Example sentences of "be [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | view is that one hopes that my hopes are that of the direct report you er worked for erm is equal and competent and is erm in a sense courageous and brave and that they realize that sometimes to get the best results you have to do things which are perhaps challenging and orthodox |
| 2 | Among the sites listed are that of the 1956 crash of a nuclear-armed bomber aircraft at Albuquerque , New Mexico , and the Agriculture Research Center at Beltsville , Maryland , where scientists used radioactive matter to test the effects of fall-out on crops in the 50s and 60s . |
| 3 | That , even with the loss of Paddington , ought to have been that on the tariff issue for some time . |
| 4 | ’ One traditional way of discovering God 's will had been that of the biblical sortes — the question would be posed and the Bible then opened at random . |
| 5 | The main symbol of death had long been that of the old man holding a familiar rural implement , the scythe , implying that man would be cut down when he was ripe for it . |
| 6 | In the twentieth century the most dramatic political collapse has been that of the Liberal Party . |
| 7 | In 805 Charles chose one chieftain to reign as his vassal king , and bestowed upon him the ancient title of Chagan , which had originally been that of the independent High King of the Avars . |
| 8 | For a long time after independence , English was the language of the educated élite , just as it had largely been that of the colonial administration . |
| 9 | The most influential presentation of the ‘ strong ’ version of the ‘ autonomous ’ model has probably been that of the social anthropologist . |
| 10 | The royal grant which had offered Richard the best chance of a viable power base had been that of the forfeited de Vere estates , made in August 1462 , but these had been restored to the earl of Oxford at the beginning of 1464 . |
| 11 | Medical men had perforce to be botanists , and often gardeners as well , and in time medical knowledge came to be the perquisite of the European religious orders , as it had been that of the priests in the time of the Egyptian pharaohs . |
| 12 | The role of the professional within the civil service has traditionally been that of the ‘ specialist on tap ’ . |
| 13 | Indeed , her pose by the fire had been that of the consummate temptress , and yet … there it was again , the feeling that something did n't add up . |
| 14 | The most influential model of ninth-century political change since Montesquieu 's has been that of the Belgian historian Jan Dhondt . |
| 15 | The royal grant which had offered Richard the best chance of a viable power base had been that of the forfeited de Vere estates , made in August 1462 , but these had been restored to the earl of Oxford at the beginning of 1464 . |
| 16 | But by far the most difficult and tiresome task had been that of the telephone girls , who had made scores and scores of transatlantic calls that Tuesday morning , afternoon , and early evening : calls made to one address that led to calls to another address ; calls to one friend that led to another friend or colleague ; from one police department to another ; one State to other States ; calls for one set of records that referred to another set of records that led … ad apparently infinitum . |
| 17 | It is perhaps not surprising , therefore that from the early days when the state became involved in the education of the masses one of the principal aims of the curriculum enunciated by successive Presidents of the Board of Education , Ministers of Education and Secretaries of State for Education has been that of the preparation for citizenship . |
| 18 | Perhaps one of the most creative and imaginative responses has been that of the Lucas Workers with their corporate plan for socially useful production . |
| 19 | One of your major interests has been that of the relationship of allegory |
| 20 | One of your major interests has been that of the relationship of allegory |
| 21 | The lines of data are of the form ‘ line-number alternative — characters [ destinations ] ’ , and the alternative characters are each of the form ‘ reference-character : confidence ’ . |
| 22 | Despite its age there are few of the early features of Patrington remaining . |
| 23 | Here there are few of the excesses of cautioning seen in some other areas , even though prosecution is considered very much the last resort . |
| 24 | In the rat this method can be regarded as specific for the enterochromaffin like cells , because the mast cells are few in the mucosa and restricted to the superficial layer . |
| 25 | Films have generally been few on the ground , perhaps the most successful being Ira Wohl 's ‘ Best Boy ’ a documentary based on the life of his cousin , Philly , a 52 year old Down 's Person . |
| 26 | However , there are some on the receiving end of a star fist who become members of a sad sisterly fraternity — beaten wives and girlfriends . |
| 27 | Here are some of the people involved in providing ACET 's home care and educational services . |
| 28 | Desire , Christianity and colonial power on the Carribean island of Curacao are some of the themes of the stunning AVA & GABRIEL . |
| 29 | The following are some of the most common errors , together with suggestions on how a pilot can avoid them and what an instructor can do to help . |
| 30 | But here are some of the things you may notice : |