Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is questionable is whether they make the best use of this information , particularly of that which , if they were competent to extract it , could be deduced from the companies ' published accounts . |
| 2 | So as you said the danger is that it 's not balanced for our delegates and the ideal is that we want the combination of all four . |
| 3 | All we can say for sure is that it entered the microscope , perhaps on one side , perhaps on the other , perhaps in the middle . |
| 4 | The reason why a search of premises which is not authorised by law is illegal is that it involves the tort of trespass to those premises : and any trespass , whether to land or goods or the person , that is made without legal authority is prima facie illegal . |
| 5 | What is certainly important is that we maintain the support of our investors ( who in fact own the company ) and satisfy them that their investment objectives are being , or will be , achieved . |
| 6 | The second major respect in which the assertion of the social rights of citizens has become more important is that it expresses the claims of very diverse groups in society to equal treatment , and at the same time broadens considerably the range of what are to be regarded as social rights . |
| 7 | Thus a peculiar feature of utilitarianism in general is that it emphasizes the comparability of situations . |
| 8 | What made the result so glorious was that it epitomized the essence of steeplechasing : at its most prestigious moment the sport had returned to its rural roots and shown that the humblest contestants can win the biggest prizes . |
| 9 | The effect of making them arrestable is that it gives the police certain powers of entry and search under section 17 and 18 while investigating the offences in question . |
| 10 | What is certain is that he carried the legend of a king or emperor waiting to be reborn for several centuries , just as the British King Arthur has done . |
| 11 | Hardly a rally was over two strokes and what was more disappointing was that it followed the brilliant final at Brighton . |