Example sentences of "they [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among them are a portrait of the beauteous Dorelia with whom she took a passionate walking trip across France and who later lived in a ménage à trois with her brother and his wife . |
| 2 | A lot of me mates are black geezers and some of them are a bit tasty ’ . |
| 3 | The other manufacturers are trying to do the same but I think some of them are a bit behind Rover and they 've got to catch up . |
| 4 | So that is a possi I was just wondering which one it was cos I say I know some of them are a bit you know |
| 5 | Some of them are a bit tasteless I find . |
| 6 | Well , one or two of them are a bit sort of |
| 7 | Yeah , but er , some of them are a bit out of true cos they 're seconds do you think ? |
| 8 | Among them are a Duchess who inspired ‘ awe ; ’ an engineer 's ‘ stern looking ’ mother ; and the ‘ tall and stately ’ wife of a farm labourer sitting at the fire ‘ enjoying her ‘ bit of bacca . ’ |
| 9 | But they are wage labour , and those performing them are a part of the working class . |
| 10 | She said , I mean , she says I 'm not prejudiced here , and she says there 's obvious exceptions and they 're not bad but the majority of them are a waste of time ! |
| 11 | Beneath them are a group of children with an average age of 10 . |
| 12 | But life has its storms , it has its tempests , and some of them are a lot fiercer than others . |
| 13 | Why should the want of them be a disqualification ? |
| 14 | Also , no person can be a member of the Appeal Committee if they are a parent or a teacher at the school concerned . |
| 15 | They can wander round and ask if they are a nursery rhyme character or not , whether they are an animal or a person and whether or not they are famous . |
| 16 | ‘ In this country it is not illegal to use them because they are a prescription drug , it is only illegal to transfer them to somebody else . ’ |
| 17 | Bodies are not real , not ‘ solid stuff ; they are a trick of the light , conjured up by our own consciousness . |
| 18 | They are a façade : they are confined to the most superficial aspects , and scope for real variety is so limited that they in fact quickly become clichéd , standardized , themselves . |
| 19 | To the British at large , the feeling is widespread that ballet is Russian , that they are a race of superdancers . |
| 20 | They are a race of roses that are well worth exploring and are yet another example of the inexhaustible resources of the rose to come up with something new and different . |
| 21 | Proceeds of sale must be paid to the trustees of the settlement , who again , must be at least two in number unless they are a trust corporation ( eg a bank ) . |
| 22 | ‘ They are a blight on the phone service and almost impossible to police . ’ |
| 23 | They are a concession , a compromise between workers and employers and an accepted unit in the capitalist structure . |
| 24 | Technically they are a problem . |
| 25 | Yes , they are a problem , but we have had to impose them because of inflation . |
| 26 | They are A Baker of Hasbury , N Sutton of Stone , A Brazier of Suffolk , I Forster of Newton Aycliffe , J Drake of Boxford , S Tulett of Wallsend , G Burke of Cheadle Heath , CA Fearnyough of Great Sutton , B Fenton of Farndon , Kate Doughty of Shieldaig , J Revill of West Bridgford . |
| 27 | They are a balm in which anyone can believe . |
| 28 | This person could be asked to feed the fish , but unless they are a fishkeeper the amount to give at each feed should be measured into a polythene bag or envelope . |
| 29 | Investment bonds we have n't covered , and they are a variation of a unit trust really , but they 're issued by live companies , and you can do other things with them , and they have got tax advantages . |
| 30 | Now you 'll find there are a lot of perfectly honest traders in the Evening Post and the honest ones have put T in brackets to indicate that they are a trader . |