Example sentences of "[verb] be [adj] [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She feels the union has been ineffectual and even the so-called industrial action four years ago when members refused to set or mark exam papers seemed , quite unjustifiably , to be taking things out on the students . |
| 2 | The bag has been far and away the smallest in my lifetime . |
| 3 | Russell Reynolds was the last of the Big Four to enter the London market — in 1972 — but has been far and away the most consistently successful . |
| 4 | For all normal record updating a loss of this magnitude can be expected , but it would not apply if the processing involved is trivial because then the records can be processed at reading — that is , rotation — speeds . |
| 5 | The finish was as accurate as the rest of the Belgians ' efforts had been wayward and suddenly the numerical disadvantage Rangers were working under threatened to be a severe handicap . |
| 6 | In this period barriers to trade were high and thus the multinational structure of operationally-independent companies was a necessity . |