Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun] [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where there are national forest-management policies they are often difficult to enforce , especially where other interests , notably the potential of forest products to earn foreign currency , are involved . |
| 2 | Even in these countries , however , although employers ' organisations may not be direct bargaining institutions they can still play an important role in industrial relations by helping to achieve a degree of cohesion among employers through their coordinating and advisory functions . |
| 3 | Being large town houses they were three storeys high with large basements . |
| 4 | Later when there were large sailing ships they used the deep water channel as far as Kingston-upon-Hull but they docked in the River Hull to unload their cargoes and the goods were carried inland by barges on the rivers to Selby , York , Beverley and Gainsborough . |
| 5 | Leading lenders were last night warning they may not be able to pass on any further rate reductions to mortgage holders . |
| 6 | It 's that Ripper bloke they 're all going on about . |
| 7 | I 'm not sure because erm Martin has a number of things that come out of his er salary , there 's erm his pension of course and erm there , there 's some insurance scheme they run at work as well . |
| 8 | Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know . |
| 9 | Ye , well it 's not in the shop , I think it 's big country house they 've turned into a hotel or something . |
| 10 | I hope that 's ozone-friendly washing-up liquid they 're using . |
| 11 | ‘ In 1945 , ’ Husband said , ‘ they were trading cigarettes-which were better than gold in those days — for party cards and affidavits that they 'd always been true Worker Youths-once they found themselves in the Russian Zone . |