Example sentences of "they are [adv] [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arguments against housing mentally handicapped people in such institutions are not founded , in the main , on the premise that they are badly run or insensitive to the needs of their ‘ patients ’ , but rather that no mentally handicapped person should be institutionalised and segregated from the community as a whole unless they require hospital and medical care . |
| 2 | Sanding floors : Where old floorboards are very uneven , or you want to leave them exposed and they are badly stained and marked , hire a floor sanding machine . |
| 3 | They are thus classified as non-adrenergic , non-cholinergie ( NANC ) nerves . |
| 4 | Barthes 's ‘ Introduction to the structural analysis of narrative ’ deals with more than one level of narrative , but presumes that they are hierarchically arranged and that , therefore , to a certain extent , they can be discussed separately . |
| 5 | The dolphin flesh is destined for local meat markets , and although Japanese scientists have often appealed to fishermen to release young animals , they are generally ignored since tender infant dolphin meat fetches the highest prices . |
| 6 | They are generally seen as anti-competitive and necessitating legislation to proscribe them , since they almost invariably create the detrimental effects of monopoly without engendering the benefits . |
| 7 | The unspoken assumption which sustains these features is that they are easily defined and non-controversial , since all disputes were subject to Green 's gospel of duty , with its moral and being the classless ‘ common good ’ . |
| 8 | Stem growth originating from the root-stock below ground can be a problem because , by the time these shoots push their way up through the soil and show out , they are well advanced and reluctant to ‘ let go ’ — gloves are essential . |
| 9 | If crime and disorder follow a U-shape pattern of long-term change , the legitimacy of the police — the extent to which they are broadly accepted as valid in mission and methods — has followed an inverse path : an upside-down U. Starting from the widespread opposition encountered at the birth of the new police , opposition gradually came to be located primarily within the less ‘ respectable ’ sections of the working class , as well as in the wider working class during periods of labour conflict . |
| 10 | But , for all their youthfulness , they are widely experienced and shrewd , and possess not only uncommon physiques but rare bowling actions . |
| 11 | The man escaped with an accomplice and they are both described as white , aged about 19 , and 5ft 8ins tall . |
| 12 | These academics may be respected , but they are also regarded as tiresome . |
| 13 | They are comfortably furnished and most have a hair dryer . |
| 14 | As permutations of speed restraint measures , lower speed limits and priority changes are not part of the package being applied in new areas , they are not seen as appropriate for existing ones either . |
| 15 | One can hardly blame them but you can be sure that they are not thinking that those poor people in the audience must be feeling hungry — they simply want to increase their profits . |
| 16 | The reason for the exclusion of associative adjectives from predicative position is an immediate consequence of the fact that predicative position explicitly assigns the property of the adjective to the entity of the noun phrase in subject position , while associative adjectives are characterized by the fact that they are not taken as valid for the entity which they qualify . |
| 17 | Last week the UK Department of Health confirmed its earlier recommendations that the risk of cot death is reduced if infants are laid to sleep on their backs , if they are not exposed to cigarette smoke before or after birth , and if they are not overwrapped or overheated , especially when feverish or unwell . |
| 18 | They are not designed as artistic structures from which to stand back but as vital nourishment for the journey to which they point . |
| 19 | They are either bent or stupid , but they are not competent and certainly are not working in the public interest . |
| 20 | The Assistant Managers will continue to work where they are currently situated and this will give you an indication of where you will initially be working in the new structure . |
| 21 | Between them , they are better equipped than any group has ever been to combat the plague that affects eight women in ten . |
| 22 | This may or may not be desirable : administrators sometimes act more quickly than lawyers and judges ( they are certainly a lot less expensive ) , but they are always vulnerable to regulatory capture and they can make bad decisions if they are poorly funded and undermanned ( for some observations on this issue , see Areeda , 1992 . ) |
| 23 | All bedrooms have private facilities with bath or shower , they are pleasantly furnished and all have a mini bar , telephone and radio . |
| 24 | They are often found where hard corals have largely died out as a result of one of the above processes . |
| 25 | They are often told that gross over-ruddering is needed to spin , but this is not the case . |
| 26 | They are often abandoned and eager for contact with outsiders . |
| 27 | The point is that they are deliberately sought because some reasoned theoretical considerations are felt to require them . |
| 28 | so that they are fully trained and ready to handle the problems that might arise erm there is , however , cause for some er optimism and I refer specifically to the recreational page from the Estuaries Consultation Document from English Nature and in one of their er proposals and objectives they say encouraging self regulation and observance of Code of Practice by local clubs and groups to avoid clon conflict with and or disturbance to other users including nature conservation interests . |
| 29 | Only when they are fully fledged and ready to fly do they demolish it and leave . |
| 30 | Thus if they are consistently defined as disreputable or respectable , servile or arrogant , they will tend to see themselves in this light and act accordingly . |