Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offices are I think the offices are I think , for the offices between them were ten pound fifty last time . |
| 2 | It would , furthermore , be difficult to justify the scale of directors ' remuneration if the recipients did not possess comparatively scarce abilities , and it would , if only for that reason , be surprising if directors were themselves to deny the possession of special skills . |
| 3 | Though obviously one of the things that you worry about with fire extinguishers are you using the right one with the correct |
| 4 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 5 | There might be footprints , there could be anything , several things and the all those type of things is what helps the police to try and catch the people |
| 6 | Peter Upton , principal of Colne High School , Brightlingsea , is not against the scheme , but is worried about how it will work : ‘ When we measure these new levels are we raising the standards or are we lowering them ? |
| 7 | ( The ability to store and hence repeat sequences of instructions is what characterizes the computer as distinct from the desk or pocket calculator . ) |
| 8 | Their lands were now being occupied by poorer people , their former servants , who had not the means , nor , to judge from McQueen 's words , the energies or capacities to work the land properly ; by such measures were they witnessing the reduction of the great Scottish holdings . |
| 9 | As we listen to these phrases that rolled so easily off the tongue , and which have also rolled on down through history to our own time , we must make a special effort to remember very carefully just who the men were who engineered the Garotter 's Act — what kind of men they were ; what kind of times they lived in ; and what forces helped to shape their upright moral certitude . |
| 10 | ‘ And he seemed such a nice young man , ’ said Ianthe helplessly , for by what standards was one to judge the kind of person who might be allowed to take a book out of the library if not by the usual ones of manner , speech , dress , and general demeanour ? |
| 11 | The major problem with the new reforms and the disappearance of publically accountable health authorities is who monitors the managers ? |
| 12 | ’ If you walk out of an audition feeling like you made an asshole of yourself , chances are you got the job . ’ |
| 13 | The ability of members successfully to perform practical activities in collaboration with others is what makes the social world possible . |
| 14 | That , and unwanted copies of the Serpell report on Britain 's railways was something to stoke the fires with . |
| 15 | Neckbands are I think the only occasion on which I estimate needles . |