Example sentences of "[subord] they be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fermanagh , where they are the target of current exploration by the Aran Group . |
| 2 | It is not enough that hedges are misted in fresh green spray ; are greener today than they were yesterday , and greener yesterday than they were the day before . |
| 3 | Well I , I think after this er people have n't appreciated yet that they 've , the grounds have become a bit safer than they were the hooligan element seemed to be taking over , they have er closed circuit television now , at Walsall , so they can get to the hot spot of any trouble and er they erm the ground |
| 4 | I ’ Clubs must look at the players they are registering and decide if they are the type we want in the League , ’ he said . |
| 5 | However , when they are separated from a Sunday morning congregation in a Sunday School they can easily be made to feel as if they are the Church of tomorrow . |
| 6 | Perhaps they assume that if they are the customer they will be liable for their clients ' obligations as principal . |
| 7 | Seats , particularly if they are the bucket-type and simply plonked on existing terracing , can give a bad view in an uncomfortable position at a higher cost . |
| 8 | If a husband and wife are the adopters they have the same rights as against one another , and as against the adopted child , as if they were the child 's natural father and mother . |
| 9 | He ordered that the proceeds of sale be treated as if they were the cargo for all purposes . |
| 10 | She then asks what kind of day each has had , telling them to answer as if they were the other . |
| 11 | If they were the transmitter , or more likely the conductor , then as the receiver I was probably not tuned to their wavelength . |
| 12 | If they were the sort of people that were frightened to go out , up to the newspaper shop or something like that , our penalties and our , our priorities would be slightly different . |
| 13 | I would n't be surprised if they were the sort of people who had the stolen bicycle down in the bushes . |
| 14 | Because they 're the sort of brainless beefoes who do n't know when a job is finished we get a re-run of their fantasies , and Rachel shrugs and walks away from the door . |
| 15 | And that 's what we 've got to change , because they 're the sort of women we need coming into parliament . |
| 16 | They are published primarily for the sake of their inherent scholarly and cultural value ; for the sake of the great prestige attaching to them , of which more is said below ( 2.9 ) ; and because they are the foundation on which all the other English language reference books published by OUP are based , reference books which are all highly successful in commercial terms . |
| 17 | I classify seven words as indicating probable problems with reading , because they are the kind of errors younger children would be expected to make : fritend , herd , crecher , dangrus , tow ( two ) , mac , mec ( make ) . |
| 18 | So I look to her neighbours because they are the kind of people GMTV is aimed at . ’ |
| 19 | Balmoral in Scotland and Sandringham in Norfolk will not be included because they are the Queen 's personal property . |
| 20 | Such family connections were very different from those in one-industry occupational communities and are important precisely because they are the basis of interaction in civil society and relate to political action . |
| 21 | You should never assume that because they are the world 's greatest experts on retail warehousing that the job can be left entirely to them . |
| 22 | ‘ Our spirit is magnificent , and we are certainly not in awe of Australia just because they are the world champions . |
| 23 | According to this view , the state is a doubly important object of study , first because its institutions are a major and influential part of the political instance of capitalist society , and second because they are the key to the working of society as a whole . |
| 24 | When the Labour Government asked those of us in local government to exercise restraint on spending , we did it because they were the Government , and we were the local authority . |
| 25 | Because they were the part , they are the structure of the service as it exists at present . |
| 26 | Such old people may have little embarrassment with each other about bodily functions , perhaps less than some husbands and wives because they were the stuff of taken-for-granted childhood . |
| 27 | Above all , the hospitals actually impeded the patients ' treatment and rehabilitation because they were the object of contempt and fear in the eyes of many people in society — the high walls and isolation symbolizing that the hospitals held society 's rejects . |
| 28 | An important aspect of the slave 's position was the perpetual nature of slavery — slaves were destined to occupy this status throughout their lives , and their children in turn because they were the property of the owner . |
| 29 | In the United Kingdom most databases will have protection providing they are the result of a modicum of skill , labour or judgment . |
| 30 | They turned out to be totally placid ; just as well , since they are the size of hornets . |