Example sentences of "and they be [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 . |
| 6 | Korn/Ferry 's strategy was to maximise their profit margins by handling all aspects of the work , and they were fortunate to gain such prestigious clients as Rockwell and Norton Simon in their early days ; but the concept of headhunting was less well-established on the West Coast than in Manhattan and the partners , fighting for all the fees they could earn , were forced to undertake contingency work to help build up their volume . |
| 7 | The chairman and deputy-chairman took two shares each , and the remaining directors one share each , and they were free to use these nominations as they saw fit , within certain broad guidelines established by parliament . |
| 8 | ‘ And they were able to do that because DEA Nicosia used the Eurame office as a waiting room for unscreened Lebanese coming in from Beirut . |
| 9 | The reason why the ’ three wise men ’ report was produced so quickly is that the three people whom I invited to deliver it — Mr. Alexander , Mr. Rose and Mr. Woodhead — had behind them a lifetime of experience and close involvement with primary schools , and they were able to distil that lifetime 's knowledge very rapidly . |
| 10 | If they were to try to maintain the parity of sterling against gold ( which was in accordance with their own instincts as well as with the views of most of their advisors , although not of Keynes ) they needed substantial foreign credits and they were unlikely to get these without welfare economies which would disrupt the Cabinet and its parliamentary support . |