Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them are explained in more detail on the following pages along with accounts of Tesco 's efforts to tackle a range of problems from toxic chemicals to energy conservation . |
| 2 | Quite rightly , they place much emphasis on the importance of introducing genuine market relations in Yugoslavia ; and increasing numbers of them are including in this the right to establish competing private enterprises and self-managed enterprises in which the workers own shares . |
| 3 | Assistant Chief Environmental Health Officer , John Copley , says people in Oxford have much less of a chance of receiving help than those in other cities , even though some of them are living in appalling conditions . |
| 4 | Erm Of the total of goods that are sold in industrialized countries , such as , that have been manufactured , only three percent of them are made in developing countries . |
| 5 | Now , with Government aid , most of them are employed in new light industries . |
| 6 | At the east end , the springmakers work , and the machines required by them are installed in this part , together with an electric welding machine and various bolt and nut machines ; boiler-makers work on the south and west sides , and the forging presses are also laid down here while the north side is mainly occupied by drop hammers . |
| 7 | Such enterprises now account for more than 60 per cent of industrial employment in countries as far apart as Ghana and Tanzania ; more than half of them are located in small towns and villages , and the extended family is their most important source of labour ; they contribute at least a quarter of total manufacturing output ; and typically they employ between one and ten workers . |
| 8 | Let them be listed in increasing order as unc [ so that unc etc . ] . |
| 9 | Thus while most of the blues-derived techniques I have mentioned appear to set the music in opposition to mainstream musical language ( including that of many contemporary pop songs ) , they are developed in such a way as to lay stress on individualistic virtuosity and personal expression , achieved through ‘ professional ’ mastery of instrumental technique ; and this could be seen as at least compatible with the traditions of bourgeois art . |
| 10 | Made of upright panels , they are mounted in attractive solid beech wood frames giving a beautiful surround to samples on pictures . |
| 11 | They are hiding in one of every three of the delicious chocolate eggs . |
| 12 | They are hiding in one of every three of the delicious chocolate eggs . |
| 13 | This is the order in which they are analysed in this manual . |
| 14 | The current protocols on access to and inter-lending of theses in Britain were developed by SCONUL , and they are printed in each issue of Aslib 's Index to Theses . |
| 15 | Ethnomethodology depicts conversation as discourse constructed and negotiated between the participants , following pre-established patterns , and marking the direction they are taking in particular ways : with pauses , laughter , intonations , filler words , and established formulae . |
| 16 | In its publications , it claimed to be ‘ one of England 's Great Public Schools ’ ; it was ‘ the ‘ public school ’ of the sons of the poor , where , for a short time , they are trained in those qualities which make Public School boys so healthy , esprit de corps , obedience , humility , a sense of responsibility , honour and truthfulness ’ . |
| 17 | There , in a five-day course , they are trained in basic AIDS education , education skills , script writing , puppetry techniques and animation exercises . |
| 18 | They are featured in all the books but , like Myxobolus . |
| 19 | All organisms exhibit these properties in varying degree ; however they are displayed in purest form in the skeletons of micro-organisms such as Radiolaria . |
| 20 | Crucial to the success of selling carpets is the manner in which they are displayed in retail carpet shops . |
| 21 | FEW lending institutions have much in common with the Labour party but they are united in one respect : both are worried about people disappearing from the electoral register through poll tax evasion . |
| 22 | A bit of Euro savvy is de rigueur these days — so while Tarling and Freedman 's suits and jackets are clearly inspired by Savile Row , they are made in soft , lightweight tweeds and worsteds , with a far more relaxed fit and gentle construction . |
| 23 | And when they are listening in this way to check their theories they have a real purpose in listening . |
| 24 | A few chapters of Music , Mind , and Brain are stimulating and produce the right sort of sparks ; but others jar either because they are couched in long-winded jargon , or because they set off with a title and intent , which lead one to expect something new in the way of results , but then degenerate into vague speculations . |
| 25 | Both uses can in French be covered by the same word ancien , but they are distinguished in that the separative use requires prenominal position , while the standard use has the adjective after the noun , as in : ( 43 ) l'ancienne école de Charlie a fait banqueroute ( 44 ) cette école ancienne a hébergé les fils des tyrans depuis des siècles The same distinction is also marked overtly in Thai ; in this case it is realized not by a difference of syntactic position , but by a different choice of lexical item . |
| 26 | The rods are situated mainly in the peripheral area of the retina and they are activated in lower levels of lighting . |
| 27 | There is no doubt that factors like these are important in what we may call the social ‘ life ’ of language , and they are implicated in many aspects of linguistic variation and change . |
| 28 | They are conducted in public , by a show of hands . |
| 29 | The lakes are certainly there but they are hidden in dense jungle , only accessible by a network of sandy tracks . |
| 30 | This is the lowest point of the local workings in the area and they are drained in this manner . |