Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among them are outstanding objects from the Olmec , Aztec and Maya civilisations including a turquoise Aztec mosaic mask in the form of two intertwined rattlesnakes , painted codices from pre-Hispanic times , among them the Codex Zouche , stone architectural fragments from Mayan sites and jades from the Olmec period . |
| 2 | Paul Moriarty , Jonathan Griffiths and Ian Marlow in particular are outstanding players at the top of their form at the moment . ’ |
| 3 | The Law Society may refuse to cancel an RFL 's entry where there are outstanding complaints about the RFL concerning his or her professional conduct or where there are proceedings pending against him or her before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal . |
| 4 | Throughout Davies is responsive to the humour , the provocative argument and the emotion of the piece , and there are outstanding performances in the leading roles . |
| 5 | There are hazel flecks in the blue eyes . |
| 6 | Tekere alleged that four of his supporters had been killed in Harare , and that others had been harassed ; he also claimed there had been administrative irregularities in the polling . |
| 7 | We can see , then , that Weber agrees with Marx that the crucial economic features of capitalism are private ownership of the means of production , and markets for goods and labour . |
| 8 | We have seen that both Marx and Weber see contemporary Western societies as capitalist , and both agree that the crucial distinctive features of this are private ownership of the means of production , and a market for labour . |
| 9 | Johnson , who had been assistant coach with the national under-21 team , is now the backs ' mentor with Scotland ‘ B ’ as well as succeeding Dixon as Glasgow 's district coach . |
| 10 | Dick had been assistant editor of the New Statesman from 1938 to 1955 and , as has already been explained , was no friend of the leading men of the Labour party in the years after the War . |
| 11 | The Sinhalese were thought lazy because of their reluctance to work for planters , but the poor living conditions of estate labourers are ample explanation of the failure to recruit Sinhalese workers . |
| 12 | The reason for this discrepancy is not known ; it might be because there are short-term fluctuations in the rate of lava eruption and that recently the rate has been well below the long-term average . |
| 13 | The level of linkage is quite dense in both extracts , but there are striking differences in the choice of devices used in each case . |
| 14 | Even under vastly different social conditions there are striking continuities between the violent interruptions to pre-industrial fairs and festivals , and the customary eruptions during modern Bank Holidays or the weekly carnival of misrule at contemporary football games — where the football rowdy , with his territorial edginess , mascots , emblems and choral arrangements in the ‘ rough music ’ tradition , must seem like the incarnation of the unruly apprentice , or the late Victorian ‘ Hooligan ’ . |
| 15 | To the casual observer the layout of the plant and the flexibility introduced by the carriers are striking improvements over the traditional assembly plant with the track making its inexorable progress past every fixed work station , and Volvo claim that the increased cost of building the plant in this way is covered by improvements in quality and productivity . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps we are striking form at the right time , especially among the forwards . |
| 17 | Unlikely as it may seem , there are striking similarities between the major European languages and Sanskrit . |
| 18 | Unlikely as it may seem , there are striking similarities between the major European languages and Sanskrit . |
| 19 | While there are striking similarities between the two documents regarding the need to promote change while smoothing the process of adaptation , the 1979 report goes beyond its predecessor when it argues for trade union involvement in the decision making over technological change at an early stage through collective bargaining . |
| 20 | It seems reasonably certain that different human brains are not anatomically identical , as different Aplysia brains are , although there are striking similarities in the kinds of neurones present in particular regions of the brain , and in their connections . |
| 21 | The bovine gall bladder model has been studied in our laboratory and we have shown that there are striking similarities in the composition of bovine and human bile apart from cholesterol concentration , which is five times less in cattle compared with human bile ( unpublished data ) . |
| 22 | They are striking symbols of the changeless eternal city . |
| 23 | ‘ HAVE been sweating blood over the question of what is right and feasible to do . |
| 24 | Daly stressed the narrowness of most reefs and showed , from examples where the rate of reef growth is known , that there had been ample time in the Post-glacial period for the growth of modern reefs . |
| 25 | They are centres of friendship where relationships which are light-hearted combine with the serious business of running a school on corporate lines . |
| 26 | Robertson 's drive over the bar and Klinsmann 's shot , astutely blocked by Walker , ensured that there would have been adolescent opposition to the idea of an early exit while there was so much to appreciate . |
| 27 | There has been conflicting evidence concerning the occurrence of DGR in both normal controls and in association with gastric ulcers . |
| 28 | There have been conflicting reports concerning the form of gastrin that is increased in H pylori infection . |
| 29 | All three are inherent components of the natural earth surface processes that occur in arid and semi-arid regions but have been exacerbated by human activity . |
| 30 | There are reserve powers in the Bill to make pensions orders if satisfactory pensions arrangements are not provided by any of the privatised companies . |