Example sentences of "[subord] they be [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
2 | The Conservatives now have six representatives on the local council , where they are the largest party , and desperately need a victory in North Down on Thursday to establish themselves in the province . |
3 | Taking these and studies commissioned by donors in countries where they are the predominant donor into account , it appears that only about ten African aid recipients have been studied in this way . |
4 | Although they are a standard device in parliamentary elections in most of the democracies of continental Europe , they are an abomination for the evangelists of the STV and sometimes a stumbling block for less prejudiced supporters of electoral reform . |
5 | The infirmaries at the plant were shut , Chernobyl 's medical centre was not equipped to take nuclear cases , there were few iodine pills to distribute — although they are the only way of preventing radioactive iodine from accumulating in the thyroid . |
6 | Although they are an unreliable indicator of the conditions of these markets , the results can not inspire confidence for the more important sales taking place later this month and at the beginning of December . |
7 | so I thought he , he 's changing things he 's saying well I do n't think this is suitable and I do n't think my way of tackling this is suitable because he 's used to dealing with different kids , although they 're a similar age , they 're not very motivated or mighty but they 're more motivated than these kids , but he says like he 'll turned back towards the black board and he 'll be writing and they 're shouting abuse at him , F ing and blinding and he says it makes me so angry because I do n't know the voices well enough to know who 's saying it |
8 | Yes er I mean they er they , they want the whole peasant movement involved , I mean after all the peasants they 're , although they 're a wealthy peasant , these people are not enormously wealthy , they may be wealthy on a relative scale in a village , but certainly not er you know er er er half as weal anything like as wealthy as , as a , the , the landlords , the large land owners and so on and that it is a peasant movement , the whole peasant strata they wanted to involve |
9 | That 's not counting the 28,000-strong Republikaner party ; although they 're the fascist group with the highest profile , they 're not considered extremist |
10 | Although they were the same age , they thought the Russells Hall pupils would be much bigger than them . |
11 | They give better support at the edges than a sprung base so they 're a practical choice if you tend to sit on the bed . |
12 | Erm I think possibly just the trees themselves are we you know , th okay they 're olive trees , so they 're a little bit unusual , we do n't get too many olive trees growing in this country , but I 'm not so sure that they 're as er that attractive to make a , a photograph solely out of the olive trees . |
13 | ‘ At that time there was no-one using plaid checks in furnishing fabrics , so they were a huge success . |
14 | Head seems to work fairly well it 's easily cleaned out easily fed and the cows come to calf we just put them in the pend and after that once they 're a reasonable size we put them through into a byre and it easier to work the situation once the calves are a a fair size and pass the stage especially . |
15 | Once they were a familiar sight along our riverbanks , now thanks to a combination of pollution and the destruction of their nesting sites their numbers have dwindled . |
16 | Measures Microsoft has taken to help the situation include dropping the price of its bundled Office product and helping users ‘ pay a lower price if they are a committed customer , ’ he said . |
17 | For example , the current allowance of £1,720 for someone aged under 65 reduces their tax bill by £688 ( 40 per cent of £1,720 ) if they are a higher rate taxpayer , but by only half that amount ( £344 , or 20 per cent of £1,720 ) if they are a lower rate taxpayer . |
18 | For example , the current allowance of £1,720 for someone aged under 65 reduces their tax bill by £688 ( 40 per cent of £1,720 ) if they are a higher rate taxpayer , but by only half that amount ( £344 , or 20 per cent of £1,720 ) if they are a lower rate taxpayer . |
19 | She looks at the three hands with detachment , as if they are a still life . |
20 | Their chances of being chairmen of Ford or General Motors are pretty slim too ; non-existent ( on past experience ) if they are a British manager at an American ‘ transplant ’ in Britain . |
21 | ( b ) Add subordinate ideas only if they are an integral part of the historian 's argument . |
22 | And , even if they are an adequate summary of the externals of time and chance to which all are subject , what about the inner life ? |
23 | As a fair-minded man , you must accept that women are treated as if they are the sole cause of illegitimacy . |
24 | If they are the only witness to deal with a vital issue then you will have no alternative but to call them . |
25 | ( The scheme applies equally to women if they are the absent parent but the vast majority of absent parents are in fact men . ) |
26 | Sometimes , to show that learning is not forgotten , the two terms are run together in the phrase ‘ teaching and learning ’ , as if they are the same kind of activity with similar aims . |
27 | The next morning Vauban and his horde of cavalry trotted into the castle grounds as if they were a welcoming relief . |
28 | But Muriel writes off these youngsters with their strange clothes and weird hairstyles as if they were a lower kind of creature altogether . |
29 | And in a society ruled by money and false morals , these grey people still often win , in the ceaseless struggle between personal profit and the common good : the ignorant , illiterate , hypocritical Town Council , the blinkered planning officers , the successful local speculators ( nicknamed the Mafia ) who flew their own flag over their local headquarters , as if they were a private army — all the Holier than Thou brigade . |
30 | For the rest , when the opportunity presented itself , we questioned Sir John about the legends of Arthur , the Grail and the wonders of Glastonbury Abbey , but never once were the Templars mentioned , as if they were a forbidden subject , a treasonable offence even to refer to them . |