Example sentences of "[conj] they [am/are] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quality of these troops varies considerably , and although they are all brave some are better equipped than others . |
| 2 | Erm the er desire that I twelve conveys to encourage district councils to make special provision in their you know to emphasize high density employment in their city centres is understood , no quarrel with that , but if you ca n't , if you feel unable er at county level to be absolutely explicit , that a district would be free if it so chose , it might not choose to do so , if it so chose to make I twelve decisions that did n't come out of its I five , er they would n't have to come out of its I five allocations , unless you can be clear that they 're free to do that , erm it suggests to me sir that may be it 's I twelve that 's that 's getting in the way , erm and w that might well be something we can do without . |
| 3 | It may also be through therapy that they 're able to explore that erm . |
| 4 | Except for those few unhappy souls who have so lost their emotional capacities that they are grateful to have all choice removed from their lives , each person who hears the prison door clang feels a desolation at being cut off from the life of the world and from those they love . |
| 5 | Seen in this way , it is clear that fairy tales play a significant part in helping us grow up — and that they are able to do this because they MAKING A SHORT STORY 57 introduce us to ideas about change , conflict and coming-to-maturity through the medium of make-believe . |
| 6 | It is thought that they are able to do this partly by measuring pressure , just as we rely on atmospheric pressure readings from barometers to forecast the weather . |
| 7 | Finally , there is another aim which relates to both Sections A and B , and which none of the models has taken seriously enough : 7. help pupils to learn how to cope with controversy , complexity , confusion , and uncertainty within a safe environment , so that they are able to manage these unavoidable aspects of life without trying to resort to premature certainty , dogmatism or exclusivism . |
| 8 | But it is unlikely that they are able to use this in itself as a guide . |
| 9 | Make sure that each person is able to reach all toilet facilities easily and that they are able to use any support provided . |
| 10 | These items usually become immediately available to all manufacturers so that they are unlikely to give any single guitar an edge over its rivals . |
| 11 | Equally , common law remedies are riddled with so many complexities that they are unlikely to exercise much deterrent effect on conglomerate entities operating behind Chinese Walls . |
| 12 | It is only when your treatment of them is lacking in some way that they are likely to show any degree of aggression . |
| 13 | The general experience is that they are likely to prove most effective when applied on an area-wide basis , and with the additional objective of improving the quality of the environment . ’ |
| 14 | Now the indications are that they are likely to provide some funding though we have n't had that formally in writing yet . |
| 15 | They are so strongly committed to their unionism that they are prepared to go some way towards moving some of their evangelical principles into the area of private life and personal choice , rather than alienate non-evangelical unionists . |
| 16 | But there are many teachers in many schools who feel the need to break out of the cycle of crisis management and low morale so keenly that they are prepared to make those commitments . |
| 17 | Of course some of those who are really willing to take 36s. rather than leave the market without selling , will not show at once that they are ready to accept that price . |
| 18 | However , some tutors seem to feel that they are unable to accept these modifications despite the syllabus remaining virtually unchanged , though more comprehensive , as befits the education and examination standards of a ‘ professional ’ body that hopes for national recognition . |
| 19 | When these feelings are internalized , ageing people too readily believe that they are what they are , and they are likely to remain that way . |
| 20 | They give factual information and opinions about aspects of the world and they are likely to contain some of these elements : |
| 21 | The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family . |
| 22 | Presumably they acquire this knowledge when the tide is high and they can swim from one basin to another , and they are able to translate that information into a mental picture of their entire territory . |
| 23 | Dolphins will also come to the defence of each other in fighting off an attacker or threat , and they are ready to extend these forms of rescue to humans in distress . |
| 24 | If they are fortunate to have enough money , where are they to find out that that helpline exists and obtain the numbers ? |
| 25 | If they are unable to do this then they should resign as Michael Hesseltine did during the Westland affair . |
| 26 | " Wherever we settle down in the end , " thought Hazel , " I 'm determined to see that Pipkin and Fiver are n't sat on and cuffed around until they 're ready to run any risk just to get away . |
| 27 | But they 're happy to make this extra offering . |
| 28 | But they are unlikely to have much of an appetite this morning . |
| 29 | But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour . |
| 30 | In lower-skilled and unskilled jobs , and in areas of higher unemployment , the casual labour force in hotels and catering includes people working on this basis because they are unable to find any other job . |