Example sentences of "they be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the figures show that assessments of the over provision are incorrect but even had they been correct if circumstances were an over provision comes about not because of an increase in our provision of services , but because of expansion in the private sector . |
| 2 | Where have they been all this time ? |
| 3 | So they 've , have they been terraced or something like that ? |
| 4 | In actual fact your Pete and Margaret have moved more , in the twelve years that they were married , I know they 've been married longer now , but when , th they been married twelve years and they moved four times , |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the two promised divisions , which , had they been available at the right moment , would almost certainly have presented Verdun to the Germans , were still firmly held at Metz , two day 's march away . |
| 6 | When they formed the Army Education Corp , during the war , they er , they wore uniform , most of them were warrant officers , and soldiers but in uniform you could come out I mean , they been ordinary soldiers , but they 'd been put put on a charge every time the saw them , you know . |
| 7 | Or had they been afraid to do so in case it drew attention to what they were up to ? |
| 8 | Had they been jealous , thirty years ago in Oxford , of the young Phoebe 's special status ? |
| 9 | Trapped in the revolving world of afternoon TV , this is a man who would have quite happily recorded the LP from the comfort of his bed had they been able to fit it in the studio . |
| 10 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 11 | Few of Camille 's schoolmates , even had they been able to read and write , would go on to a career in the sciences , since the chemistry lab had been the first to succumb , years back , when the rules had just been relaxed and attitudes to education liberalized . |
| 12 | No doctor having been called , even had they been able to find one willing to attend since one glance would have been more than enough to convince any practitioner of medicine that his fee could not be paid . |
| 13 | The American archives suggest that even in 1954 the British would have been somewhat reassured had they been able to eavesdrop on some of the discussions which were taking place in Washington . |
| 14 | Much of this written work can be done alone , but some of it is best achieved in collaboration ; it might be that the purpose of the drama is to work together to produce documents , for example : The letters written by the sailors on the Mary Rose as they left port ( had they been able to write ) . |
| 15 | Had they been stronger , the Romans would doubtless have dealt more forcefully with the barbarian threat . |
| 16 | Have they been downtrodden for thousands of years or was it more recent ? |
| 17 | None of the patients interviews said they would have taken paracetamol had they been aware of this danger . |
| 18 | It is not possible to determine the number of such people among the 119 recorded as dying in 1990 or how many would not have taken an overdose had they been aware that paracetamol , if taken in large quantities , often results in a painful and lingering death due to liver failure . |
| 19 | It had immediately struck him , of course , that the latter , had they been aware of it , would have strongly resented the interference of spiritual sanitary workers . |
| 20 | The politicians ' disapproval would have been sharper still had they been aware of plans already taking shape in the army to launch an actual invasion of mainland France if the regime refused to recall de Gaulle to power . |
| 21 | Why , he thought , had they been unable to abandon the film , to leave it without an ending , as a memorial to her death ? |
| 22 | how much prior formal review activity had they been accustomed to and how threatened had they felt ; |
| 23 | Add red lentils and cook for a further 10 minutes until they are tender but still retain their shape . |
| 24 | But in the Guardian 's case they are fortunate to have such high reserves . ’ |
| 25 | When this happens , sometimes it is because they are fortunate enough to have similar interests and standards of behaviour , plus warm , easy-going personalities , with a good tolerance of other people 's ways and opinions . |
| 26 | If they are fortunate enough to become involved in an initiative which supports their progress into employment , this can lead them into another level of experience . |
| 27 | First the drummers come on — I may say that no women are allowed to take part in this ritual and the ladies here will perhaps agree with me that they are fortunate in that omission . |
| 28 | They are fortunate that , for the most part , the increasing personal contact at work , the continuing isolation of farm workers from other occupational groups and the increasing proportion of workers living in tied housing out on the farms are providing opportunities for this identification to be retained , should farmers choose to cultivate it . |
| 29 | People recovering from addictive disease are not special and different from other people ( although they are fortunate in having a positive programme by which to live ) but they are now able to take their place alongside others . |
| 30 | If they are fortunate to have enough money , where are they to find out that that helpline exists and obtain the numbers ? |