Example sentences of "they [vb base] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gestures they make are at one with their interesting footwork . |
| 2 | If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions . |
| 3 | Indeed , the way in which they interact is of crucial importance . |
| 4 | They have to communicate to their public and explain how the services they provide are of value . |
| 5 | A picture as they say is worth a thousand words and so it was that on the afternoon unemployment broke through the three million barrier I chanced a glimpse of the private feelings of John Major . |
| 6 | This year 's ‘ local ’ booking they say is at Old Shildon Working Men 's Club on February 14 . |
| 7 | The funds they receive are for specific services — hence the term ‘ fund accounting ’ . |
| 8 | And if MPs on the take are not parroting the opinions of these companies what can we suppose the money they receive is for ? |
| 9 | They do not need to go erm and th th they they have their own positions and I think a lot of what they speak is of genuine concern . |
| 10 | They enjoy being at home together : she attends keep-fit classes and meets her former colleagues for coffee once a fortnight , while Tom spends more time on gardening and playing whist . |
| 11 | Fortunately for frail elderly people , there are many who offer altruistic neighbouring acts , that is to say , they are done without assumptions of reciprocity ; the gratification which they obtain is in a sense their own private business ! |
| 12 | Our participants lived on a large 1960s council estate on the outskirts of a county town and the schoolrooms they describe were in the local comprehensive school situated on the estate . |
| 13 | Some people defend television by pointing out that , though children read less as they grow older , the actual number of books they read is on the increase . |
| 14 | The prophets they portray were at once more civilized than their masters and more closely in touch with the divine will . |
| 15 | Many of them are well known , such as Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle , but we have to ensure that people are aware that some of the lesser-known sites they visit are in the care of Historic Scotland , and that they realise many more are on offer , ’ says Bill . |
| 16 | The territories that they inhabit are for the most part inhospitable , with some of the world 's highest mountains and large expanses of desert ; and levels of literacy have traditionally been low ( some of the nationalities concerned had no written language at all at the time of their incorporation into the USSR ) . |
| 17 | Surveys just before this Truth in Lending Act , just after , and again in 1977 , have shown a steady growth in the proportion of American consumers whose estimates of the APRs being charged on the credit they use are at least reasonably close to actual market rates . |
| 18 | Firms like ICI in Runcorn have far more workers whom they claim are in danger of losing their jobs because of electricity costs . |
| 19 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |
| 20 | If I got these two they are positional isomers because the carbon chain is the same and the only way they differ is in a position of a functional group . |
| 21 | These two here are also positional isomers , there carbon chains are the same the only way they differ is in the position of the functional group . |
| 22 | They 're the same molecular formula the only way they differ is in the way the basic chain is structured . |
| 23 | Where they differ is in their assessment of the nature , extent and source of Bolshevik influence . |
| 24 | Where they differ is in the unique properties of their cell membranes , for the nerve cell membrane is excitable — which means that in response to a signal , such as a small local fluctuation in ion concentration across the membrane , it can rapidly become permeable to the ions outside it . |
| 25 | This book is about the transcendent worlds but some of the ideas of the philosophers of old are so noble and inspiring that the emotions they arouse are of the peak experience . |
| 26 | A great many assessment systems are competitive in that the extrinsic rewards they offer are in short supply and each student who wants them is asked to demonstrate that he or she is more deserving than others , or others are less deserving . |
| 27 | For many men the most important grieving they do is over the loss of their work when made redundant or on retirement . |
| 28 | The envious man is obsessively drawn to see through his rival 's eyes , the cruel man is as sensitive to a sufferer 's feelings as the compassionate ; and both are disinterested , in that it does not matter to them whether any injury they do is of benefit to themselves . |
| 29 | Everything they do is for their children . |
| 30 | The thing is , if they always give you and you , your , nine times out of ten what they do is like , is either , they either put a can over there or a beer or something , they put it over the end of the , the weapon pull the trigger and that , even with a flash that can go like that , and then they show you one with the , the erm flashes right which have more powerful than the and they 've actually got same again same charge as a life grenade in , but it just plain cardboard so , obviously no trap , but if you lay on them ooh er , you get or something you do n't throw what they do now is they put one they light one , put the helmet over the top of it and make it lit , it runs like buggery and it 'll go a hundred , a hundred and fifty foot up in the air and inside it looks like its been and where its been in the thing it 'll be like er , six seventy foot off the ground , I mean I laid on one once and I , landed about two foot too my left so I 've rolled over , rolled , rolled , and rolled , as I 've rolled I 've rolled over on my back and I 've had all loads of over , like the , I had a roll there its like the er |