Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [be] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 Brian and I recounted the awful journey , but , of course , all the Yanks had been through the same ordeal .
2 Many adherents of all denominations have been in the same state .
3 In essence those statutory provisions had been to the same effect .
4 There had been sporadic contact even before the 1850s treaties , and subsequent relations had been on the same unequal basis as those with the other powers .
5 The requirements that member states co-operate are at the same time strengthened .
6 However , the proportions cautioned were about the same ( at about 6 per cent . )
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