Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , USL has recently claimed that it will configure Destiny to run applications of all persuasions — including Solaris — ( UX No 380 ) , Zander says ‘ if they can do that they 're better than anyone in the world . ’ |
| 2 | they 're conscientious and everything but the a child 's painting is seen ju a bit of scrap paper ! |
| 3 | ‘ With George Courtney retiring at the end of the season , we 're hopeful that somebody from the North-East will get on the Football League list , and with luck , it could be me . ’ |
| 4 | Francesca herself had characteristically taken the line that the Foreign Office ought to have been glad that someone on the staff was that closely involved with the American political Establishment . |
| 5 | Critics pointed out that at the time of the White Paper and in the process of polytechnic designation there had been little or nothing in the shape of academic planning . |
| 6 | ‘ The IRA are sure that somebody in the organisation is talking and it 's really put the wind up some people . |
| 7 | In view of what my hon. Friend has said — with which I am sure that everyone in the House agrees — I hope that the Bill will have a speedy passage through the House . |
| 8 | They claim to be nearer than us to the European consensus , but they are as far from reality as they ever were . |
| 9 | In the story , I was the nicer one and would go on to be better than him in the end . |
| 10 | It would be better than nothing for the pheasants . |
| 11 | If anyone is going to break it they are going to have to be better than me over the first fifty metres , so it 's going to be difficult . |
| 12 | I 'm sure that none of the Springbok players will have felt like that as they came off the pitch , but , in the long run , the losses will benefit them . |
| 13 | If we could be sure that everyone in the community was equally generous , it might be possible to finance social services by announcing how much it would cost to run the Health Service per head in the coming year and then leave it to individuals to post an appropriate sum to their local health authority . |
| 14 | Her view must in consequence be truer than his to the actualities of her time . |
| 15 | They play good football but we were better than them on the day . |
| 16 | ‘ Barnet were the best side I 've seen this season and we have to admit they were better than us on the day but Northampton was one of those things . |
| 17 | ‘ Chelsea worked hard and they were better than us in the second half . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They were married and everything in the Catholic Church . ’ |
| 19 | You spent some time describing how the linesiders were disappointed but nothing about the sterling work done by the loco department at Loughborough to put matters right and ensure a full days running on the Sunday . |
| 20 | Sure England were bad but what about the progress made by Norway ? |
| 21 | There is little or nothing on the coloration of other everyday materials , such as leather and paper , nor is there any mention of non-substrate uses , such as in dye lasers or photovoltaic cells . |
| 22 | So is that And what about the electricity bills how do you ? |
| 23 | It is possible that none of the top three will take the honours , for Edinburgh Civil Service are once again coming with a tremendous run , reminiscent of last season , when they fell at the final hurdle . |
| 24 | When the rosy spectacles are laid aside , it is clear that what to the husband and children can be a refreshing hobby — after all they are more often than not the consumers , not the producers , of the home-made jam — to the wife can be another variant of the natural mother image and in everyday terms can mean longer than ever hours at the chopping board . |
| 25 | From our results , it is clear that none of the mutations introduced in the different tRNA Asp variants considerably affected the synthesis of m 2 G at positions in the aminoacyl-stem and D-stem ( Table 1 ) . |
| 26 | All this is generally freely given , which is fortunate since none of the clearinghouses has a budget with which to buy published material . |
| 27 | In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent . |
| 28 | This is an altogether more simple reading of the section , and would apply where the policeman comes across a person who is using abusive language , and comes to the conclusion that it is likely that somebody in the audience will intervene to put a stop to it , using unlawful violence ( citizens may have the power to prevent a breach of the peace , but not to preserve the public quiet ) . |
| 29 | It is important that someone from the senior management team should exercise day-to-day oversight and responsibility for Compact activities . |
| 30 | But I think , you know to make perhaps an obvious point , the comparison is made with West Germany , it 's not made with what er Japan or , or er America for instance are proposing to do , which is less than us at the present time . |