Example sentences of "they [verb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 2 | Competition among them has been intense in the past decade as a result of the switch to reimbursement based on diagnostic related groups rather than historic costs , a difficult regulatory environment aimed at reducing short stay hospital capacity and at cost containment , and a much tougher climate for research funding . |
| 3 | It will be necessary to confirm that all restrictions have been observed and if they have not been observed , to confirm that consent to vary or discharge them has been forthcoming . |
| 4 | Fine , if I get them done be ready for the |
| 5 | Just remember that the invisible spiritual force that makes them work is evil and harmful , so leave them all well alone . |
| 6 | The promotion prospects of the geologists were almost non-existent , some of them having been Temporary Acting Geologists for over 20 years with no pension rights . |
| 7 | The extreme sensitivity they gain is invaluable in their quiet desert home . |
| 8 | But whereas , in the former , the lovers are effete , foppish and ultimately doomed , in They Wouldn't 's Gay Yardie routine , the characters Rupert and Denzel are ‘ two rough-up , ragamuffin characters ’ who exit the stage arm in arm and very much alive , leaving the audience with no option but to confront their own prejudices . |
| 9 | The difficulties which they met were formidable , and as much political as scientific . |
| 10 | But when they arrived what they got was far from a welcome home . |
| 11 | Regrettably , last night 's audience was a meagre one , but what they got was impressive , to say the least . |
| 12 | All they got was embarrassed . |
| 13 | The area in which they lived was overcrowded and unsalubrious and if there was rather less unemployment than in the north of England , that was about all that could be said for it . |
| 14 | Such concessions as they made were mere delaying tactics . |
| 15 | On average they had only five or six peasant households at their disposal , and since they lacked the capital , the expertise , and the time to raise peasant productivity , the exactions they made were onerous . |
| 16 | For two lexical items A and B we can ask whether the respective classes of entities they denote are identical , disjunct , overlapping , or whether one includes the other . |
| 17 | The issues that they raise are complex , and procedurally they affect the responsibilities of a large number of bodies , both in Government and outside it . |
| 18 | Though some of the foregoing indicates diversity , the questions they raise are common to all teachers : |
| 19 | The background against which they fought was arid red desert ; they might have been fighting to make it green again ; yet one had the feeling that if either defeated the other it would be disaster . |
| 20 | What do they think is good about our brand ? |
| 21 | I want Mum to ask the doctor why they keep testing me — what do they think is wrong ? |
| 22 | Not that they stopped being scared at once , that first , frightened time . |
| 23 | Among the issues which they pursued were proposed NIHT rent increases , resettlement grants , poor soundproofing and finishing in their accommodation and the refusal of the NIHT to provide a communal television aerial for Rossville Flats which would enable the tenants to receive Radio Telefis Eireann ( the Irish television network ) . |
| 24 | However , Lagan and Cooper DH ( both Alliance ) were the source of 1,700 non-transferable votes which could conceivably have affected the issue either way if they has been transferable . |
| 25 | The fears that the work could escalate into ‘ genetic engineering ’ , by which all but completely healthy babies would be terminated and parents could virtually plan the child they want are futuristic but increasingly real . |
| 26 | so the last thing they want is extra children to come in . |
| 27 | What they want is everyday talk . |
| 28 | Maybe Brian but what they want is initial contact point for somebody . |
| 29 | The size of the particles created by the fires and the heights to which they rose were key factors that determined the atmospheric residence times of the pollutants , the extent of spread of the plumes , and hence the degree of impact on weather and climate . |
| 30 | There are a number of careers in which looking at distance , shape and space and the way they interact is important . |