Example sentences of "they [be] [adj] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German government recently drafted regulations making it compulsory for car makers to take back their old cars when they are due to be scrapped . |
| 2 | They are proud to be part of it . |
| 3 | They say : They are proud to be in the Glosters . |
| 4 | It is evidence of the trio 's friendship for Bill Clinton that they are unwilling to be drawn . |
| 5 | They are right to be cautious . |
| 6 | They are right to be so ashamed . |
| 7 | They are sure to be stiff after riding for the first time . ’ |
| 8 | COMMENT AND FACT Newspapers should not express comment on conjecture as fact and should distinguish between them , but they are free to be partisan . |
| 9 | They are free to be energetic and enterprising ; they are equally free to be lethargic and dilatory ; the self-respect of the voluntary group depends on the fact that any success it has is due to its own efforts . |
| 10 | European diplomats say that Reginald Bartholomew , the under-secretary of state for security assistance , has warned them against doing anything with the WEU that undermines NATO or freezes out the Americans from security talks at which they think they are entitled to be present . |
| 11 | A high proportion of equity capital is a safeguard for creditors since they are entitled to be paid in full before the owners receive anything on liquidation . |
| 12 | A high proportion of equity capital is a safeguard for creditors since they are entitled to be paid in full before the owners receive anything on liquidation . |
| 13 | Plaintiffs should not assume that they are entitled to be " whitewashed " by a defendant who has paid them merely nominal damages , and it would be more satisfactory if judges made some enquiries of the parties before they approve statements which are made as matters of public record . |
| 14 | Yes I think that may be right my Lord , indeed er if we succeed on the way out , get get out of the contract point then of course the plaintiff 's case is that they would have taken that advice and would not have entered into the contract a and therefore on that basis they are entitled to be compensated on the basis that all the losses they unnecessarily incurred by having , being forced to complete , should be recoverable , subject to er litigation of loss and . |
| 15 | Armstrong was too clichéd to be a student vehicle these days , unless it was a London-based medical student ; they are well-known to be from another planet ten years behind the times . |
| 16 | But they are wrong to be so forlorn . |
| 17 | Being rather young and inexperienced they are inclined to be hot-headed and rather wild , bravely dashing into the jaws of danger where an older warrior might bide his time . |
| 18 | They are inclined to be retiring , anxious and solitary and are far more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators . |
| 19 | Theoretically , it should be a simple matter of asking your own parents or a favourite sibling if they are willing to be named as guardians . |
| 20 | It is particularly important , especially with non UK resident corporations that the onerous requirements of the Code are understood and that they indicate in writing and by their actions that they are willing to be bound by them . |
| 21 | When they are ready to be deployed , the doors of the bell and chamber are sealed . |
| 22 | But it might be two years before they are ready to be drafted into the League side . |
| 23 | These Fanatics remain hidden , carried along by their fellows , until they are ready to be pushed out towards the enemy . |
| 24 | When they are ready to be seen on their home territory — which may be northern Scandinavia or Iceland — they disappear , hopefully to come back with their offspring in the autumn . |
| 25 | When they say this , they are apt to be called writers . |
| 26 | The shortest stories in Greyhound for Breakfast owe a lot to Kafka 's briefer parables , though they are apt to be more difficult to understand ; and there can be no doubt that Beckett 's solipsistic tramps have left an impression on the earlier writings . |
| 27 | In addition they are apt to be submissive and extremely biddable ; far too willing , also , to withdraw from situations they find difficult . |
| 28 | they are apt to be too large for constructive action , since the time taken by a committee to resolve a problem tends to be in direct proportion to its size ; |
| 29 | Powell 's appointment following the demurral of the National Gallery 's first choice , John Walsh of the Getty , surprised many observers , curators and dealers alike , all of them as free with their opinions as they are reluctant to be named . |
| 30 | They are unlikely to be able to give children the stable emotional background , the consistent combination of love and firmness , which are more important than riches . |