Example sentences of "they be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have they been in the fridge ? |
| 2 | prior to the Daily Telegraph article in January nineteen eighty eight , had or or had they been in the habit of spending large amounts of money on national publicity ? |
| 3 | How long does you happen to have in his family , how long have they been in the collection ? |
| 4 | These arrangements would not have differed had they been in the Fens , or watching Scandinavia 's hot springs : Johnson went to inspect the landscape he described : Boswell took his landscape , the lumpy Dr Johnson , with him . |
| 5 | It is an offence for companies to recruit a non-disabled worker when they are below the quota . |
| 6 | Hounds such as the Bassett can be particularly stubborn , especially about returning once they are off the leash . |
| 7 | Even when they are off the sledges the dogs are kept apart . |
| 8 | A DIY breathalyser will soon be able to tell drivers if they are over the limit — but police say it ca n't be trusted . |
| 9 | Drivers will simply blow into a cigarette-sized tube and if chemical crystals inside turn blue it shows that they are over the limit . |
| 10 | They are between the hills and the Forth and are sparing nothing in Lothian , from the east coast to Dunedin . |
| 11 | We are not interested in them as such ( they are outside the boundary of the investigation ) , but we are interested in what they give . |
| 12 | I 'm saying as a matter of fact they are outside the equation , and that 's what 's wrong , because they 're certainly not upper class , they 're not middle class , but nor are they working class , are they ? |
| 13 | Marginal implies that squatters are outside the system , rather than a part of it and , therefore , that they are outside the class structure . |
| 14 | Kevin Burke , chairman of the cooperative , said : ‘ The message to everyone tempted to follow our example must be that if the final homes are worth your time and trouble , they are worth the wait . |
| 15 | The other aspect is of course catering facilities here on a Saturday may not be the same as what they are during the week . |
| 16 | ‘ Nick , they are richer than your wettest dreams , and like all the very rich they think they are above the law . ’ |
| 17 | With a lurch they are above the trees and climbing steeply , Paul pressed back into his seat . |
| 18 | Sir John Donaldson , president of the NIRC , had said in June : ‘ By their conduct these men are saying they are above the rule of law . |
| 19 | They are about the lives of women in Bengal . |
| 20 | Here again policy and practice in the inner city are as much about the way we chose to conceptualise social problems as they are about the experiences of inner city communities themselves . |
| 21 | They do not even reflect the cognitive side of learning ; they are about the ability to recall and express accurately in a pressurised situation . |
| 22 | While a formal prospectus is normally issued for each degree course , such statements vary considerably in the amount of detail they give , and how explicit they are about the aims of the course . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , the general public is not yet as aware of these technical achievements as they are about the waste they dispose of in their dustbins each week . |
| 24 | Magnaflux inspection can reveal anomalies in a component even if they are under the surface . |
| 25 | It is as well that they are under the protection of feminine writers as well as director Antonia Bird and co-producer Moira Williams . |
| 26 | In the case of the provinces these forces fall under the command of the Count , and in the case of the City States they are under the control of the Burgomeisters of the City . |
| 27 | They are under the control of individual teachers . |
| 28 | They are going to a planet celled Malecandra ( which turns out to be Mars ) and , having made a previous recce there , they are under the impression that the inhabitants are fierce and eat men . |
| 29 | On catching sight of me she threw up her head , and as I was not looking in her direction she stood stock still , as these animals have a habit of doing when they are under the impression that they have not been seen . |
| 30 | They are under the impression that her mind is on higher things . |