Example sentences of "they [be] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questionnaires and achievement scores may be used but they are rarely given high priority . |
| 2 | And nor should they be , for if my contention is correct , they are simply discovering new applications for that basic idea of popular power ; they are doing no more than engaging in the latest reinterpretation , or fresh application , of the classic democratic idea . |
| 3 | As far as they are concerned , of course , they are simply wanting another ice-cream , or another go on the swing . |
| 4 | Third World countries that attempt to slap their own patents on life-forms have been attacked by the industry on the grounds that they are unfairly blocking corporate interests . |
| 5 | Leftovers can well be used again in your own meals though , and are so good that they are even marketed these days . |
| 6 | Unrelated participles do not usually seriously impede a reader 's understanding , but they are generally considered incorrect forms . |
| 7 | But the police have announced that they are n't bringing criminal charges against er seventeen adults that were arrested in connection with these allegations . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , most schools consider they are already providing equal opportunities by neutral treatment of the two sexes ( Bloomfield , 1984 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Bureaucrat and radical have no time for each other , but they are both undermining traditional humanism . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Not only are manual workers more threatened by unemployment than non-manual workers , but they are also given less time to find other employment . |
| 13 | They are also bringing white feminists to examine their extreme debt to the civil rights movement , recognize their monoculturalism , and take their attention to race issues beyond a fatalistic acknowledgement of current shortcomings . |
| 14 | ‘ They are also seeking further lands at a higher level on both the western and northern slopes . |
| 15 | They are also paying top officials 10% over the normal pay scales . |
| 16 | ‘ Probably ’ , because they are not categorised that way and may simply enrol for classes along with other students . |
| 17 | They are not expecting special dispensation and that is why so many of the Lourdes pilgrimages are undertaken by genuine pilgrims who may not be able to throw away their crutches at the end but will find new strength from their visit . |
| 18 | But they are not eating each other . |
| 19 | It would be implicit that City employees know that they are not to use confidential information for the purposes of insider dealing . |
| 20 | Above all , they are not to use any violence . |
| 21 | Even the BBC admits the Acorn adaptors are expensive at £225 ( and some educationalists close to the MEP scheme complain that they are not buying recent technology ) . |
| 22 | Because mathematical skills are perceived as being easy to define and to recognise , and because such skills are perceived to be relevant , schools may be attacked if it is believed that they are not teaching such skills effectively . |
| 23 | Fundraising by major charities for older people must emphasise both sides of the picture if they are not to reinforce harmful stereotypes . |
| 24 | If they have come to an arrangement with British Rail under the bus substitution programme and they consider that they are not getting enough money , there will be no cosy chats or friendly discussions in the board room , they will be absolutely ruthless and cut the services . |
| 25 | Mr Irons and Mr Nicholson have made clear that they are not taking any view on the sale of works from the Torrie Collection until the legal issue of their position as trustees is settled . |
| 26 | They are not forming stimulus-response associations . |
| 27 | Boys do not have the same pressures as we do , they are not taught that image is so important ; the media , society , and especially parents give them this impression . |
| 28 | Although they are not competing this year , Tatra trucks are usually among the first home in the gruelling Paris-Dakar rally . |
| 29 | Thus , regulating the total quantity of pollution and conducting a series of spot checks on individual producers to see that they are not violating agreed standards is a relatively simple policy which may avoid the worst outcomes . |
| 30 | It is not to be taken seriously — of course , electrons do not " choose " — but it is somehow irresistible for physicists to talk in this way , at least informally when they are not writing grave papers for their colleagues . |