Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its population has doubled in the past ten years and will double again in the next ten ; its growth is due as much to the constant influx of newcomers from the Nile villages as to Egypt 's birth-rate . |
| 2 | Their marriage was certainly not typical , yet it is possible that even in the early twentieth century it was not uncommon for retired men to take on more responsibility at home , as many do today : for lack of other evidence , we can only speculate . |
| 3 | It is clear that all around the world , Rottweilers seem to have been discovered all at the same time . |
| 4 | It is ironic that even in the UK the National Anti-Vivisection Society ( NAVS ) urges us in its literature to look to our own self-interest . |
| 5 | So we all know that Benn is black and yet at the same time the Guardian can maintain the implicit position : ‘ Black ? |
| 6 | ‘ Pamela is small-boned and straight in the body with narrow hips , ’ said Jane . |
| 7 | It is apparent that even with the forecast winds used by the crew the flight was undertaken with marginal fuel reserves which were insufficient to take care of possible navigation errors , air traffic control delays , changes of planned altitude or variance in forecast winds . |
| 8 | The first oral tentacle scale is superficial and together with the distal oral papillae forms a continuous series with the infradental papillae . |
| 9 | His swordsmanship is unequalled except perhaps by the Reiksmarshall Kurt Helborg — a match that has never been put to the test despite years of enmity between the two . |
| 10 | But it is certain that even in the thirteenth century the Viscounts did not forget their Cornish connection . |
| 11 | Mr Philip Wilson , chairman of Zwemmer , commented , ‘ this is the first time that Zwemmer 's have had a location that is suitable and indeed at the centre of the art trade . |
| 12 | Chapter 4 will also examine the impact of market mechanisms on those problems , a discussion which is relevant as well to the control of management goals under consideration in this chapter . |
| 13 | It is true that even during the final talks in Moscow the American delegation had to keep a wary eye on those at home who argued against the surrender of the advantages which they expected the United States to derive from further tests above ground . |
| 14 | It is true that even by the mid 1870s the total student body was little over 10,000 in a population of 75 million . |
| 15 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |