Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [Wh det] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your own truth is what grows from the root upwards . |
| 2 | Prudence has three heads , a youth 's which looks towards the future , a mature man 's which looks at the present , and an old man 's which looks back on the past with the wisdom of experience . |
| 3 | ( Moral : perceived success is what goes into the history books , not actual success . ) |
| 4 | Prudence has three heads , a youth 's which looks towards the future , a mature man 's which looks at the present , and an old man 's which looks back on the past with the wisdom of experience . |
| 5 | Theme is the element placed by the speaker in first position in the clause ; rheme is whatever comes after the theme . |
| 6 | This condition/consequence relation between know and the infinitive is what calls for the use of to . |