Example sentences of "they [vb base] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the way in which they interact is of crucial importance . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This year 's ‘ local ’ booking they say is at Old Shildon Working Men 's Club on February 14 . |
| 4 | And if MPs on the take are not parroting the opinions of these companies what can we suppose the money they receive is for ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They 're the same molecular formula the only way they differ is in the way the basic chain is structured . |
| 12 | Where they differ is in their assessment of the nature , extent and source of Bolshevik influence . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | For many men the most important grieving they do is over the loss of their work when made redundant or on retirement . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Everything they do is for their children . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | The community has decided , that is , to delegate to judges the power to decide lawsuits in whatever way they think is in the best interests of the community as a whole and to invent working as-if theories of legal rights , including theories of legislation and precedent , with that purpose in mind . |
| 19 | Of course , the information they glean is of little value if the Goblin is pulverised as he impacts with the ground . |
| 20 | And the only privilege they have is of looking after us is n't it ? |
| 21 | Er the the room , the smallest room they have is for twenty five to thirty people |
| 22 | everything they need is on the result table over there |
| 23 | But since the replicase is just a protein molecule like any other , the versatile protein-building machines of the bacterial cell can easily turn to building them , just as the machine tools in a car factory can quickly be turned over in time of war to making munitions : all they need is to be fed the right blueprints . |
| 24 | Children cope in different ways and it may be that the only support they need is from you . |
| 25 | Well here 's the Director General of Fair Trading , and this is someone who 's had quite a bit of experience on this , Sir Gordon Borey and he says that motorists should ensure that any cover they buy is in the form of an individual insurance policy in their name . |
| 26 | There is one exception to all these payments in that parish , town or community councillors are not entitled to receive payment when the duty which they perform is within the area of the parish or community . |