Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they been born 15 years earlier , Tumbleweed would probably wear loon pants and big belts and be called something like Satan 's Spaceship . |
| 2 | Neither had they been given extra hay the night before . |
| 3 | Virginia Bottomley , a health minister , said many of the 3,000 people sleeping rough in the city might have stayed at home had they been given enough attention earlier . |
| 4 | What they might have heard however , had they been passing ten minutes later , even above the noise of the traffic and the raging of the wind , was a roar of someone in pain , a great and agonizing cry . |
| 5 | Indeed , had they been defending British farmers , particularly , those producing lamb , they would have achieved only a load of jelly — and red at that . |
| 6 | Mr may I ask you also had been told by somebody that they been planning armed robberies together . |
| 7 | Now they are forming new floodplains about –8 m below their old floodplains . |
| 8 | And they are demanding massive insurance cover from Eastern Suburbs when Martin Offiah plays for them next summer . |
| 9 | They are mounted two models to a base , and both models get their own attack . |
| 10 | By adopting policies against sexual harassment they are opposing hitherto-accepted codes of normal masculinity and their effects in exercising power and control over women . |
| 11 | Birds can not be conserved by protection in Britain if they are facing greater problems elsewhere . |
| 12 | Eighty per cent of Birmingham 's 3,000 minicab drivers are Asian and they are facing shocking levels of violence . |
| 13 | They are facing formidable opposition in the shape of last year 's winner , Rosa Mota , who sees London as a warm-up for the Olympics , where she 'll be defending her title and looking to put the disappointment of the World Championships in Tokyo last year behind her . |
| 14 | As the owners are aging , they are facing considerable problems . |
| 15 | Er Stuart Argyle on I also say that they are removing one tree outside the former Horse and Groom public house as well . |
| 16 | ‘ If that is their purpose and they are achieving that purpose , why is the Government privatising them ? ’ he asked . |
| 17 | those employed in senior management may by the nature of their jobs be fully aware of what is required of them and fully capable of judging for themselves whether they are achieving that requirement . |
| 18 | If fundholders were to be a lever for change in the reorganised National Health Service there is evidence from this study that they are achieving this objective . |
| 19 | The shortage of regular staff is exacerbated and employers might begin to find that they are filling permanent positions on a temporary basis . |
| 20 | And all this at a time when they are undergoing dramatic changes both physically and emotionally — changes which they often find very difficult to deal with . |
| 21 | They are taking legal advice as to whether any other organisations have a case to answer . |
| 22 | Well an an an and I , it seems to me that the , the er I mean you go , you go to the er to the M S Society and you find just about everybody there , you know , you find people who , who are in wheelchairs , you find people who are walking around , you find people who are er controlling their diet you find people who are obs s taking extreme dietary precautions , no , not precautions , no they are taking extreme care of their diet , er er I mean on gluten-free diets and you know what that means |
| 23 | The aim is to identify companies which can show that they are taking positive steps to improve their ways towards the environment , as well as to raise the level of debate about green issues . |
| 24 | BRITAIN 'S timber importers are worried that public concern about the destruction of tropical rainforests could harm their business and they are taking unusual steps to defuse protest . |
| 25 | Environmental audits are certainly not cheap , so how can companies ensure that they are getting good value for their money ? |
| 26 | The promoter is able to purchase such merchandise in bulk and thereby pass savings on to the customers who feel that they are getting good value for money . |
| 27 | To the politicians the increase in the ratio means they are getting better value for money , greater efficiency — each student educated is costing fewer taxpayers ' pounds . |
| 28 | They make quite sure they are getting enough vitamins . |
| 29 | And they are getting hands-on experience of a giant octopus , molluscs and butterflies with the life-like models made and collected by naturalist Ian Coggin , left , seen during a training session with primary teachers at Whinny Banks junior school , Middlesbrough . |
| 30 | in grant is the basis for their claim that students have never had it so good — that they are getting more money now than ever before . |