Example sentences of "they a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Dell Computer Corp responded to Compaq Computer Corp 's multimedia machine ( see front ) with two new multimedia personal computers of its own , the Valuestation 386 and 486 , priced at $1,500 and $2,000 : the smaller one is based on the Dell System 333s/L , while the Valuestation 486 is based on the Dell snap-together personal computer ; they a factory installed Sound Blaster Pro or Sound Blaster 16 audio board , a CD-ROM drive , speakers , a microphone , applications installed on the hard drive , and CD-based software applications . |
2 | are they a specialist group who need particular aspects emphasised ? |
3 | Again are n't they a size ? |
4 | are they a kind of Shakespeare Sister then ? |
5 | Were n't they a part of the Zeitgeist after all ? |
6 | Yes , Are they a bit nearer ? |
7 | Well some of the questions you think erm you think erm you know , are n't they a bit well way out or what made them ask that . |
8 | So they a bit Monty Pythonish swing |
9 | And they normally say that a minute of erm that is gon na be a thousand quid do n't they a minute of video is a thousand quid |
10 | Only in warmer , damper regions have they a chance to acquire the organic debris — mostly fragments of algae , fungi , lichens and mosses — that allows them to develop further into humic soils ( Figure 3.6B-D ) . |
11 | Nor , for practical purposes , are they a constraint for most regulated public companies given their size and their controlled returns . |
12 | Were they a coincidence or are you going through a purple patch at the moment ? |
13 | Are they a means of merely reapportioning the existing cake ? |
14 | Headed Deaf Motorists : Are They a Danger ? it argues convincingly that they are not , and explains that " unlike motorists who can hear , the deaf motorist never expects to receive any audible warning when on the road , and , therefore , never under any circumstances takes anything for granted . |
15 | Or were they a security squad determined to drive some supposed gawping cluster of citizenry below , unsure as yet in the darkness of their rank or affiliation ? |
16 | Are they merely providers , acting as a resource for local communities , responding to needs and demands which are often based on past experience of education or have they a duty to seek ways and means of broadening the role of education into areas with which it is not normally associated such as changes in family and community life , the problems of poverty , inequality , and the general lack of local control over the formal decision-making process ? |
17 | Were they a challenge or complement to parliamentary leaders ? |
18 | It turns out that trying to define what a group is is quite difficult a what distinguishes a group of people from a mob of people er a group of people queuing at a bus stop , are they a group well you do n't think so normally . |
19 | Were they a group , he wondered , or just individuals travelling together for comfort and security ? |
20 | And are they a patch on Bernard ‘ Hang 'Em All ’ Manning ? |
21 | How far are they a consequence of the teacher 's assumptions about and expectations of the children in question ? |
22 | Have they a point of view ? |