Example sentences of "are [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantages of these are that they last much longer and cost much less to run ( the saving well outweighs the higher asking price ) ; their disadvantages are that the light they give is not quite so ‘ warm ’ and does not come on instantly . |
| 2 | The problems with unwanted feelings are that they tend to hinder us in the here and now even though the feelings are often associated with past or future events . |
| 3 | Peel told the NME : ‘ The Wedding Present 's virtues are that they make records which are direct and uncomplicated and it seems that these are now being regarded as vices in some quarters . ’ |
| 4 | The advantages of longitudinal studies are that they make it possible to study change over time , though as a series of snapshots rather than as a continuous process . |
| 5 | Marjorie Perloff has remarked that young American academics and students have a shared culture based on having read or studied the same books : ‘ they have , by and large , taken courses that expose them to writers like Freud , Nietzsche , and Marx , whereas the odds are that they have not taken a course in , say , the lyric poetry of Goethe , the fiction of Stendhal , or the theatre of Molière . ’ |
| 6 | Yet another way in which people may judge the costliness of different types of credit is how reasonable they think any credit terms are that they have recently been using . |
| 7 | And I I think some of the lessons from Eastern Europe are that they have tried to go from one old system to a new system at an incredibly swift pace . |
| 8 | Estimates of the effect of the few Concordes currently in operation are that they have a negligible impact on the ozone layer . |
| 9 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability . |
| 10 | Their strengths are that they have a critical thinking ability and they can be objective . |
| 11 | The strengths that these people show are that they have an ability to combine a sense of concern , with a sense of order and purpose . |
| 12 | And then the ultimate differences between the states are that they have control over their spending . |
| 13 | No I could n't I mean , and these people are Jehovah Witnesses who sold me this house and my feelings about the commercial probity of Jehovah Witnesses are that they have n't any commercial probity . |
| 14 | The only possible answers are that they wanted to ensure that Lothar would not evade the battle , and that the battle would be decisive . |
| 15 | The problem with books are that they date very quickly and so it is difficult to get up to the minute advice . |
| 16 | The attractions of these products are that they store well , are easily obtained and offer a high profit margin . |
| 17 | Important characteristics of expert systems are that they provide advice in problem-solving based on the knowledge of experts , facilitate learning through experience and allow the use of natural language processing . |
| 18 | The advantages of these methods are that they allow for careful preparation of material and can make use of the best teachers available . |
| 19 | The advantages of films , video-tapes and MEDIATRON programmes are that they allow the careful preparation of material which is recorded and so can be used many times . |
| 20 | The interesting points to note for both papers are that they emerged at a time when the SDP , a party of the middle-ground , was in the ascendant , and that neither moved to the ‘ left ’ , not even the social democratic ‘ left ’ , in the 1987 election . |
| 21 | The majority of the training is within the Options Agency , erm , achieve a positive outcome , and I do apologise with all the jargon that will creep in , erm , positive outcomes in terms of these programmes are that they achieve jobs . |
| 22 | On the one hand , Labour Members know where their roots are and they know how much they matter to them desperately . |
| 23 | Most people are if they 've got property are n't they ? |
| 24 | How can we know what people 's interests are if they do not act on them because they are induced or coerced not to ? |
| 25 | Oh yeah , hang on , I ca n't think who they are but they came all the way . |
| 26 | ‘ If other men are attracted to me , then they 're attracted to more of me than you are because they see more of me . |
| 27 | Fortunately we know who they are after they land and next time ( You mean you do n't kick 27 Dulux shades of shite with a hint of peach out of them while they 're on the floor ? |
| 28 | A third would be to consult tenants directly where the problems are as they know what is required . |
| 29 | He believes that things are as they seem to Dr Serafin ; that he is putting up proposals which are as sound as his judgement and experience can make them , that he is withdrawing them in deference to Serafin 's objections , and that he will be forced to formulate alternative proposals which can not be known to him yet because they will take their rise from views Serafin has still not expressed . |
| 30 | Coupled with these practices are plea-bargaining ( negotiating a guilty plea in return for being charged with a less serious offence ) and ‘ judicious ’ judicial decisions ( which take as much notice of who you are as they do of what you have apparently done ) . |