Example sentences of "[conj] they [am/are] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 2 | The Conservatives now have six representatives on the local council , where they are the largest party , and desperately need a victory in North Down on Thursday to establish themselves in the province . |
| 3 | Taking these and studies commissioned by donors in countries where they are the predominant donor into account , it appears that only about ten African aid recipients have been studied in this way . |
| 4 | In conjunction with this premium increase we are also introducing exclusively to members in Great Britain and Northern Ireland with effect from 1st May next reduced rates for wives where their spouses have for their benefit separate cars where they are the main drivers provided that the wives are : — |
| 5 | Or they 're the right size but they 've got the hard bristles |
| 6 | Although they are a standard device in parliamentary elections in most of the democracies of continental Europe , they are an abomination for the evangelists of the STV and sometimes a stumbling block for less prejudiced supporters of electoral reform . |
| 7 | Twice a year they have a heavy coat moult which is fairly dramatic , but although they are a big , active breed they eat surprisingly little . |
| 8 | Although they are a principled pair — they once turned down the Smarties Award on moral grounds — the Ahlbergs reject the notion of children 's author as moralist . |
| 9 | Although they are a larger and less tightly-knit group , this might well also apply to agency secretarial workers . |
| 10 | The infirmaries at the plant were shut , Chernobyl 's medical centre was not equipped to take nuclear cases , there were few iodine pills to distribute — although they are the only way of preventing radioactive iodine from accumulating in the thyroid . |
| 11 | In only 10 per cent of cases did social work or police ‘ discover ’ the problem on their own although they are the main carriers of the interrogative role . |
| 12 | Although they are an unreliable indicator of the conditions of these markets , the results can not inspire confidence for the more important sales taking place later this month and at the beginning of December . |
| 13 | so I thought he , he 's changing things he 's saying well I do n't think this is suitable and I do n't think my way of tackling this is suitable because he 's used to dealing with different kids , although they 're a similar age , they 're not very motivated or mighty but they 're more motivated than these kids , but he says like he 'll turned back towards the black board and he 'll be writing and they 're shouting abuse at him , F ing and blinding and he says it makes me so angry because I do n't know the voices well enough to know who 's saying it |
| 14 | Yes er I mean they er they , they want the whole peasant movement involved , I mean after all the peasants they 're , although they 're a wealthy peasant , these people are not enormously wealthy , they may be wealthy on a relative scale in a village , but certainly not er you know er er er half as weal anything like as wealthy as , as a , the , the landlords , the large land owners and so on and that it is a peasant movement , the whole peasant strata they wanted to involve |
| 15 | That 's not counting the 28,000-strong Republikaner party ; although they 're the fascist group with the highest profile , they 're not considered extremist |
| 16 | You 'll just have to hope that they 're a great deal kinder and more charitable than you are , James . |
| 17 | Some shops are offering old squarials at knock-down prices and implying that they 're a good buy because they can be converted to receive Sky next year . |
| 18 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 19 | There is also the difference between employees who are in offices , who for some reason or other , I 've always found and still do , they seem to have a notion that they 're a different class to others who work for wages . |
| 20 | Er , your officers have always , extremely cooperative in that way , and that they 're a particular group of officers , they do n't like to agree with everything that we say , and we have to go with robust discussions . |
| 21 | Because the County Council realize now that they 're a little bit in advance of everybody and because the District Council feel that they can get designation by supporting this and not voting against it , the chances are that Wheatley is going to be totally deprived of a public enquiry , which practically every other site is guaranteed . |
| 22 | I mean that they 're a valuable source of fund raising in the schools for example , erm and I would not , they are also a valuable source of fund raising people that need to raise money to buy their kids Christmas presents and so on , you know , I mean people , they 're not all market traders or people shifting stolen goods at car boot sales . |
| 23 | I think they 're often afraid that they 're the only ones feeling that way . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know what it will do to her when she hears that they 're the wrong bodies . ’ |
| 25 | All right so you can see that they 're the same form . |
| 26 | that they 're the biggest |
| 27 | So that they 're the latest prices . |
| 28 | The big advantage of old , slightly faded curtains is that they are a good starting point round which to build a comfortable , well-used look ; one that is hard to achieve with brand-new designer materials . |
| 29 | I mean , if someone says you 're beautiful or smart , you want to believe that they are a good judge of character , do n't you ? |
| 30 | Cut the studs so that they are a snug push-fit between head and sole plate , then secure them by skew-nailing ( driving nails in at an angle ) |