Example sentences of "they [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are no bigger than grains of rice . |
| 2 | They are no better than murderers . |
| 3 | This candidate and others also in a similar position saw search consultants as a tool of ignorant companies seeking insider-knowledge ; and he thinks they are no better than their employers . |
| 4 | His contacts with Government remain good , but they are no better than those of many PR companies . |
| 5 | As the campaign enters the final furlong the Tories in the campaign team know they are no closer to finding a magic formula than they were at the outset . |
| 6 | But while room rates are high , they are no higher than those of some London hotels . |
| 7 | The leaves are nearly always the part of the plant used , newly picked and freshly chopped at once , or used dried , provided they are no older than six months . |
| 8 | In this regard they are no different from any other large organisation . |
| 9 | The court has held that the certificates remain final , even though the inspector has been negligent , on the basis that they are no different from experts ' decisions : Alfred C Toepfer v Continental Grain Co [ 1974 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 11 . |
| 10 | However , they are no more than a first stage . |
| 11 | The Baltimore studies are indeed good news , but , DeLong stressed recently that they are no more than that . |
| 12 | Some of the larger birds , like the blackbirds and thrushes , often risk a little dive-bombing , in which they swoop down on the owl from a distance of about 30 feet , heading straight for it , and then swerve aside only at the very last moment , when they are no more than a foot away . |
| 13 | If they are used by a Christian then they are no more than an aid , just as meditation can be biblical or occult depending on what you meditate upon . |
| 14 | Recognising that this stands in contradiction to the statements contained in the terms and conditions of engagement which they offer their casual workers , some organisations seek to make it clear that they are no more than " collecting agents for the revenue " . |
| 15 | You may , looking back at the stories about those two ( and you should have read them , twice over ) think they are no more than high old eccentrics bright enough to solve intriguing cases . |
| 16 | Unless those constitutional proposals are properly , fully and adequately addressed in a manner that both this House and the other place can accept , they are no more than pipe dreams . |
| 17 | They are no more than about 20% efficient . |
| 18 | Low temperatures place them at no obvious disadvantage — they have evolved physiological systems that allow them to move just as fast as temperate or tropical fish , and they are no easier to catch . |
| 19 | They are no dimmer than the spirits of men and children . |
| 20 | They are a splendid orchestra , disciplined and committed in their playing , and firmly directed by conductor Takuo Yuasa . |
| 21 | However , it is misleading to date the portraits on that basis , as they are a naturalistic rendering of the appearance of boys after the loss of infant curls at the age of two or three . |
| 22 | Six Finger Satellite might look unpleasantly like a '90s misappropriation of Devo , but in the dressed-down flesh they are a groovesome hardcore update of Wire with a head honcho given to lurching about like an adolescent , erm , Lurch . |
| 23 | To Adorno , listeners to popular music are far from being private critical spirits , of course ; they are a passive mass which is prepared to accept standardized musical forms precisely because it is the product of the same processes as the musical forms themselves . |
| 24 | At around 40 pence per portion , they are a prominent feature on any chip shop menu . |
| 25 | It was hanging on so I had to take it off they are a bloody nuisance them racks you know , dangerous |
| 26 | I mean if a garage leaves the sump plug loose or does n't erm put it back in , then obviously the whoever has done that work , if they are a legitimate erm service department would be more than happy to put that right and would apologise obviously , and the claim would obviously lie with them . |
| 27 | Thus they are a fraction of the ruling class in the sense both that they belong integrally to it , directly serving the dominant social order , and that they are a coherent division of it , defined by the values of a specific higher education : the possession of a general , rather than a merely national and class-bound , culture ; and the practice of specific intellectual and professional skills . |
| 28 | A Earthworms are one of the best foods you can feed to your fish , for they are a complete animals with all the essential amino acids to sustain life and dietary requirements . |
| 29 | They are a complete waste of taxpayers ' and charge payers ' money . |
| 30 | No attempt has been made to deal in detail with the Act 's provisions , but they are a classic example of the Inland Revenue 's neurosis with tax avoidance and the use of the principle described in the Financial Times as ‘ Sodom in reverse ’ . |