Example sentences of "they are [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questionnaires and achievement scores may be used but they are rarely given high priority . |
| 2 | As far as they are concerned , of course , they are simply wanting another ice-cream , or another go on the swing . |
| 3 | Julia Newton , Kath Metcalfe , Helen Rhodes , Sue Thirkill , Andy Stuart , Simon Cash , Yvonne Johnson , Nicola McGrath and Mike Smethurst had such a good time they are already planning another get-together in the not too distant future . |
| 4 | Bureaucrat and radical have no time for each other , but they are both undermining traditional humanism . |
| 5 | Not only do they send a bigger share of their exports to America , but they are also facing fierce competition from American firms in third markets . |
| 6 | Not only are manual workers more threatened by unemployment than non-manual workers , but they are also given less time to find other employment . |
| 7 | The results are of special importance to the host organisation because they are currently developing improved promotion systems . |
| 8 | Christie 's have indicated that they are currently reviewing both seller 's commissions and buyer 's premium . |
| 9 | At least they are still offering some form of policy to borrowers — as are the other firms listed in our table on the right . |
| 10 | Originally umbrellas were used to shade high ranking people and they are still used this way in some parts of the world , for example in Ghana . |
| 11 | Their recruitment policy has worked very well for them and they are by far the largest outside America , although they are still having great difficulty establishing themselves in the USA . |
| 12 | ‘ PAT dogs seem to sense when a person is chair-bound and that they are there to give that person pleasure . |
| 13 | They are there to get good attack so the notes are well articulated . |
| 14 | They are now seeking financial support to establish a Euro Unit in Scotland . |
| 15 | They are now given joint credit with Linde for what is called " the new inflationary model , " based on the idea of a slow breaking of symmetry . |
| 16 | They are now considering legal action and the Department of Health is investigating their case . |
| 17 | * What is more , they are now suffering severe competition as index fossils from the plastic bottle , which is ( regrettably ) much more easily preserved . |
| 18 | Prison management admits the regime , while being open , had been directionless and they are now introducing some purpose to the prisoners ' time there . |
| 19 | The result is that ageism is at its most vicious when older people compete for limited resources , for they are often denied equal access — solely by virtue of their age . |
| 20 | They are always doing this kind of thing . |