Example sentences of "[noun] to be [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 2 | The weakness in passenger traffic , which fell 8 p.c last year , and operating losses have not prevented the airline from launching the most successful expansion programme among European airlines so far , in a bid to be among the few groups which are expected to survive deregulation over the next few years . |
| 3 | Most such acute psychiatric wards are now sited in district general hospitals ; and even though it is not essential for in-patient facilities of this type to be in the same place as other medical specialties , it is often helpful for elderly people , in particular , to be treated where specialist medical advice on physical illness and disability is readily available . |
| 4 | A tendency has sometimes been observed for several successive eruptions to occur with noticeable periodicity and for successive thermals to be in the same places each time . |
| 5 | Our policy is one of indemnity i.e. it provides for the Claimant to be in the same position after the loss as immediately before it . |
| 6 | Taken broadly , this view of philosophical knowledge as having to do with ‘ causes ’ shows Hobbes to be under the same Aristotelian influences as Bacon . |
| 7 | Experience , therefore , obliges me to conclude that there must be an intermediate link ; which must either be the same in others as in myself , or a different one ; … by supposing the link to be of the same nature … |
| 8 | But the concept of pain which I have acquired in this way is such as to be applicable to others , by simply supposing that they have a sensation which is like the one I have ( Mill : ‘ by supposing the link to be of the same nature ’ ) . |
| 9 | Just because you can do something well does not mean that you are not brainy but when you show your academic prowess along practical lines you are not considered by this government to be of the same worth as someone who can recall knowledge on one day . |
| 10 | Women are five times less likely than men to be with the same employer at 40 and eight times less likely at 55 ( Aoki 1984 p.82 ) . |
| 11 | The straps to be of the same material as the coat and of the colour of the facings of the arm . ’ |