Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The errors of PS are not the main point . |
| 2 | This is a horror movie a fucking horror movie this lunatic is making his own horror film and you ca n't even tell yourself Hell it 's only a story are n't the special effects good it is n't real because that 's exactly what it is and the gorilla man is explaining in that hideous high-pitched baby 's voice what he has in this bottle and in this syringe and I throw up halfway through but they pause the video for me . |
| 3 | This might be explained by the fact that the former category are not the direct employees of the establishment and that their terms and conditions of employment are less subject to regulation by unions . |
| 4 | The sources of pasture contamination are again the ewes during the PPR and the lambs following ingestion of larvae which have survived the summer . |
| 5 | The breeds likely to be most closely related to the White Park are probably the Kerry of Ireland and the old Scottish breeds , the Highland and Galloway . |
| 6 | Shame and penance are not the same things . |
| 7 | Whereas Russia is erm , is to do with the Cold War situation but I take Michael 's point that fascism and communism are not the same thing and to say that he has fascist ideas does not necessarily mean that he therefore represents Russia in this political equation |
| 8 | Ironically , this means that the most exciting objects for play are also the simplest and the cheapest . |
| 9 | Spitting and firing are not the first words to spring to mind when Yorkshire 's venerable left-arm spinner Phil Carrick is mentioned . |
| 10 | Of course , ME are n't the only manufacturers producing this sort of lightweight Polarfleece sweater , so this garment is far from unique . |
| 11 | Many of the skills we acquire on the most mundane level are exactly the same as those that are needed in any high-powered job — the ability to manage people , to organize schedules , make the most of limited resources , to keep calm in a crisis , and to encourage those dependent upon us . |
| 12 | The first two words of that universal prayer are perhaps the most important , for they express our faith in and our filial relation to Him . |
| 13 | Such developments and analysis of the inter/sub structural power dynamic are however the concern of another paper … |
| 14 | The Houses of Parliament are also the final arbiters of the tenure of office of judges of the Supreme Court . |
| 15 | Aggressive tactics by management and state support are not the only explanation for the employers ' victory . |
| 16 | It should be noted that an omission is not sufficient for unlawful act manslaughter and that neglect ( omission ) and negligence are not the same thing . |
| 17 | The vocational aspects of the course are clearly the most important consideration when it comes to recruiting new students . |
| 18 | The determinants of the time value component are primarily the volatility of the underlying shares and the prevailing and expected interest rates in the money markets . |
| 19 | Sometimes differences in terminology are merely the use of different words for the same or similar groups ( such a ‘ West Indian ’ and ‘ Afro-Caribbean ’ ) ; at other times , different sets of terms refer to different classifications and different ways of classifying . |
| 20 | ARM British and French congratulations to Mr Helmut Kohl for his allies ' victory in the East German election are not the best gauge of how the West German chancellor is viewed in London and Paris . |
| 21 | Only the wrong kind of boy comes forward to be his friend ; the right kind are just the ones who hang back . ’ |
| 22 | It is not however necessary to decide the point in the present case , and in any event cases of this kind are generally the subject of statutory régimes which legislate for the circumstances in which money so paid either must or may be repaid . |
| 23 | Hidden commitments of this kind are often the result of using particular words ( here , " the " ) or phrases or constructions . |
| 24 | Simulation programs as POND which examines plant life in ponds and BRI1 ECONOMY which allows pupils to examine variations in economic health of the country are used across the curriculum are often the best way to demonstrate an experiment in science technology . |
| 25 | It is the Armenians who live in what is left of the Armenian Republic — in the Soviet Republic of the same name — who perhaps have the only fragile opportunity of one day restoring their nation ; just as the Arab inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are now the only Palestinians to be able to fight with any effect for their statehood . |
| 26 | The criteria that determine the court 's decision are much the same as those employed earlier by the superintendent . |
| 27 | As the edges of the field are normally the most shaded and sheltered from the drying wind , the outside four to six rows are first raked towards mid-field and the rest towards the hedge . |
| 28 | In a formal display the left and right hand side are exactly the same . |
| 29 | Collecting this and the other spatial terms ( 2 , 3 ) into one equation gives The terms on the right-hand side are just the standard expressions for the Coriolis acceleration and centrifugal acceleration in a rotating frame . |
| 30 | However the examples of planning exercises that come to light are usually the ‘ exotic ’ ones that so often feature in Open University case studies : Stantonbury Campus ; Countesthorpe College ; North Westminster Community School ! |