Example sentences of "they [be] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are thus of great importance in the management of the economy despite their small total in banks ' balance sheets . |
| 2 | They are thus to some extent limited in where they can invest , as we discuss further in chapter 6 . |
| 3 | And this independence is further supported by the existence of the ‘ velar-raising ’ rules in other Ulster varieties : they are carefully described by Gregg ( 1964 ) for Larne , and by Patterson ( 1860 ) for nineteenth-century Belfast , and so in this case they are plainly of some antiquity . |
| 4 | They are apart from each other and part of each other . |
| 5 | But at the end of the day they are n't in that league cos most thieves are opportunists they seize a common opportunity that is presented to them by or it could be they 've actually just watched her go out and more of a chance . |
| 6 | They are kinsmen because they are somehow of common substance , as with English consanguinity , kinship by common blood . |
| 7 | It is single mothers and homeless men who are subject to the most intense state scrutiny because they are both in greatest need of state support and represent the greatest challenge to " normal " masculinity and femininity within the family . |
| 8 | They are also of considerable assistance to your solicitors/Counsel who may not otherwise be familiar with the locus , type of machinery involved , etc . |
| 9 | They are also of ecumenical significance , being common to almost all denominations . |
| 10 | They are also of fundamental importance for the local historian as they provide demographic data essential to a proper understanding of his chosen community . |
| 11 | A dolphin school will often divide up into subgroups while searching for food , which separate and spread out over a wide area of sea , still diving synchronously — evidence that they are probably in some form of acoustic contact . |
| 12 | Nor is there any bar against seeing someone against whom you have made or are likely to make allegations of negligence , provided that you make this clear and the fact that they are not under any obligation to talk to you . |
| 13 | They are not of real interest to the Egyptian archaeologists , with whom we have a good professional relationship ’ . |
| 14 | All too often , students engage in study that only results in shallow or superficial learning of the first type — for example , the rote learning of names , dates , superficial factual data and characteristics that you hold in your short-term memory just long enough to pass an examination and that are then rapidly forgotten , because they have not been internalized — perhaps because our psyches know they are not of much use in the long run . |
| 15 | Make a note of the values at maximum and minimum and if they are not of equal magnitude adjust the zero-offset trimpot so as to make them equal . |
| 16 | They are not of any interest to us . |
| 17 | ‘ They are not of this world . |
| 18 | Where the " we " -groups are exogamous , as is very often the case , the " we/they " distinction corresponds exactly to the distinction " those with whom we may not intermarry because they are of common substance with us " / " those with whom we may intermarry because they are not of common substance with us " . |
| 19 | They are not about industrial democracy at all . |
| 20 | They are not in alphabetical order , but in the order you are likely to want to use them . |
| 21 | Whilst these decision aids have been successfully used in certain instances , they are not in regular use in the majority of organisations . |
| 22 | Second , we should not forget that political parties are only a part of the political system and they are not in sole control of Britain 's economic destiny . |
| 23 | It must be noted that some sixth form colleges have encountered the same problems and are more successful in areas where they are not in direct competition with 11–18 schools . |
| 24 | This may reflect the fact that they are not in pensionable service with their employing organisation . |
| 25 | They are not in any way second class citizens . |
| 26 | Having observed them give their evidence I am satisfied that they are not in any way seeking to deceive the court or to persuade the court that Mr. Winterbone was better or worse than they have said that he was . |
| 27 | The Workers ' Birth Control Group was anxious to show that women were not going to renege on motherhood if they were permitted easier access to birth control information : ‘ the committee of this organisation consists of married women who have children , and they are not in any way out to say it is a good thing not to have children ’ . |
| 28 | They are not in any way to be interpreted as qualitative judgments . |
| 29 | But we want to reassure all our former patients that they are not in any danger . ’ |
| 30 | Some attractive and good quality items are produced , but they are mainly for domestic use , and very few find their way to the West . |