Example sentences of "to be [verb] the [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is to say , each dug-in group of British soldiers could expect to be facing the same dug-in group of Germans for many months . |
| 2 | ‘ Now they seem to be taking the same supine approach to the milk and potato marketing boards , where the Government is in the process of selling out the interests of farmers . |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia is better off than the other East European nations and has committed 2 per cent of its investment to environmental projects , but there once again are to be found the same dreary environmental statistics of rivers poisoned , sewage untreated , sulphur dioxide deposited and trees dying , even if the figures are not quite so bad as elsewhere . |
| 4 | The Moslems expect to be told the same any time . |
| 5 | ‘ Content validity ’ ( C2 ) refers to the extent to which individual items can be shown to be measuring the same underlying skills or abilities . |
| 6 | To suggest from within the institution that these influential and powerful units of control are essentially ephemeral and arbitrary constructs , involved in very limited and narrow areas of practice , will almost certainly lead to a rejection of the account ; and the findings are more than likely to be attributed the same metaphorical rejection as the activities of the villains and criminals , as was illustrated in the response to the study undertaken by the Policy Studies Institute outlined above . |
| 7 | I am rather unsure of my qualifications for such an honour , but I feel deeply grateful and flattered to be joining the many famous people who have received the Freedom of this great City , including my more illustrious and worthy ancestor , the third Earl Spencer . |