Example sentences of "they a " in BNC.

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1 I am reminded of a short verse written in Roman times when even then they a new the nature of doctors .
2 Nor , obviously , were they a simple expression of Indian resistance to this assault .
3 ‘ And are they a violent group ?
4 They ca n't be alwayth a learning , nor yet they ca n't be alwayth a working , they a n't made for it ’ .
5 And are they a patch on Bernard ‘ Hang 'Em All ’ Manning ?
6 Not only are they a natural weak point , they also entrap any intersecting line and form an unwelcome hazard .
7 Or were they a security squad determined to drive some supposed gawping cluster of citizenry below , unsure as yet in the darkness of their rank or affiliation ?
8 Were n't they a part of the Zeitgeist after all ?
9 Were they a challenge or complement to parliamentary leaders ?
10 Dell Computer Corp responded to Compaq Computer Corp 's multimedia machine ( see front ) with two new multimedia personal computers of its own , the Valuestation 386 and 486 , priced at $1,500 and $2,000 : the smaller one is based on the Dell System 333s/L , while the Valuestation 486 is based on the Dell snap-together personal computer ; they a factory installed Sound Blaster Pro or Sound Blaster 16 audio board , a CD-ROM drive , speakers , a microphone , applications installed on the hard drive , and CD-based software applications .
11 Nor , for practical purposes , are they a constraint for most regulated public companies given their size and their controlled returns .
12 Erm I w I was going to say , going back to China , erm they 're a bit frightened of China now in , in what was the Soviet Union I heard the other day , were th were they a little bit anti China 's type of communism before er the Soviet Union fell or were they all , all pals together ?
13 In the light of the evidence , it is very probable that the sun will always set in Sydney , and that stones will fall downwards when they a , re dropped .
14 Headed Deaf Motorists : Are They a Danger ? it argues convincingly that they are not , and explains that " unlike motorists who can hear , the deaf motorist never expects to receive any audible warning when on the road , and , therefore , never under any circumstances takes anything for granted .
15 Teenage mothers are not a significantly large group , nor are they a particularly increasing " problem " in this country , but their lives are quite different to those of other girls of the same age without children .
16 Are they a means of merely reapportioning the existing cake ?
17 When Anne and Joe left the house he said , ‘ Are n't they a nice family , Anne ? ’
18 Only in warmer , damper regions have they a chance to acquire the organic debris — mostly fragments of algae , fungi , lichens and mosses — that allows them to develop further into humic soils ( Figure 3.6B-D ) .
19 How far are they a consequence of the teacher 's assumptions about and expectations of the children in question ?
20 Again are n't they a size ?
21 Are they merely providers , acting as a resource for local communities , responding to needs and demands which are often based on past experience of education or have they a duty to seek ways and means of broadening the role of education into areas with which it is not normally associated such as changes in family and community life , the problems of poverty , inequality , and the general lack of local control over the formal decision-making process ?
22 Are examination syllabuses seen as an unwelcome intrusion into the normal pattern of teaching in those subjects , or are they a natural extension of what is already happening ?
23 Are they a related meaning ?
24 Have they a point of view ?
25 Above all , are they a reliable basis for believing a school 's assurance about quality ?
26 are they a specialist group who need particular aspects emphasised ?
27 It turns out that trying to define what a group is is quite difficult a what distinguishes a group of people from a mob of people er a group of people queuing at a bus stop , are they a group well you do n't think so normally .
28 C c , are they a private company
29 And they normally say that a minute of erm that is gon na be a thousand quid do n't they a minute of video is a thousand quid
30 Were they a group , he wondered , or just individuals travelling together for comfort and security ?
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