Example sentences of "they be [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know they they 're a lot of the older men makes you wonder have they been sacked so they do n't have to pay them hand shakes at the end you know if they wanted to lay some people off . |
| 2 | Why had they been killed so barbarously and so mysteriously ? |
| 3 | One of the great advantages of mechanised accounts is that machines accumulate the amount of individual postings as they are made so that the total balance of the ledger can be ascertained each day . |
| 4 | One views unusual vertical arrangements with suspicion , presuming that they are made so as to prevent others entering the industry , to raise margins and thereby increase profits at the expense of consumers . |
| 5 | They are adjusted so that if the project were completed on time to specification the contractor would realize a reasonable profit . |
| 6 | Notice that they are standardised so that they sum to 1,000 . |
| 7 | Now that the full complement of introns in the ancestral triose phosphate isomerase gene has been mapped , he has been able to show that they are placed so that amino acids near each other in the protein 's structure are encoded wherever possible by the same exon , bolstering the idea that the original form of the gene contained a full complement of introns and was produced by exon shuffling . |
| 8 | They are also helpful if they are arranged so that you are paid on or before the date of delivery of your goods or services as compared with the usual 40- to 70-day wait for your cheque . |
| 9 | They are positioned so that the patient can get to and from the chair without too much effort . |
| 10 | Anywhere the road is wide enough , they are congregating so we can not anticipate where they will be . |
| 11 | This would mean punters know they are monitored so casual abuse might be avoided . |
| 12 | As we saw under Beliefs ( see page 21 ) it is easy to fall prey to some recurring unrealistic thoughts or beliefs which cause you to feel upset whenever they are violated so , either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you are hindered , or when you feel vulnerable to the onset of an unproductive feeling , ask yourself : ‘ How can I make more effective use of this present moment ? ’ |
| 13 | They are expected so far as practicable to make decisions on benefit entitlement within 14 days , but this time limit is frequently exceeded . |
| 14 | In fact , as I write I realize that the whole mess of Primavera must be handed over to you — TAKE OVER THE WHOLE BLOODY THING and get this tremendous weight off my shoulders — change and edit the costumes , but not too much , as they are designed so as not to interfere with the movement of the ballet , as it includes curling up into small balls , rolling , lying etc . |
| 15 | The rival politicians know this , which is why they are paying so much attention to the news media . |
| 16 | A Tory friend of mine who has been trying to write nice things about the Conservative campaign has been tearing his hair out in desperation , not just because they are doing so badly — but because they deserve to . |
| 17 | They will not know that they are doing so — but that is what will happen . |
| 18 | Said Robson : ‘ I 'm delighted they are doing so well and , like many people , have been surprised by their great position . |
| 19 | Such games can be played with the actor entirely unaware that they are doing so . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , they are doing so alongside all the inherited pseudo-science and woolly thinking , the pretentious massing of obscure and unreliable ( and unreliably dated ) data which have traditionally marked Velokovskianism off from more orthodox science . |
| 21 | NOTTINGHAM 'S DEATH metal moguls Earache are diversifying , and they trumpet the fact they are doing so . |
| 22 | Reasoning powers can deteriorate : people may begin to think irrationally ( and do so even though they know they are doing so ) ; they may begin to get paranoid , feeling that others are slyly poking fun at them , excluding them from discussions , or being condescending or patronizing . |
| 23 | They are doing so at differing speeds , faced by differing problems and with differing chances of success . |
| 24 | Thus , even though the 12 member states are following the same rules , they are doing so at a different pace , which further complicates an already complex situation . ’ |
| 25 | Because the present British government are so totally encompassing , they 're such a dead hand , they are doing so much damage that the Liberal Democrat 's have got to be seen as a party that can help beat them or indeed , entirely on its own beat them . |
| 26 | Teachers will have had experiences of both kinds of testing and , like myself , have concluded that the formative sort enables the vast majority in their care to make excellent progress and know that they are doing so . |
| 27 | They are looking after their commercial interests , but unfortunately they are doing so at the expense of the tenants and customers , the very people who are supposed to benefit from the legislation . |
| 28 | The computer industry has only recently realised that , on the whole , ordinary people do not like computers and are only comfortable using them when they do not know they are doing so . |
| 29 | ‘ I am delighted that they are doing so well in Darlington . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I am delighted that they are doing so well in Darlington and that the company has expanded over the last few years . ’ |