Example sentences of "they [be] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few Washingtonians talk like this , perhaps because few of them are Yankee patrician war heroes , perhaps because politics has rubbed the gleam off them . |
| 2 | Many of them are Link Schools , and a number of special schools are also included in the scheme . |
| 3 | Under them are battlefield commanders , most of whom operate under code names such as Korn , Siab , Chan , Sok . |
| 4 | They are desert raiders . |
| 5 | They are Swim Arm Bands , code GS3600 , The Wet Set , code 59640 , and an unbranded make . |
| 6 | They are reflexive representations of their own form and construction , ‘ metaliterary stories , stories devoted to the constructive principle of the story ’ , and by extension , representations of literature in general . |
| 7 | In other words , the two halves of the building balance or , more formally , they are mirror images of one another ( figure 2 ) . |
| 8 | Occurring as matched pairs , they are mirror images of one another , left-handed on one side of the head and right-handed on the other . |
| 9 | They are Silicon Graphics and Xyplex . |
| 10 | Many Bills never even reach the floor of the House simply because , even though they are Government Bills , time can not be found . |
| 11 | As they are government securities they are almost risk-free . |
| 12 | They are fossil fuels : coal , oil and natural gas , nuclear fuels : uranium ores . |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't let Edward take that risk , he might get himself arrested for stealing pages from the account books , they are company property after all . ’ |
| 14 | They are smell signals . |
| 15 | They are performance polymers relying upon considerable ICI technology for their properties which enable ICI customers and the customers ' customers to produce end products with functionality in a wide range of applications , and end-use properties which are best achieved , both technically and cost-effectively , by using ‘ Propathene ’ or ‘ Melinar ’ as raw materials . |
| 16 | They are computer programs pumped full of plain old knowledge and heuristics lore from experts who lend their wisdom . |
| 17 | They are identification numbers that are used in the description below . |
| 18 | They are winger Alex Partington and stand-off John Gunning , who has also been named player of the month . |
| 19 | So , I mean th the thing is , they are erm they are minority group . |
| 20 | They 've got several in erm I suppose they are sport they are sport shoes covers running . |
| 21 | Many would take grave exception to the suggestion that they are problem drinkers , yet the volume of alcohol they consume at home can be far above recommended safe levels . |
| 22 | They are peanut bonfire toffee rather than Cadbury 's Caramel . |
| 23 | They are landscape ghosts ; but instead of fading away , they sharpen ever more clearly into focus . |
| 24 | However , because they are unit trusts they are unable to pay interest gross . |
| 25 | They are money channels that take a fee for the channelling service . |
| 26 | This is because technically they are State officials . |
| 27 | These are important , but they are surface phenomena , overtly physical . |
| 28 | This definition is marked by an evasion which runs through all Braudel 's work : first , événements are brief ; but in addition , they ‘ do not endure ’ , they are surface manifestations of … larger movements . ’ |
| 29 | Bread and potatoes , although they are carbohydrate foods , are known as unrefined carbohydrates and are not especially rich in energy , so you can eat them — but with minimum butter or margarine . |
| 30 | They are freedom fighters . |