Example sentences of "[verb] to be [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Storage Directories may be anywhere on the VMS system on which LIFESPAN resides ; they do not need to be on the same device , or pseudo-device , as the Process Directory , nor do they need to be on the same device as each other . |
| 2 | Storage Directories may be anywhere on the VMS system on which LIFESPAN resides ; they do not need to be on the same device , or pseudo-device , as the Process Directory , nor do they need to be on the same device as each other . |
| 3 | All are expected to be in the same ballpark . |
| 4 | However , parliamentary debate on the bill was postponed until the autumn session since there was much public criticism of PS politicians many of whom were expected to be among the several thousand likely to benefit from the amnesty . |
| 5 | The rich tend to want to be away from the poor , but the poor want to be in the same jurisdiction as the rich . |
| 6 | Group pick up is very handy , if you 're with a large bunch of people in a large office , you can get together and say , ‘ Right , why do n't we answer everybody 's telephones if they 're not there , let's not just leave them ringing ’ , Okay , so you get together and you ask me and say , ‘ Right , this , this , this , this extension ’ , it could be up to 40 extensions , ‘ We all want to be in the same group pick up ’ , so what happens is the phone rings , but another one rings . |
| 7 | He caught the eye with a highly encouraging performance despite finishing last but was not seriously considered to be in the same league as the adored ‘ Dessie ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Ethnic minorities ’ she says , most Black women take offence when considered to be in the same category as Europeans who can be just as racist as Delia Cope . |
| 9 | Lemurs are considered to be amongst the more primitive of the primates . |
| 10 | Another more complete clock , believed to be by the same craftsman , that was in Wells Cathedral from at least 1392 is now in the Science Museum , London . |
| 11 | At least the British players demonstrated that they fully deserved to be on the same court — much against many people 's expectations . |
| 12 | The masters in painting , Reid says , ‘ know how to make the objects appear to be of the same colour by making their picture really of different colours ’ . |
| 13 | The second youth was said to be about the same age and was wearing a bright coloured top . |
| 14 | That conception , for all the problems it raises , can not reasonably be said to be of the same character . |
| 15 | These three papers are said to be of the same standard as the six Law Society 's finals papers . |
| 16 | Colonel Peter Young was a popular officer , well liked by everyone , always seemed to be of the same temperament , in action , or sitting at the bar in a country inn . |
| 17 | Both photographs seemed to be of the same occasion . |
| 18 | I cited that Korea seemed to be in the same position as China in 1947–1948 ; that the Chinese officials also continuously stated that they could put a stop to inflation at any time . |
| 19 | Governors of individual schools needed to be at the same level of understanding and acceptance of what was being planned . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're two different people who happen to be in the same business . |
| 21 | According to author Dr Eve Roman , ‘ it made no difference whether a woman worked on a VDU as part of her general day , whether she just used it occasionally or whether her only contact with a VDU was that it happened to be in the same room ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ We happened to be in the same place at the same time a couple of months ago , ’ she replied , terse and offhand . |
| 23 | I said I did n't know the other guys , we just happened to be in the same pub . |
| 24 | So good rule is work out the easy one first , now they 're going to be about the same , erm , otherwise they would n't be asking |
| 25 | First of all , he 's got a general election coming up and we do n't know what its result 's going to be and it may disappoint him , he may find that the Parliament he has to work with is not going to be of the same cast of mind as himself . |
| 26 | to find time to do your work because your exams are still going to be on the same day are n't they ? |
| 27 | A sweet young thing from Smash Hits is n't going to be after the same kind of material as some cerebral haircut boy from Melody Maker or a hack from your local paper . |
| 28 | Fitting a new sink may seem a somewhat daunting task but it need n't be , provided the new sink is going to be in the same position as the old one . |
| 29 | The transcendental practices of the Australia Aborigines seem to be of the same order as those of the Tibetan practices , even if not so highly developed . |
| 30 | Er I think any married person has got to be in the same situation and so |