Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun pl] are [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the north , where Poitou borders on the Vendee , shapely clumps of trees are almost the only punctuation marks on widespreading marshy landscapes ; to the south it bubbles with little rolling hills . |
| 2 | Pandora is a publishing house which made its name by encouraging first-time writers — successes include Jeanette Winterson , authors of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit . |
| 3 | These five groups of cases are perhaps the most important . |
| 4 | For all that these strategies can cause irritation , though , their value lies in the implication — a world away from the commonsense views of Miller and Swift — that the surface meanings of words are only the tip of a massive iceberg . |
| 5 | As you can see , he 's much greyer than she is , which is rare — both sexes of tawnies are usually the same colour . |
| 6 | Mid-water regions of oceans are always the hardest to explore and model ; very little is known of this region of arctic waters . |