Example sentences of "in the [noun] be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The senior official in the civitas was usually the comes ( pl. comites ) , sometimes unhelpfully translated as " count " ; to be precise the word means " companion " . |
| 2 | And so the A N C has to make sure that while it works for the aspirations of its people it must also protect the country and I 'm afraid in this context it means it has through negotiations and other means also conceded made concessions in order to save the situation and the only organization that is now working for the national interest even losing its own supporters in the country is basically the A N C and it 's quite a remarkable thing to see that leaders are prepared to l lose political support because they have to make sure that the country does n't . |
| 3 | The largest state in the USA is also the most forgotten ; Alaska has long nurtured a reputation of massive icy plateaux and frozen lakes , but on closer inspection a surprising setting of national parks , waterfalls , fjords , forests and glaciers emerges , vying for the attention of the eye in one great sweeping vista of icy magnificence . |
| 4 | These people in the houseboat are almost the only people she knows outside her family . |
| 5 | Price rises in the UK are now the second lowest in Europe , behind Denmark with 1.5 per cent inflation , according to the Central Statistical Office . |
| 6 | In passing , it is interesting to note that the great stimulus to user education in universities and polytechnics in the UK was also the project method of teaching , and that most of the best programmes in these sectors are still linked to this part of the student 's course . |
| 7 | An ex-postman in the village is now the subject of an investigation by the Post Office following the discovery of the undelivered letters . |
| 8 | Anti-trust laws in the US are perhaps the best , or most typical , example of this particular form of regulation . |
| 9 | Only around Jerash and Amman in the north is there the year-long green of vegetation . |
| 10 | Rectal infection in the male is usually the result of homosexual practice , such as anal or rectal intercourse , although infection can follow the use of stimulators such as vibrators or can occur as a result of insertion of a finger into the rectum during intercourse . |
| 11 | The implication is that such conflicts as there have been in the past were merely the result of misunderstanding . |
| 12 | But an important reason for the long , unbroken stretch of work in the field was undoubtedly the amount of time and trouble that was necessary to yoke and unyoke a team of eight , or even four , oxen . |
| 13 | Far from being any support to her mother , Liza 's presence in the house was quite the reverse . |
| 14 | Antares in the Scorpion is also the centre of a line of three , but the colour-difference alone means that there can be no confusion ; Antares is fiery red . |
| 15 | Annual changes in the weather are also the stimulus for millions of birds to migrate . |
| 16 | Walking along the riverbank or lakeside , I could see a variety of waterfowl , such as moorhens , seagulls and ducks ; up in the trees were virtually the entire crow family — jays , rooks and jackdaws — as well as blackbirds , thrushes , finches , all the everyday birds . |
| 17 | It is based on a selected group of Arab states — although the non-Arab states in the region are potentially the most powerful and have always displayed a powerful awareness of their regional role . |
| 18 | The immediate effect of this increased spending will be to raise national income by the full £2 million because the spending of one group in the economy is necessarily the income of some other group . |
| 19 | Apollinaire was able to write that the Salon d'Automne of 1912 had been persuaded to show the Cubists because of their influence and prestige abroad ; the most important and sensational feature in the Salon was certainly the maison cubiste , for which André Mare and Duchamp-Villon were responsible . |
| 20 | The panel could support such a project contrary to the county structure plan and the south Buckinghamshire local plan only if satisfied on three counts : first , that the need is abundantly clear ; secondly , that the way of tackling the flooding problem as set out in the application is undoubtedly the best of all possible alternatives ; and thirdly , that a wide variety of outstanding issues are each resolved in the best possible way . |
| 21 | It followed that any conflict in the industry was solely the result of mindless agitation and that the men were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders . |
| 22 | The field in the final was probably the greatest ever brought together , and it had produced a world record of staggering proportions . |
| 23 | In the storeroom was also the cheese rack . |
| 24 | The brightest splash in the newsagent was probably the display of orange and green Penguin paperbacks — the main paperbacks available . |
| 25 | Discretionary policy-making at a number of levels in the organization is thus the key to this system , perhaps corresponding in its internal fluidity to some of the features of Burns and Stalker 's organic model of organization . |
| 26 | Watching boats being lowered in the locks is still the major tourist activity . |
| 27 | The evidence shows that these incidents reported in the media are merely the tip of the iceberg ; for many black people in Britain , physical assault or violent verbal expressions of racial hatred are part of their daily life . |