Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think er , the good times are over judging by the way the |
| 2 | Lending money to someone who is unlikely to be able to pay back all their obligations is like betting on a probable loser : hardly a sensible way for a prudent lender to do business . |
| 3 | The difficulty for cycling organisations is in communicating with the riders . |
| 4 | For a toddler , donning a padded ski suit and three layers of thermals is like putting on a straitjacket . |
| 5 | The last method of achieving an effect with pastels is by blending with the finger . |
| 6 | A few other things are worth noting about the life-style of college teachers . |
| 7 | Entering one of the 104 spacious suites is like stepping into a time warp . |
| 8 | Indeed reading through their curricula vitae is like reading through a history of the past quarter century of popular music in this country . |
| 9 | The promise follows reports that some Middlesbrough vice girls are considering moving to the town . |
| 10 | ( The teams the players are with according to the DT . |
| 11 | Admittedly the main duty of this force — if we may call it that — was ceremonial , but at a time when many of their contemporaries were off fighting in a real war , they must have looked at times like extras from a pantomime . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the senior British military commanders were at cross-purposes over the treatment to be accorded to the BNA and the resistance identified as the AFO ( Anti-Fascist Organisation ) . |
| 13 | Looking down one of the Avenues is like looking at the inversion of a sunset . |
| 14 | Duty on life assurance policies is to abolished from the beginning of next year . |
| 15 | The row of intense structures increasing diagonally at higher α values is from scattering from the second and third atomic layers which are not symmetrical about the azimuth , as are all of the recoil structures . |
| 16 | For him , looking at X-rays is like going to the theatre or watching a good film . |
| 17 | Crosby , battling on with only a one-year-contract and persistent speculation about his future , reckons the only way to silence the gossips is by climbing into the promotion frame . |