Example sentences of "be [art] [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enthusiasm for canal stock in the 1790s may have been the greater because the yield on Consols had not been very gratifying between 1784 and 1792 . |
| 2 | I wonder whether the umpire 's attitude would have been the same if the offender had been his opponent , the comparatively unknown Grant Connell . |
| 3 | They had three hundred and seventy three live children between them and on average they should of had twenty seven children with birth defects if they 'd been the same as the rest of the population , the non-criminal , non-prison erm erm erm non-prison population . |
| 4 | ‘ The 1992 figures are the highest since the survey began in 1989 , and are in marked contrast to 1991 's figures , which were the lowest ’ , says Bryan Smithm of ICI engineering , and chairman of the CBI 's research and innovation committee . |
| 5 | The white areas are the brightest and the red the dimmest . |
| 6 | However , he held that the criteria of unfairness are the same whether the trial judge is exercising his discretion at common law or under the statute . |
| 7 | Although automatic edit controllers can be included in the set-up to simplify and speed up the process , the basic essentials are the same whether the job is done automatically or manually . |
| 8 | The materials used are the same but the weaving methods are completely different : |
| 9 | You know so make sure the units are the same and the scale is the same so you 're using the same number of squares for each one . |
| 10 | This is adequate for left shift , at least as long as the bits shifted out are the same as the sign bit . |
| 11 | Hopefully they 're are the same as the ring , if not tick the other one . |
| 12 | Farmers whose premium rights are the same as the number of ewes in their 1993 claim can not transfer any quota , ’ the ministry added . |
| 13 | ‘ For goodness ’ sake , Shae , ’ she muttered into the darkness , ‘ you 're no better than the rest of them — you 're being betrayed by a longing that 's nothing more than physical . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You 're no worse than the rest , ’ says my instructor , offering one small crumb of comfort . |
| 15 | Success rates are no higher when the test item is placed in context , the chief effect of a context being to increase the rate for the " decimal point ignored " error . |
| 16 | Dwyer outlined the bare bones of his playing philosophy : ‘ We are no sure that the manner in which the laws developed has reflected the way the game was meant to be played ’ , he said . |
| 17 | — the heart is the first organ to develop in the embryo ; when we are no more than the size of a kidney bean , our heart is visible , pumping away ; |
| 18 | These unimportant trivialities are no more than the girl prised out of him . ’ |
| 19 | Most are no larger than the palm of a man 's hand , but even spiders this small can have a deadly poisonous bite . |
| 20 | This was not pre-arranged ; it happens however to be the last before the lease runs out . |
| 21 | If the defect had been in a component of the toaster , say the heating element , the result would still be the same unless the heating element had not been supplied as part of the toaster ( e.g. had been bought as a replacement later ) . |
| 22 | The upward direction of the head is away from the spine and not away from the earth ( although these may be the same when the structure is upright ) . |
| 23 | It is by no means clear , however , that the outcome will be the same where the mistake relates to a circumstance not qualified by mens rea . |
| 24 | unc Sometimes you will find questions like this : ⅖ + ⅓ Here neither denominator can be changed to be the same as the other . |
| 25 | The proportion of expenses allowed will be the same as the proportion of the trustees ' worldwide income which is liable to UK tax . |
| 26 | Obviously the frequency of the waves we receive will be the same as the frequency at which they are emitted ( the gravitational field of the galaxy will not be large enough to have a significant effect ) . |
| 27 | 1 The 80/20 case When 20 per cent of the records generate 80 per cent of the accesses to a file , and the file is loaded in a random order , the percentage of accesses to synonyms will be the same as the percentage of synonyms ; if the file is 90 per cent packed and randomized to individual record storage positions , accesses to synonyms will be 34.063 per cent of all accesses . |
| 28 | In so many areas the advance man ( who may or may not be the same as the event organiser ) has the on-the-spot knowledge which headquarters staff or the committee can never have — and it 's a mistake not to get the maximum use from it . |
| 29 | Make sure that you have the correct address for the interview , which may not always be the same as the company 's main address . |
| 30 | He is also thought to be the same as the Asclepiodatus who was patricius of Provence , and was the recipient of letters from Gregory the Great in 599 and 601 . |