Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] are [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My eyes are on the black girl sitting on the floor , slumped against the wall , her eyes closed . |
| 2 | ‘ Most of my monuments are to the victims of Fascism , to the Partisan movements . |
| 3 | Because , I approve lesbian mothers , I approve of single women having children , I also approve of surrogacy , my concerns are about the technology side , who 's controlling it and what 's , what are women 's bodies being used for ? |
| 4 | Culturally I must acknowledge my Spanish blood , but my sympathies are for the Quechua experience . |
| 5 | I no longer know who my friends are within the family . |
| 6 | I 'm rather ashamed to say that almost all of my friends are in the business . |
| 7 | When my hands are in the tank they constantly nudge my hands never attempting to bite . |
| 8 | And all my Thoughts are like the Winter , sad ! |
| 9 | This would leave intact the procedure of notification au parquet to which the authors of the Convention took such exception , or even a device such as that once recognised in the English ecclesiastical courts of affixing citation of a foreign resident ‘ upon one of the columns of the Royal Exchange , or in front of some other well-known building , in a place of public resort , which merchants are in the daily habit of frequenting or passing by ’ . |
| 10 | Most of its titles are in the south of England . |
| 11 | Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well . |
| 12 | But I think , are n't they always , their timetables are at the same time are n't they , the topics ? |
| 13 | Students who do n't know who half their lecturers are at the best of times ca n't be in a position to decide on their pay packets . |
| 14 | Equally predictable is the fact that the vast majority of council tenants who have bought their houses are among the better-paid and live in the better housing estates . |
| 15 | The concept of the unconscious has been derived mainly from psychoanalytically based theories and its complexities are beyond the scope of this discussion . |
| 16 | ‘ They say they will set most of the passengers free when their brothers are on the plane . |
| 17 | If their shells are near the Julies , then it might be politic to shuffle them gradually to the other end . |
| 18 | Their eyes are on the side of their heads so they have an all-round view . |
| 19 | Their designs are on the huge non-Sparc market and the glass house on which IBM Corp has loosened its grip . |
| 20 | Next , if you want to try to get sponsorship then write to the importers or dealers in this country — their addresses are in the ads of this magazine — do n't try writing direct to the USA , they wo n't want to know . |
| 21 | Their addresses are in the phone book . |
| 22 | Connect all the wire leads required , and finally insert the i.c.s into their sockets ensuring that their notches are towards the top . |
| 23 | Thus , some pupils in bottom mathematics sets in their schools are in the middle or even top third attainment bands in the results given here . |
| 24 | Thomas Cook is a slightly different case in that its origins are at the consumer end — as a travel agent chain — but it has now developed into the provision of holiday sector as well , thus generating backward vertical integration . |
| 25 | Even when their offences are of the ultimate gravity , some people are getting off far too lightly . |
| 26 | As for ‘ aware ’ , its associations are with the cognate ‘ ware ’ , ‘ beware ’ , ‘ wary ’ , ‘ warn ’ ; the analogy is with putting oneself on guard against a peril , a vigilance imposed by pressing need or by duty . |
| 27 | I mean girls , their places are in the home are n't they , really ? |
| 28 | In Britain its workers are amongst the lowest paid . |
| 29 | In East Anglia , for example , farmers are among the most prosperous in the country , but their workers are among the most poorly paid . |
| 30 | These Eastern types — you know , Czechs , Ruskies , that lot — do tend to be a bit morose but their hearts are in the right place . ’ |