Example sentences of "they be [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , they are organising a promotional campaign to expand the Lanka Guardian 's readership . |
| 2 | EVERTON must change the habit of a lifetime if they are to arrest the current slide this weekend with a victory at Nottingham Forest , writes Ken Rogers . |
| 3 | Equally I believe that local communities too must feel that the police are to them if they are to give the positive help which the police need to successfully detect and prosecute the criminals who prey on them . |
| 4 | When activists like the Cape Town Sixteen fight this system of oppression and exploitation , they are demanding a democratic say in the running of their lives and and the right to determine their own futures . |
| 5 | This is one case where , again , I make the point that I am proud to stand here and support the policies of the Adam Smith Institute which every Tory Member should also support , but unfortunately they are afraid to do so because they are facing a general election , knowing that they will be out of power within six months . |
| 6 | Collegians grabbed a late consolation try from Michael Dorrity , but their lack of pace and bulk up front probably means they are facing a long hard season . |
| 7 | Ideally , all doctors should participate in regular ongoing appraisal and training to ensure that they are providing a good service to their undergraduate and postgraduate students . |
| 8 | Local authorities must be sure they are providing the right care for children , and with increasing pressure on budgets they must know the money is well spent . |
| 9 | Never feel uncomfortable warning people you encounter halfway up a mountain who are dressed for the beach that they are taking a great risk proceeding without extra clothing and food . |
| 10 | In the third year , honours students with German as their major subject spend a minimum of eight months in a German-speaking country , either as a student , or as a part-time assistant in a school , or , if they are taking a joint degree , most probably attending courses at a university . |
| 11 | But when apparatchiks from Central Office , who have us acting as stewards ( ie , usherettes ) are often seen risking life and limb , SAS-style , in order to arrive at a doorway at the same time as a minister does , they are taking a serious risk with morale . |
| 12 | Precise figures are hard to come by , because many European discount chains are privately owned , but no one doubts that they are taking a growing share of the $140 billion or so that Europeans spend on food each year . |
| 13 | Students are often uncertain whether they are taking the right kind of notes to help them survive and succeed at college . |
| 14 | I feel sorry for people that are dumped into a civilisation such as ours and they are taking the sticky end of the stick in these low-rated factories . |
| 15 | While students may be financially worse off , they are being better cared for and they are taking an increasing part in assessing the quality of their courses . |
| 16 | Falling interest rates make it even more important for investors to check that they are getting a reasonable return from their funds . |
| 17 | A new generation of canny investors who have inherited family fortunes will quickly switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal . |
| 18 | This is thought to be widespread , and is causing institutional investors , big holders of junk from the late 1980s , to complain that they are getting a raw deal . |
| 19 | We must recognise that they are getting a raw deal and are being victimised by the Government . |
| 20 | This way , they may reason , they can get to the heart of the supplier 's promotional and sales pitch , and reassure themselves that they are getting the right deal . |
| 21 | These implementations were at Nomura ( a global securities company ) , the Japanese Patent Office ( where they are implementing a paperless application and investigation system ) , and NTI ( their multi-vendor integrated architecture for their own internal operation ) . |
| 22 | But when you keep the big names supplied with a particular kind of amusement you can always depend on it that the police are found to be in the wrong , or that they are framing an innocent man , or that the children in question are his nieces . |
| 23 | A great deal of publicity has been given to CFCs , not just because they are destroying the stratospheric ozone layer but because many are extremely powerful heat trappers as well . |
| 24 | They are bearing the one-eyed god from some unseen station of its progress to the next . |
| 25 | The calves remain ‘ crated ’ until taken out for slaughter between three and four months later during which time they are fed a milk-derivative liquid diet ‘ enhanced ’ in the usual ways with vitamins , medication , and sometimes growth-promoters . |
| 26 | Two minutes later they are flying a flat trajectory , tiny white caps flecking the sea way below , and Paul breathes . |
| 27 | Martin Braine found that if children between five and six years of age are shown a standard visual illusion — such as a stick in water appearing to be broken , by light refraction — they will distinguish correctly between ‘ looks ? ’ and ‘ really ? ’ questions , but that if they are asked the neutral question ‘ Is the stick straight or broken ? ’ they will say that it is broken . |
| 28 | The owners are not seeing guilty behaviour when Rover slinks across the floor , they are seeing the submissive behaviour Rover displays in anticipation of the aggression , however mild , the owners are about to use in attempt to reprimand him . |
| 29 | They will say that they do n't have the courage to stay emotionally alive , particularly if they are serving a long sentence . |
| 30 | Well-meaning ( as opposed to self-interested ) campaigners for wider share ownership may have the right problem , but they are advocating the wrong solution . |