Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , the Armenians of Beirut have collected some macabre , terrible old photographs that might — had they been studied with more care by the shell-shocked peoples who had just emerged from the First World War — have served as a warning , the shape of things to come . |
| 2 | I mean how have they been seen by local mu community ? |
| 3 | Have they been competing with one another all their lives ? |
| 4 | If nationalized industries previously had bad performances , they would have been worth little had they been sold at that stage . |
| 5 | Some of them do n't look too good , not after they been burned like that , specially when it 's their features what have gone . |
| 6 | A number of the tournaments to which you refer in your article had reduced entries because they are conflicted with other new events and not because of deteriorating interest . |
| 7 | One , because they are advertised as that race and two , I see them dashing around the track . |
| 8 | Darwinian , genetical evolution takes place because genes are passed on from one generation to the next , and if some genes build better bodies than others , they are favoured by natural selection , become commoner , and evolutionary change will take place . |
| 9 | Sadly , they are vitiated by technical problems . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Both speakers and writers find this useful when they are referring to two things , one animate , one inanimate . |
| 12 | Made of upright panels , they are mounted in attractive solid beech wood frames giving a beautiful surround to samples on pictures . |
| 13 | they are hiding behind facial hair |
| 14 | They are hiding in one of every three of the delicious chocolate eggs . |
| 15 | They are hiding in one of every three of the delicious chocolate eggs . |
| 16 | They are overcharging for fitting childrens ' safety seats . |
| 17 | Foremost is the fact that although the exhibitions are non-profit making , they are perceived as commercial exercises , more entertainments than museums . |
| 18 | They are usually so directly continuous with the tergum that they are regarded as postero-lateral outgrowths of that region . |
| 19 | Moreover , they are regarded as valuable collectors ' items , not toys . |
| 20 | Opium farmers ' income is tiny compared with Pakistan 's drug barons and owners of heroin laboratories , and they are regarded by many as the impoverished , innocent end of the country 's narcotics business . |
| 21 | They are regarded by many employers ' associations ( although lacking official recognition ) as a means of encouraging greater stability in shopfloor relations . |
| 22 | Integrated circuits are so-called because they are manufactured as complete circuits . |
| 23 | They are manufactured from artificial grass that is sand based so that they are more receptive to well- hit shots . |
| 24 | This means they take no risk when they stock it , as they are reimbursed for any copies left unsold at the end of the week . |
| 25 | This is the order in which they are analysed in this manual . |
| 26 | When the cheques are presented for payment at Midland , they are converted at current exchange rates and charged to your account . |
| 27 | The net result is that once the protons have overcome the initial fusion hurdle they are converted to 4 He , radiating energy in the process . |
| 28 | In essence these are stand-alone management procedures except they are printed on pink paper . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | One does not store statistics at all ; if statistics are ever required they are obtained from one of the business divisions . |