Example sentences of "they [be] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are thus of great importance in the management of the economy despite their small total in banks ' balance sheets . |
| 2 | They are thus to some extent limited in where they can invest , as we discuss further in chapter 6 . |
| 3 | And this independence is further supported by the existence of the ‘ velar-raising ’ rules in other Ulster varieties : they are carefully described by Gregg ( 1964 ) for Larne , and by Patterson ( 1860 ) for nineteenth-century Belfast , and so in this case they are plainly of some antiquity . |
| 4 | Stems for fishing are usually selected from nearby vegetation ; they are generally about 1 cm ( ½ in ) across and 65 cm ( 26 in ) long . |
| 5 | They are apart from each other and part of each other . |
| 6 | They are just for sad trainspotters who still live with their parents at 29 and fancy Lady Penelope off Thunderbirds and wear a scarf and read 2000AD are n't they ? |
| 7 | They are kinsmen because they are somehow of common substance , as with English consanguinity , kinship by common blood . |
| 8 | Later dicta leave it quite uncertain whether A can do so where C 's refusal to deliver up the goods amounts to conversion , and they are decidedly against such a view where C's conduct in obstructing A 's entry does not ; and this , too , even where the goods come on C 's premises without any tort on A's part . |
| 9 | They are both on low incomes and find it very hard to cope with all the additional expenses of Gail 's illness . |
| 10 | It could be said that his attitude is as a result of his poverty but in chapter three we meet a young boy called Chuck Little who ‘ did n't know where his next meal was coming from ’ but who was also ‘ a perfect gentleman ’ and when he is contrasted to Bob Ewell 's son Burris we see that they are both in similar circumstances . |
| 11 | It is single mothers and homeless men who are subject to the most intense state scrutiny because they are both in greatest need of state support and represent the greatest challenge to " normal " masculinity and femininity within the family . |
| 12 | They are also of considerable assistance to your solicitors/Counsel who may not otherwise be familiar with the locus , type of machinery involved , etc . |
| 13 | They are also of ecumenical significance , being common to almost all denominations . |
| 14 | They are also of fundamental importance for the local historian as they provide demographic data essential to a proper understanding of his chosen community . |
| 15 | A dolphin school will often divide up into subgroups while searching for food , which separate and spread out over a wide area of sea , still diving synchronously — evidence that they are probably in some form of acoustic contact . |
| 16 | Animal Rights groups seldom admit humane care of animals is possible because they are fundamentally against all human/animal relationships . |
| 17 | In fact , they are neither of these things . |
| 18 | An added incentive to tracking down the railways is that they are invariably in rural France , away from the speeding motorway traffic . |
| 19 | Some attractive and good quality items are produced , but they are mainly for domestic use , and very few find their way to the West . |
| 20 | They are mainly on academic-related grades but their job specifications are entirely library administration . |
| 21 | Of the conservatively estimated 6 million with HIV worldwide , 2 million are women of child bearing age ; and they are mainly in poorer countries depriving these countries of the resources of some of their most productive citizens . |
| 22 | Their nature is multifarious , but they are mainly from other professionals in other organizations or from informed amateur botanists or gardeners . |
| 23 | They are essentially of two kinds : ‘ fair rent ’ , a system by which tenants pay a rent determined by a rent officer , and ‘ co-ownership ’ , where part of the tenant 's rent goes towards partial ownership of the dwelling . |
| 24 | The other difference , Chair , if I may , was the cooperatives that currently put in Shropshire , they are essentially of self- employed people , who are working together in a cooperative , and there 's certain advantages that that presents them with . |
| 25 | They are essentially in developing countries . |
| 26 | As control of pests and diseases consists basically of subjecting them to conditions or substances that are harmful to them , we have to recognize that , as they have all evolved defences of one kind or another — and very successfully too , which is why they are still on this Earth and contending with us for our roses — somewhere in their life cycles are periods and stages when they are more exposed and vulnerable . |
| 27 | ‘ Sure we went down well but the buzz over there is quite staggering and they are still into all that ‘ noo wave ’ garbage . |
| 28 | It allows them to promote the false claim that the blacks are not fit to run South Africa when clearly they are still at each other 's throats . |
| 29 | They are still at large and Scotland Yard has not ruled out their possible involvement in the latest attacks , but they are believed to be firearms specialists rather than bomb makers . |
| 30 | To qualify you must be responsible for one or more children aged under 16 , or under 19 if they are still in full-time non-advanced education . |