Example sentences of "they [be] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no comprehensive statistics in this area , but a CRE survey ( 1 ) concludes that the number of ethnic minority teachers the eight LEAs is very small , that they are on the lowest scales and have no career progression . |
| 2 | Previous application of this method ( viz. a 1-stage Delphi with interactive feedback ) earlier in this research programme has shown that many employers embarking often for the first time on strategic employment policy-making require some means of obtaining confirmation they are on the right lines . |
| 3 | Automatic directions under RSC Ord 25 , r8 will apply to claims for provisional damages when they are at the immediate damages stage , unless the plaintiff wants to call more than two medical experts . |
| 4 | This is because they are at the same stages in their evolution . |
| 5 | It is less immediately evident that such an understanding should be necessary in order to account for the formal properties of code switching , although I would argue strongly that it is , inasmuch as the extent to which switching may take place is in part a function of the extent to which the codes involved have " fused " within a community , i.e. how interchangeable they are for the different purposes of everyday interaction . |
| 6 | Though exact figures are lacking , as indeed they are for the previous Councils , Lateran II seems to have been better attended than most , if not all , others hitherto . |
| 7 | ‘ They are like the two sides of a coin , or rather a smooth unstamped metallic disc . |
| 8 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 9 | Masked as they are by the sexual scents of other animals or the synthesised fragrance of flowers , they probably still affect our behaviour to some extent . |
| 10 | So , there 's strong underpinnings with what they 've got and they are in the right areas of the market . |
| 11 | Pink and white lavatera pop up from seed and are left to flourish if they are in the right places . |
| 12 | I am enclosing tickets for the new play and as they are in the front stalls , I may see you as I come on , ; but do not expect me to salute you , you understand , as I shall be taken up with my part . |
| 13 | These two factors , as well as the size and number of polyps , are , as they are in the large bowels , thought to be associated with a greater risk of malignant change . |
| 14 | ‘ They are mentioned in our history and they are in the old texts . |
| 15 | Meadows notes that informal communication networks are much stronger , and more tightly integrated , in science than they are in the social sciences . |
| 16 | They are among the last plants to bloom , often not being fully in flower until early September . |
| 17 | They 're for the mass graves expected to be needed after the first German air raids . ’ |
| 18 | they 're like the wordless books |
| 19 | As I told you , they 're from the best breeders — those whose kennels have passed inspection . ’ |
| 20 | Presumably cars from 36–40 were chosen for these experimental features as they were on the newest trucks . |
| 21 | By mid-afternoon they were on the lower slopes of Lustley Foin . |
| 22 | Although they were at the agricultural policies undoubtedly continue to be relevant , still have a significant part to play in many current situations . |
| 23 | Of course , they were at the opposite ends of the price range . |
| 24 | We have some wry wry smiles from some of the older people er in the group here because they er did n't get much when they were at the formative stages of their careers . |
| 25 | Deep carpet covered the floors and the stairs swept up to the showrooms and the warren of workrooms beyond , and though the window drapes and furnishings were ever-so-slightly faded , as if they had seen better days , they were of the finest silks and velvets and every corner was swept , polished and cleaned daily so that no single speck of dust , let alone a cobweb , dared show itself . |
| 26 | They were included within the diplomacy of the successor states , even though they were outside the geographical bounds of the one-time Roman Empire . |
| 27 | As soon as they were amongst the shuttered houses of Edinburgh , Corbett slowed down and turned to grin at the pale , terrified face of Ranulf . |
| 28 | But , as we have seen , other products of social organisation , such as seals and medallions , can have this quality too and , in the right conditions , may be aptly considered more reliable , as they were by the medieval knights . |
| 29 | There were some young student nuns already in place , they were in the front rows , eager and anxious to miss nothing . |
| 30 | The 1967 Abortion Act made it possible for women to get abortions if they were in the early stages of pregnancy and could persuade two doctors that they met certain criteria . |