Example sentences of "they be [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Such features are usually called raised beaches if they are at a low level , approximately below 50 m ( 150 ft ) OD , and marine terraces , platforms , benches or erosion surfaces if they are above this level . |
2 | They are under some degree of political control but they also need to have enough autonomy to carry out complex productive activity in an efficient way . |
3 | They are on neither side . |
4 | Our parliamentary group does not appear to be in touch with grassroots opinion — it 's as if they are on another planet . |
5 | If you have particular skills like dancing , singing , fencing , acrobatics , or mime , be sure they are on this information sheet . |
6 | Historically , they are on this side of it ; spiritually , they are on the other . |
7 | Only if they are at that time identified and agreed upon , will they be specific goods . |
8 | I suppose it would bore you to come and see my poor children , but they do need amusing , they are at that stage of convalescing when nothing is entertaining for very long and Mamma is certainly not entertaining at all , so a pretty thing like you would be a breath of fresh air . |
9 | They are at any rate central and have I believe served for various committees of inquiry , etcetera , before . |
10 | The nearer they are to each other the greater is the field . |
11 | Althusser 's concept of the dialectic involves various levels of social formation that have a ‘ relative autonomy ’ , that is to say , they are to some degree self-determining . |
12 | Well if you take the the figures that It depends where they are to some extent . |
13 | They are for that area on the Greater York study . |
14 | Every day couples meet who are amazed at how right they are for each other — proof that Dateline works ! |
15 | Please send contributions direct to the office at Epsom , clearly stating that they are for this fund . |
16 | They are for some reason most dreadfully at home in Paris — ‘ |
17 | Secondly , the torts considered in this chapter may also come into question in cases of alleged unlawful competition between traders , but in practice they are of little significance because of the common law 's refusal to adopt any principle of ‘ fair competition ’ other than the prohibition of obviously unlawful acts like torts and crimes and breaches of contract . |
18 | Consequently , rich and colourful though they may appear , they are of little value as habitat . |
19 | Whilst data presented in graphical form have pictorial value , permitting crude general statements to be made about a sediment , they are of little value for detailed comparisons with other samples . |
20 | It can not be too strongly stressed that the subject of letters is all-important and that , even though they may be complete with the signature , they are of little virtue or worth unless they say something of at least modest significance . |
21 | Individually they are of little importance , but collectively . |
22 | ‘ They were all appointed because they are of such standing in the worlds in which their reputations were made that they will never kowtow to proprietors or editors . ’ |
23 | These are attitudes of the Stoics and it will be seen that though they are noble and inspiring , they are of this world . |
24 | Erm and clearly you know they are of some use . |
25 | He points out that most certified trainees come straight from school and so are cheaper to employ in the earlier stages of their qualification when they are of less use . |
26 | They are there , they are colossal , they are of another age ; and nobody knows how they came there . |
27 | We compare them in order to see not what each is like but in what respects they are like each other . |
28 | It should be noted that the two marks and are being used for two different purposes in this course , as they are in many phonetics books . |
29 | They are in such demand that we have the phenomenon of an industry geared to satisfying a craving for new varieties every year . |
30 | A big bream is a very deep-bodied fish and would have to stand almost tail to surface to pick a bait direct from the bottom with its lips , which I know they do when they are in that kind of mood . |