Example sentences of "they [be] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some of them are just minutes from the road . |
| 2 | Some of them are also Companions of Honour , an order additional used as a way of rewarding prime ministers ' political friends , so ‘ that Norman Tebbitt and Lord Whitelaw , neither known as retiring aesthetes , rub shoulders with Anthony Powell , Lucien Freud and Dame Ninette de Valois . |
| 3 | They are the guiding fictions which we repeat to ourselves so often , and with such conviction , that we forget that they are simply themes in a script we have written , and act as if they were true . |
| 4 | These editorial policies are not the result of idiosyncratic requirements on the part of journal editors ; they are simply part of the disciplinary culture , which every aspiring academic has to pick up . |
| 5 | They are simply part of the Government 's plan to dilute the tribal population — to promote nationalism by standardizing the Bengali language , culture and the Muslim religion . |
| 6 | They are simply cases of men accumulating several women who themselves are in the same situation as monogamous wives . |
| 7 | Their quality seems to be exhausted by the ‘ conditions of their production ’ , which suggests they are simply impressions of heat , etc . |
| 8 | They are simply extensions of the previous examples which illustrate the handling of mixed data . |
| 9 | Since the left- and hence the right-hand sides of this equality are polynomials they are simply shorthand for ( 2 , -3 , 1 , 0 , … ) and ( 0,0 … ) respectively . |
| 10 | They are mostly Ryes from Moor . |
| 11 | They are mostly women with little formal education who render basic primary health care to people in their villages . |
| 12 | They are mostly stories in rhymed couplets , and their subject is local scenes or people . |
| 13 | As for the physical appearance of the people who left behind their stone tools and food refuse , Singer and Wymer can say little because , compared with animal bones , there are few human remains in the deposits and they are mostly fragments of skulls and jawbones and teeth . |
| 14 | Intermediate targets may be genuine targets which can be aimed for in their own right or they may be spurious targets if they are just subdivisions of the journey to the main target . |
| 15 | After all they are just names in the same way that ‘ gravy ’ is the name for a brown fluid that is poured over meat . |
| 16 | They are just suggestions for day and half-day excursions to take in the best of the scenery , rather than the villages the tours pass through . |
| 17 | They are just ways of filling time whilst the realities of power assert themselves . |
| 18 | ‘ Exactly , and remember , art and sport have this in common , they are both means of self-expression . |
| 19 | Structures of social relationship are not only structures of indebtedness , they are also structures of power . |
| 20 | Traditionally they are also paths of psychic activity , of apparitions , spirits of the dead or fairies , particularly on one day of the year . |
| 21 | They are also creators of the language into which they translate . |
| 22 | They are also part of certain styles of Indian dance where gestures are explicit in conveying the beauty of the world , of women and of - love . |
| 23 | Parliamentary Labour Party — are not only the largest national group in European Parliament ; they are also part of the largest political group , the Socialist Group , within the European Parliament . |
| 24 | They are also idea for rooms with sloping ceilings , where a normal wardrobe will project some way into the room , leaving a gap behind it . |
| 25 | Despite John Ruskin 's strictures ( ‘ Such works as … the iron roofs and pillars of our railway stations … are not architecture at all ’ ) , it is now generally admitted that not only are they architecture but they are also works of art . |
| 26 | Women — like children — tend to be called by their first names where men would not be ; and they are also recipients of endearment terms like love , dear , honey , pet , hen and so on . |
| 27 | They are also suppliers of goods and services . |
| 28 | They are also gases at all but extremely low temperatures . |
| 29 | Yet , as partners in the social-market economy and directors of public companies , they are also parts of the establishment . |
| 30 | We also use those homes as centres for day care , and the financial effects of that are estimated and taken out of these calculations , but I think it 's important for members to remember that your residential homes are n't purely and simply providing only residential care , they are also centres for day care in that particular area . |