Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If nationalized industries previously had bad performances , they would have been worth little had they been sold at that stage . |
| 2 | When the cheques are presented for payment at Midland , they are converted at current exchange rates and charged to your account . |
| 3 | With such descriptions , actually occurring linguistic data , where they are adduced at all , serve to exemplify category types . |
| 4 | They are served at seven , on a coffee table in front of the TV . |
| 5 | The fact that a practitioner has a copy of the Blue Book ( which contains the Institute 's regulations and guidance notes on investment business ) on his shelf does not necessarily mean that he has read and understood it , and in some firms the Institute 's Investment Business Gazettes ( which announce changes to regulations and other requirements , and provide a general round-up of developments likely to affect authorised firms ) are filed away unread if they are kept at all . |
| 6 | If they are wanted at all they are probably wanted in large numbers and to be made in a hurry by unskilled labour . |
| 7 | THEY are fixed at last ! |
| 8 | In recent years , however , there has been a move towards more intensive farming : altering the lambing season so they are born at different times of the year ; bringing lambs indoors and using special feed to make them grow bigger . |
| 9 | At present it is left to the planning officers of the district council to decide how the views of parish councils are pesented to the planning committee or indeed if they are presented at all . |
| 10 | Less fabric is taken up when they are placed at this angle , preventing the seamline from reducing and puckering . |
| 11 | It is understood they are staying at another holiday camp in Towyn . |
| 12 | At present special requests have to be submitted and justified if calls are to be made ; they are made in the presence of an officer and they are charged at far in excess of the ‘ normal ’ rate because of the need to ask the operator to ring back with the cost — for which a surcharge is made . |
| 13 | Odour nuisance can be considerably reduced by adhering to good housekeeping practices and often byelaws are made by local authorities under s.108 of the Public Health Act 1936 to ensure they are followed at all times . |
| 14 | Detectives say they are looking at possible links with recent assaults on women in Oxford . |
| 15 | They are looking at four possible sites . |
| 16 | They are looking at some wire wool that has rusted . |
| 17 | In most cases , such changes are poorly documented , if they are recorded at all . |
| 18 | They are moving at good speed — we are on one of Odd-Knut 's prepared training runs — perhaps topping 30kph on the level sections . |
| 19 | Computers , by comparison , respond to signals that are in binary form , which means they are transmitted at two levels only . |
| 20 | Trade unions , it they are involved at all , are not meant to be militant . |
| 21 | If they are involved at all . |
| 22 | Quick-growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . |
| 23 | Youngsters should not construct mains powered projects unless they are supervised at all times by a suitably experienced adult . |
| 24 | The most surprising feature of the laminated sediments of the eastern equatorial Pacific is that they are preserved at all in such widespread oxygenated deep sea environments . |
| 25 | All penalties are cumulative , but penalties for disobedience depend on whether they are incurred at one obstacle or not . |
| 26 | New car registrations — only half a million in 1958 — jumped in 1963 to more than a million ( Today , they are running at two million . ) |
| 27 | Because they they are picked at random . |
| 28 | They are caught very well since they are travelling at top speed . |
| 29 | The heads form a cap which covers the shoulder joint , and they are attached at one end to the upper arm and at the other end to 3 points to the front , top and back of the shoulder . |
| 30 | Electronic resources need to benefit from well-planned preservation campaigns , if they are to survive at all . |