Example sentences of "they be [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Martin Braine found that if children between five and six years of age are shown a standard visual illusion — such as a stick in water appearing to be broken , by light refraction — they will distinguish correctly between ‘ looks ? ’ and ‘ really ? ’ questions , but that if they are asked the neutral question ‘ Is the stick straight or broken ? ’ they will say that it is broken . |
| 32 | The owners are not seeing guilty behaviour when Rover slinks across the floor , they are seeing the submissive behaviour Rover displays in anticipation of the aggression , however mild , the owners are about to use in attempt to reprimand him . |
| 33 | They will say that they do n't have the courage to stay emotionally alive , particularly if they are serving a long sentence . |
| 34 | Well-meaning ( as opposed to self-interested ) campaigners for wider share ownership may have the right problem , but they are advocating the wrong solution . |
| 35 | He is the incumbent for Peterborough , the seat which , arithmetically , need to fall to Labour if they are to form the next government with an overall majority . |
| 36 | For example , it seems that rats must be able to move about and explore their environment if they are to form an adequate map of it . |
| 37 | When people talk together about marriage they often assume they are discussing the same thing . |
| 38 | Even now they are realising a new dream . |
| 39 | Even now they are realising a new dream . |
| 40 | There is no need to become over-anxious about the subject of diet for the elderly.We simply need to keep a careful eye on things , to see that they are eating a good variety of food which includes plenty of protein , dairy products and fresh fruit and vegetables , together with some roughage , which is often best taken in the form of a bran cereal , and which will , in many cases , completely eliminate the problem of constipation and ease that of piles . |
| 41 | Does he not therefore find it extraordinary that the Labour and Liberal parties remain committed to the abolition of grant maintained schools and that in local government they are waging a relentless campaign against G M schools , as typified by the behaviour of Essex County Council . |
| 42 | Scotland must use their backs in London if they are to lift the Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup . |
| 43 | At such moments they are reversing the usual relationship and treating the humans as their kittens rather than as their mothers . |
| 44 | They are taught a broad range of subjects , they learn about childcare and have a good preparation for motherhood , and they provide support and solidarity to each other . |
| 45 | STUDENTS pay ⅕ of the personal community charge for the period during which they are undertaking a full-time course of education . |
| 46 | Students will pay only 20% of the Community Charge providing they are undertaking a full time course of higher education . |
| 47 | The FMLN motto is : " land is collective property , it belongs to everyone and is for everyone " ; and they are undertaking the first steps towards a genuine agrarian reform . |
| 48 | For example , one of the things I 've been doing today is submitting titles for Waterstones ’ summer reading promotion ; they are sponsoring a 32 page supplement in Elle , and are doing a run-on . |
| 49 | The major institutions of society are justified by the belief that they are meeting the functional prerequisites of the social system . |
| 50 | With each attack , it is as if they are meeting the distasteful animal tor the first time . |
| 51 | It is because they are using a revolutionary weapon — general and unlimited strikes — in order to achieve a parliamentary aim , the formation of a popular front government |
| 52 | If you buy the Relate 2000 you will only be able to use it to see the person you are calling if they are using a compatible model . |
| 53 | In a survey of 450 top UK companies last year , Touche Ross discovered that although the efficiency of financial consolidation is of key importance to senior management , few finance departments have any objective measure of their performance and know whether they are using the right tools . |
| 54 | We want to get people to forget they are using an artificial leg , then everyone else will forget . ’ |
| 55 | Now back home , they are spreading the new gospel of dissent . |
| 56 | The methodology in Advance with English leads the learners gradually from exercises in which they are given a great deal of guidance , to ones in which there is almost no guidance . |
| 57 | Firstly , they are given a two month course covering most aspects and procedures of aircraft accident investigation , after which they spend several months assisting experienced investigators in the field until they are sent out , with full responsibility for their particular side of the investigation ( i.e. operations or engineering ) , on one of the many minor accidents to private or club aircraft . |
| 58 | Some companies farm out elderly executives to a convenient backwater where they are given a lofty title — Senior Vice President in Charge of Something Unimportant . |
| 59 | Hence if shares are given a preferential dividend they are presumed to be non-participating as regards further dividends , and if they are given a preferential right to a return of capital they are presumed to be non-participating in surplus assets . |
| 60 | This is a further reason for considering such skills an essential part of the staff nurses ' role rather than as an added extra to be fitted in whenever possible : today 's staff nurses are the ward sisters of tomorrow , and they do not simply pick up teaching skills automatically when they are given a new job title . |