Example sentences of "they [am/are] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is important is that ( a ) large numbers of people are involved ; ( b ) some of them are at a greater risk than the general population due to pre-existing cardiac or respiratory conditions and/or prolonged exposure in homes or at the workplace ; and ( c ) there is no ‘ safe ’ level of exposure to carcinogens . |
| 2 | Some of them are on a bigger level . |
| 3 | How many of them are on the drier river terraces ? |
| 4 | There are vast differences between the two , of course ; but not all of them are to the latter 's credit . |
| 5 | Many of them are of a Victorian standard and need considerable investment . |
| 6 | ‘ Tie-in books ’ are a major part of any best-seller list , but not all of them are of the semi-literate kind often found there and described earlier . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Erm many of my officers erm indeed all of them are of the same mind . |
| 9 | And , there was some on a plate and my sister 's little lad went up and went to take one off this plate and then Valerie tu turned round , she said er , you ca n't have one of them , them are for the old folks . |
| 10 | Most of them are in a ruinous state with their upper storeys missing shattered by earthquake , war , neglect . |
| 11 | Many of them are in a dangerous condition and at least one contains asbestos . |
| 12 | Most of them are in the outer and inner narthices , on the walls , lunettes and in the ceiling shallow domes and ribbed cupolas . |
| 13 | ‘ There are adequate championship courses in Britain and many of them are in the top hundred in the world . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Some plants like kitchen windows , especially if they are over a steamy sink , but always check first . |
| 16 | And the local authorities also we have government policy again we have the situation that Wage Councils which have agreed increases for our members within the prison service , do n't know whether they 'll be allowed to implement them because they are over the one and a half percent . |
| 17 | And that is where they are hanging now , and they are worth a great deal . |
| 18 | They are worth a great deal even today , because of the familiar insinuations that Eliot was as much a political reactionary as a religious bigot . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | They are about an interesting a bunch of people that you could ever hope to meet . |
| 22 | As well as the Ryder Cup sponsorship , they are into the Asian and Australian classics , and the Caribbean Pro-Am as well as many amateur events . |
| 23 | To what extent they are under a legal obligation to do so will be the subject of the following section . |
| 24 | Insiders are in a privileged position ; they are under a moral duty to act responsibly , and not to profit from information which they receive but do not own . |
| 25 | How well off they are under a Conservative government . |
| 26 | As one who admires much of what WTA has done and enjoys watching the best women players compete against each other , because the entertainment value they produce can often be tremendous , I was sad to see that apparently they still do not appreciate how relatively well off they are under the present set-up and how much they could stand to lose from open warfare in the game . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | These essential components of a fair defence would not be available to a defendant , as they are beyond the compulsory judicial process of US federal courts . ’ |
| 29 | They are beyond the visible spectrum but we do not have to make our observations with the naked eye and there are ways in which y-rays can be detected to form an image pattern . |
| 30 | But certainly when we in the regional office get that that advice before before we put a submission to ministers , we will of course try to reconcile the figures so that they are on a consistent basis . |