Example sentences of "they be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only characters which appears to separate them are the scaling of the disk , which is formed of imbricating plates in O. retecta but non-imbricating plates in Ophiochondrus , and the covering of thick skin over the jaws and ventral part of the arm in O. retecta which is absent in Ophioxhonseua . |
| 2 | Below them are the fuel cock levers , and ahead of them are the emergency undercarriage buttons and extend/retract knob for alternate airbrake operation . |
| 3 | Foremost among them are the Queen and the class bully . |
| 4 | The latter measures are much more difficult to obtain , and relationships between them are the subject of this chapter . |
| 5 | if we book er , any , er , erm , a deal with them through P & O European Ferries , if we book one car and a person on a standard return fare crossing , they 'll give you a free five day return to be used on the same route in the autumn them are the deal with exclusive to the A A so do n't just get across once , cruise across twice |
| 6 | Among them are the burgeoning of musical writing ; the involvement of an increasing number of people in making music ; in some places the improvement of quality , and the dedication of many choirs , organists , directors , instrumentalists , composers and clergy to the cause of music in worship . |
| 7 | Below them are the fuel cock levers , and ahead of them are the emergency undercarriage buttons and extend/retract knob for alternate airbrake operation . |
| 8 | Religious ideologies also might prepare their adherents to believe that they are the élite chosen to be saved . |
| 9 | They are the fraction of whom we know most . |
| 10 | They are the inclusion of the Asylum Bill and the absence of any commitment to action against what we still — inappropriately — refer to , as the Home Secretary did today , as joyriding . |
| 11 | They are the spectacle , the no longer simple but excessive , ‘ perverse ’ pleasure of current cinema . |
| 12 | They are the relationship between theory and practice and the balance between conservation and innovation . |
| 13 | Oh I think so but above all I think that the helpers and their smiles are the other things that are so important , after all they are the bedrock of the fund . |
| 14 | ‘ They are the fighter pigeons . |
| 15 | They are the barrister 's own Inn of Court , the Senate of the Inns of Court and the General Council of the Bar , often known simply as the Bar Council . |
| 16 | And they are the laying on of hands , the anointing with the oil of Chrism , the signing with the cross the words , be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit . |
| 17 | Years ago these enquiries were a precursor to the outside appointments ; now they are the substance of the work of the Companies Investigation Branch of the Department of Trade and Industry 's Investigations Division . |
| 18 | For Margery they are the substance of her book — for Rolle they enter into some of his writing and illuminate his teaching . |
| 19 | They are the fossil fuels — coal , gas and oil and more recently uranium . |
| 20 | Yet they are the crux . |
| 21 | Such links do exist at the present time , but they are the exception rather than the norm . |
| 22 | What the following thrillers have in common is that each is a rattling good read , and together they are the cream ( 1939 , as will be seen , being a particularly creamy year ) of their genre , leading you on to other delights . |
| 23 | But , you know , when you explain these concepts to the people who are part of that committee , or they are the chairman of that committee — it 's very easy to say , ‘ Yeah , that other committee is really bad . |
| 24 | They are the gila monster and the beaded lizard , from Mexico and the southern states of the USA . |
| 25 | But the question is how much longer can Arsenal continue to be the dregs , before they are the toast of the town again ? |
| 26 | The college should have as its prime concern the nurture of ethics and integrity ; they are the core of any professions . |
| 27 | Because they were the part , they are the structure of the service as it exists at present . |
| 28 | ‘ They are the love of my life , the only thing I live for , ’ 73-year-old Mrs Cass told magistrates at Wakefield , West Yorkshire . |
| 29 | They are the heavyweight addresses of the defence business : the places where all the complex components of a standard modern weapon are assembled . |
| 30 | They are the medium by which messages are sent along the nerves ; they are discharged whenever muscles contract . |