Example sentences of "and they [am/are] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these feelings are internalized , ageing people too readily believe that they are what they are , and they are likely to remain that way . |
| 2 | They give factual information and opinions about aspects of the world and they are likely to contain some of these elements : |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |