Example sentences of "smiths [am/are] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Smiths are a synopsis of pain , a resolution — awkwardness and alienation ennobled , given poise . |
| 2 | The Smiths are a no fuss , no frills band who have taken music a step forward . |
| 3 | The legendary Jon the Postman , ( the ultimate fan of seventies punk who achieved minor fame by clambering on to the stage and reciting ‘ Louie Louie ’ at the finish of every Buzzcocks gig ) : ‘ The Smiths are a great rock 'n' roll band . |
| 4 | To all other intents and purposes then , The Smiths are a major band with major backing . |
| 5 | Smiths fan Dave Haslam , Stockport : ‘ The thing is that The Smiths are the only human band in England . |
| 6 | There is a new wave of guitar bands springing up over there , it 's really exciting , just like British punk and , you know , The Smiths are the only British band which fans of this movement will accept . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I mean he 'll keep saying The Smiths are the best and I 'll … ’ |
| 8 | That The Smiths are the most popular group , in rough terms , at the precise time that rock 'n' roll is going through its worst phase for many years says something that is not complimentary to them . |
| 9 | Which is saying : Smiths are the victim of the vast cliché-ing in rock , whereby everything is not as it seems , i.e. note the present glut of supposed ‘ leftish ’ groups signing to major labels : Billy Bragg as the opposite of Wham . |
| 10 | This deliberately throwaway remark hints at the paranoia within the ranks of Rough Trade where The Smiths are the only band of stature that they had managed to retain . |