Example sentences of "they [be] [adj] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurdles of metal , split oak , or wattle are very useful for quick repairs to a hedge or wall or to fold a few sheep on rape or turnips ( although they are laborious for the latter . |
| 2 | But they are pastoral at the same time , as you are constantly made aware , and nowhere more so than up here on the lofty Plateau d'Iraty , where several roads meet . |
| 3 | Others certainly did : Metternich remarked , ‘ in the great Confederation , there is arising a smaller union , a status in statu in the full sense of the term , which will only too soon accustom itself to achieve its own ends by its own machinery … and will only pay attention to the objects and machinery of the Confederation insofar as they are compatible with the former ’ . |
| 4 | These include mansiones and mutationes , the residences of officials such as beneficiarii if they are separate from the former , and warehouses and granaries for the collection of the annona . |
| 5 | They are identical in the same way that the articles coming off a well-engineered assembly line are identical . |
| 6 | Oh I do n't know about that but I think they 're likely on the same |
| 7 | They were typical of the many Europeans we met who were tired of conventional holidays . |
| 8 | Many natural foods we have happily consumed for centuries would never be allowed to be sold in the shops today if they were subject to the same tests as modern drugs and edible substances . |