Example sentences of "is [prep] [art] [det] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as for the future , the economist 's forecast is about the same as the weatherman 's : cloudy at best , more likely bleak . |
| 2 | The standard size of a bath is 1700 x 700mm , which is about the same as the old 5ft 7in x 2ft 4in bath , which you might be replacing . |
| 3 | For example , the number of unconnected words we can hold in immediate memory is about the same as the number of unrelated digits , even though a word contains much more information than a digit . |
| 4 | In reality , a business — like everything else — is worth no more than the best offer you can obtain at the time of a sale . |
| 5 | Thus it is in the former that the manufacturer has the greater strategic motive for vertical separation , setting wholesale prices and charging franchise fees . |