Example sentences of "they are [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are plenty of surgical patients walking around with only one lung , and some of them are down to a third of normal lung area . |
| 2 | Many directors who take dividends in lieu of salary may think they are on to a good thing . |
| 3 | Judging by the trade and the spirited bidding , Scotland 's hill farmers now know that they are on to a good thing . |
| 4 | The problem , in other words , for the British in arguing their case for free trade is that they are up against a deep cultural divide which separates them from most of the other Member States . |
| 5 | Or they are up against an anti-terrorist policy so cynical that its devisers are prepared to sacrifice a certain amount of civilian life in order to strip the terrorists of any legitimacy . |
| 6 | In football , although the team lost the national league final they are in with a reasonable chance of retaining the All Ireland cup . |
| 7 | The players gave En Shao his required speed , demonstrating what fine form they are in despite the financial problems which have clouded the organisation of late . |
| 8 | But for no more than half-a-dozen months — and then they are back on the high seas again , pursuing their trade . |
| 9 | DON T BE MISLED , whether Socialists run in their true colours , or in an underhand way as ‘ Labour ’ or ‘ Cooperative ’ , they are out for the same end , and your only remedy is to VOTE THEM DOWN . |
| 10 | A brief halt at the Military Police Post to book out with the Belgian Military Policeman on duty , and they are off along the main road into Corlu . |