Example sentences of "they be [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry One of the other tables you 've got shows you a comparison between the elements which are present in crustal rock and in the sea and from that you can see which ones are a good reflection , I E whi which elements have been transferred to the sea by direct weathering , and which of them are undergoing other processes , either other sources or other sinks . |
| 2 | These three big creatures dominate the composition , but around them are introduced small figures . |
| 3 | Again the stone walls are dark and streaked with rain and age , and along them are ranged carved figures , many badly worn and now almost unrecognizable . |
| 4 | Negative , extremist , in them are fused sectarian party orthodoxy and individual self-deliverance . |
| 5 | A lot of them are having nervous breakdowns or sort of ruining their family life because |
| 6 | A lot of them are studying other things besides Italian and so they take time off to prepare for exams . |
| 7 | Would the other , these other enquiries you made , would the major part of them be asking other police officers or is there any other way of getting information ? |
| 8 | Neither had they been given extra hay the night before . |
| 9 | Indeed , had they been defending British farmers , particularly , those producing lamb , they would have achieved only a load of jelly — and red at that . |
| 10 | Mr may I ask you also had been told by somebody that they been planning armed robberies together . |
| 11 | Now they are forming new floodplains about –8 m below their old floodplains . |
| 12 | And they are demanding massive insurance cover from Eastern Suburbs when Martin Offiah plays for them next summer . |
| 13 | By adopting policies against sexual harassment they are opposing hitherto-accepted codes of normal masculinity and their effects in exercising power and control over women . |
| 14 | Eighty per cent of Birmingham 's 3,000 minicab drivers are Asian and they are facing shocking levels of violence . |
| 15 | They are facing formidable opposition in the shape of last year 's winner , Rosa Mota , who sees London as a warm-up for the Olympics , where she 'll be defending her title and looking to put the disappointment of the World Championships in Tokyo last year behind her . |
| 16 | As the owners are aging , they are facing considerable problems . |
| 17 | The shortage of regular staff is exacerbated and employers might begin to find that they are filling permanent positions on a temporary basis . |
| 18 | And all this at a time when they are undergoing dramatic changes both physically and emotionally — changes which they often find very difficult to deal with . |
| 19 | They are taking legal advice as to whether any other organisations have a case to answer . |
| 20 | Well an an an and I , it seems to me that the , the er I mean you go , you go to the er to the M S Society and you find just about everybody there , you know , you find people who , who are in wheelchairs , you find people who are walking around , you find people who are er controlling their diet you find people who are obs s taking extreme dietary precautions , no , not precautions , no they are taking extreme care of their diet , er er I mean on gluten-free diets and you know what that means |
| 21 | The aim is to identify companies which can show that they are taking positive steps to improve their ways towards the environment , as well as to raise the level of debate about green issues . |
| 22 | BRITAIN 'S timber importers are worried that public concern about the destruction of tropical rainforests could harm their business and they are taking unusual steps to defuse protest . |
| 23 | Environmental audits are certainly not cheap , so how can companies ensure that they are getting good value for their money ? |
| 24 | The promoter is able to purchase such merchandise in bulk and thereby pass savings on to the customers who feel that they are getting good value for money . |
| 25 | And they are getting hands-on experience of a giant octopus , molluscs and butterflies with the life-like models made and collected by naturalist Ian Coggin , left , seen during a training session with primary teachers at Whinny Banks junior school , Middlesbrough . |
| 26 | They are boycotting new assessment procedures , claiming social welfare officers were not being recognised for increased workloads . |
| 27 | As such it certainly extends to local — and , as I think , also statutory bodies in so far as they are exercising autonomous rule . |
| 28 | It is perhaps putting it a little high to say they are exercising judicial functions . |
| 29 | ‘ They are collecting small fish , ’ said Dodo Dolatalyas , the foreman on the farm and my buffalo chaperone . |
| 30 | There are of course many aspects of language usage that depend on these relations ( see e.g. Brown & Levinson , 1978 , 1979 ) , but these usages are only relevant to the topic of social deixis in so far as they are grammaticalized Obvious examples of such grammaticalizations are " polite " pronouns and titles of address , but there are many other manifestations of social deixis ( see Brown & Levinson , 1978 : 183-92 , 281-5 ; Levinson , 1977 , 1979b ) . |