested above , that they are in many ways responsible for the ‘ moral decline ’ which she has identified . |
| 11 | Although ( according to attitudinism ) ethical statements express attitudes rather than beliefs they are in many ways quite comparable to factual statements which express beliefs . |
| 12 | The human eye is very sensitive to green and the visible differences between the samples , small as they are in some cases , corresponded to a smaller difference in the reflected light levels . |
| 13 | We need to tighten the time schedules for the writing of reports , and ensure that the workloads are more evenly spread than they are in some cases at the moment . |
| 14 | They are in most respects similar to treasury bills , including the eligibility for rediscount at the Bank of England . |
| 15 | No it 's not , those erm they 're like those leggings it 's |
| 16 | Throughout history you come across stacks of politicians who would rather let any number of people suffer than admit to one lousy mistake of their own — they 're in all parties , not just our current lot . ’ |
| 17 | They 're in those trees up there . |
| 18 | They were at all times called by their Yiddish names Bashelaya , Shinageetel , and Riffka . |
| 19 | They were for all ages , from the very young to the schoolroom young lady ; some might even be classed as adult fiction , though they were never again to be published as such . |
| 20 | Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides . |
| 21 | They were by all accounts , cultured and responsible people who wished the child to die in as painless a way as possible . |
| 22 | They were in many cases cheered on by local bystanders . |
| 23 | They were in many cases consumers of Gulf oil and anxious on two counts : first , over the physical security of supplies , lest conflict in the region should provoke a breakdown in the outward flow of oil ; and second , over price increases , which would bring in their train inflation , unemployment and general economic stagnation . |
| 24 | It followed , too , from the assumptions that the British made about the Masai 's conservatism , it appearing self-evident to them that because the Masai were so conspicuously uninterested in Western civilization they were in all respects content with the status quo ; so closely were Westernization and agitation linked in the administrative mind . |
| 25 | But er that was one of the things er he kep it was an enjoyable trip and the roads were in these days , er you get the motorways today , I just think on the roads , what they were in these days , there was even some places we went through a ford in the middle of the road , with the water about two or three inches deep . |
| 26 | Anton laughed : nothing shocked him ; they were in some ways alike , he and his sister . |
| 27 | Shouting ‘ Long live democracy ’ and singing the ‘ Internationale ’ , they were in some ways evoking the spirit of ‘ May Fourth ’ and paving the way for others to take in following years . |
| 28 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 29 | ‘ One day we went for a walk in woods to the north of London near Barnet , I think , I no longer recall the name , except that they were in those days very pretty and lonely woods for a place so near London . |
| 30 | You know , people And I did n't , well you were suppose Well we did mark the book at perhaps a p a pound to a book you know , like they were in those days . |