Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for nothing is the first chapter of his book called Creating the Space . |
| 2 | When baking a cake , manufacturers of cake-mixes were told , women were acting out symbolically the birth of a child ( not for nothing was the vulgar phrase for pregnancy a ‘ bun in the oven ’ ) . |
| 3 | More important for them is the other alternative which can follow the first primitive stage : feudalism . |
| 4 | All that 's left for them are the smallest triumphs , revenges or consolations — together with a fascination for the England of 15 or 20 years ago . |
| 5 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 6 | The space between them is the third dimension . |
| 7 | Between them are the tall , narrow , round-headed windows . |
| 8 | In between them was the drooping branch of an apple tree . |
| 9 | A full-time multiprofessional Management Board would be created to implement its policies and the link between them was the Chief Executive who sat on both . |
| 10 | Most powerful for me is the tragic loss that the chess world — both living and generations to come — has suffered through Fischer 's self imposed 20 years exile . |
| 11 | That for me is the ideal copy ’ . |
| 12 | The only disappointing aspect for me was the unbearable tension caused by the starter who ‘ held ’ the men for an unbelievably long time , causing false starts . |
| 13 | ‘ Single ’ individual organisms such as ourselves are the ultimate embodiment of many such mergers . |
| 14 | about I 'm the best thing in your life But |
| 15 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |
| 16 | During the first two years of desktop publishing much argument has raged about which is the better system . |
| 17 | Most published accounts say that Nucella ( all species ) feeds on barnacles and mussels , but they differ about which is the preferred prey . |
| 18 | She knew what Alain had said about her being the lost child , but even he did not know how lost she had been . |
| 19 | It was embarrassing , the way he kept on about her being the same as she was twenty years ago . |
| 20 | It 's maintaining the diet for longer and keeping the weight off which is the tricky part . |
| 21 | There are procedures to be gone through which were the same as for Mrs Thatcher 's proposal |
| 22 | However since that time , there has been no recognition granted by USDAW , the main reason for which is the General Secretary , who allegedly had said that because his organization is not a profit making organization , there is no reason to have a trade union there . |
| 23 | When the Parliamentary Curry Club was launched at the Red Fort restaurant in Soho last month , the celebration boasted 79 MPs — not least of whom was the aptly-named Edwina Currie . |
| 24 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 25 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 26 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 27 | At the end of the process , the 13 houses , once inhabited by 200 families , their numbers swollen to 1,000 people by transients who made their way in and slept on the stairways at night , were reduced to lodging 300 or 400 people in 108 rooms , only a quarter of whom were the original tenants , although the rents apparently had not been raised . |
| 28 | Around the main tent were scores of smaller tents for the famous and not-so-famous guests , many of whom were the important or merely rich foreign friends , in France , and contained two bedroom , two marble bathrooms , and a small chic sitting room . |
| 29 | Below them are the four archdeacons ( Wiltshire , Sarum , Dorset and Sherborne ) who , Bishop John says , are ‘ key people in the modern church ’ . |
| 30 | Right in front of me was the Absolute , the ens perfectissimum , a metaphysical colossus that had strayed into reality . |