Example sentences of "they [be] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | There are vast differences between the two , of course ; but not all of them are to the latter 's credit . |
2 | The differences between them are of the same order as the differences between modern Dutch and standard German : the Brut retains the OE case-inflexions and grammatical gender , whereas the Peterborough Chronicle , even though it is an earlier document , has lost most of these . |
3 | Erm many of my officers erm indeed all of them are of the same mind . |
4 | And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller , I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk-waggons ; themselves frequently stuck fast , till a collection of them are in the same situation , and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each , to draw them out one by one . |
5 | The Purchaser will not be happy if the Business consists of all the wrong kinds of assets ( peas instead of beans ) even if they are worth the same as the price paid . |
6 | ‘ They are about the same age and build , a man and a woman , but beyond that — Some inflammable substance had been poured on them , almost certainly petrol . ’ |
7 | So why are social workers directed people into the private sector , they are under the same constant pressure of letters from the private sector , the wingeing , the groaning , the moaning , the threats of legal action , the threats of judicial review as the rest of us . |
8 | They are on the same side . |
9 | In Figure 4.15 , the fact that LECTURER is placed to the left of SUBJECT , even though they are on the same level , means that the former will be processed first in any search . |
10 | This is because they are at the same stages in their evolution . |
11 | Often they are at the same or higher levels . |
12 | Under the council tax , that hierarchy will be extended to two tenants , who , if they are at the same level in that hierarchy , could become responsible for each other 's council tax jointly and severally . |
13 | Such measures shall be introduced in such a way that … they are at the same time conducive to price stability , a high level of employment and foreign trade equilibrium , and thus steady and adequate economic growth . |
14 | We therefore might be misled into thinking that they are of the same logical type . |
15 | The only exceptions to the sequential rule are inserts , which can be added in without affecting any of the other material provided that they are of the same length as the material which they are replacing . |
16 | Whether the mother or the father is younger or if they are of the same age , has little effect on the infants ' survival chances , in so far as both parents are in the age most favourable to procreate healthy infants . |
17 | In Figure 4.13 LECTURER and SUBJECT are known as ‘ siblings ’ because they are of the same level but of different types . |
18 | Accordingly , futures contracts will not be investments of the same kind as debt securities or even contracts for differences , although SFA may perhaps agree that they are of the same kind as contracts for differences for this purpose ; in practice , however , any dealer who normally deals in futures contracts is usually likely to deal in contracts for differences in any event . |
19 | Users will thus get the same menu commands on 1-2-3/G and Word Perfect PM , so the two products will look as though they are from the same company . |
20 | ‘ They are all blonde and are all about the same size and although none of them are identical you would know they are from the same family . |
21 | I think that , had the girls been from today 's society the situation may have been different but I will assume they are from the same background as the boys were . |
22 | They are in the same ‘ Celtic ’ group as other lively , dark remnant breeds in Ireland ( Kerry ) , Switzerland ( Hérens ) , the Austrian Tyrol ( Tux , Zillertal ) and Sicily . |
23 | ‘ They are in the same difficulty , ’ Loppe said . |
24 | Of course , it 's always there , but the walls and towers appear to have moved when they were not being watched , or maybe they are in the same place , but the adventurers are n't seeing the same thing all the time . |
25 | Now at least they are in the same boat , and the balancing of the pronouns in the last four lines declares their equality : I have quoted extensively from that sonnet in order to give the full context for this Our : what they have in common is that they have sinned , each has betrayed the other . |
26 | They are in the same binocular field , even with × 20 . |
27 | They are in the same field with Theta ; both are spirals , though of course their forms are not visible with binoculars or small telescopes . |
28 | This is because classically they have a well-defined location at a particular instant whose specification is part of what is involved in saying that they are in the same state of motion . |
29 | Never a great footballing side , if it was not for the fact that they are in the same League as Athletico Whaddon , they would probably be known as the Athletico Whaddon of Division Three . |
30 | Bulletin boards , for example , can be used to advertise conferences or seminars to people who may be interested because they are in the same profession or may contain data packages , open for use by any user . |