Example sentences of "they be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are Judaism , Christianity and Islam . |
| 2 | ‘ They are scum ’ : the sort of people , in fact , who become cabinet ministers . |
| 3 | I mean , they are scum , after all , people that do these dreadful things . |
| 4 | They are north of here , |
| 5 | They are desert raiders . |
| 6 | Importantly , the Directive applies to all voting shares , even if they are bearer ; it may therefore become impossible to shelter a major holding behind the anonymity of bearer shares . |
| 7 | They are Rossifloor in Italy , Balsan in France and Cabrita in Belgium . |
| 8 | They are Swim Arm Bands , code GS3600 , The Wet Set , code 59640 , and an unbranded make . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They are Luredur AS 7 , an aqueous , anionic solution of an acrylic copolymer used to improve internal bonding strength , and Afranil ST , an easily diluted stock deformer . |
| 11 | In other words , the two halves of the building balance or , more formally , they are mirror images of one another ( figure 2 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | What is rarely stated openly but constantly implied is that the younger generation should be less negative because they know better ; they are university educated men . |
| 14 | they are act |
| 15 | Personally I think they are window-dressing as usual for the benefit of their Scottish support . |
| 16 | More than that , they are sanity , d'ye see ? |
| 17 | They are bar and beach holidays cruelly interrupted by visits to view the spacious rooms and extensive facilities of a recently-constructed hotel , or to inspect a distant beach . |
| 18 | They are Silicon Graphics and Xyplex . |
| 19 | They are Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine , Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind , Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke and Foreign Office Minister Tristan Garel-Jones . |
| 20 | And has n't Wittgenstein shown us anyway that a concept can be perfectly healthy without being definable , arguing that there need be no element common to all instances of a property ( e.g. instances of knowledge ) other than that they are instances ( e.g. that they are knowledge ) ? |
| 21 | They are knowledge . ’ |
| 22 | Then they are stoneground or mechanically milled and sieved . |
| 23 | On the contrary , they are speculation and interpretation congealed into a tradition , and it is this tradition which is constantly mistaken for fact . |
| 24 | Should n't you put Mrs and Mr cos they are man and wife . |
| 25 | As they are government securities they are almost risk-free . |
| 26 | Many Bills never even reach the floor of the House simply because , even though they are Government Bills , time can not be found . |
| 27 | I do n't want to be picky about this but but I mean they are government based . |
| 28 | Six Arabs — their headdress and robes suggest they are Bedouin — rest beside an ancient well of translucent blue water . |
| 29 | They are fossil fuels : coal , oil and natural gas , nuclear fuels : uranium ores . |
| 30 | Italy has been blessed with more great cities than any other European country — they are home to some of the most famous landmarks of the continent , they are unique and they are truly special . |