Example sentences of "[be] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 If you find the same language in distant countries , you may be sure that the inhabitants have been the same people , that is to say , if you find the languages a good deal the same ; for a word here and there being the same will not do . ’
32 Currently in the workshops are the former Leisure Sport Vickers Viking replica BAPC.114 which is being restored as ‘ G–EBED ’ , Keith and Ross Smith 's back-up aircraft in their proposed round-the-world flight in 1922 .
33 Yes and those two are the least kind of losing .
34 Other considerations are the least diameter for a given breaking strain ; anti-kink properties ; elasticity and colour .
35 Here are the all time top scorers .
36 Differing slightly from Ibrams are the many cases where ‘ cumulative provocation ’ has been directed towards D over a period of time , and then some minor act sparks off the loss of self-control and killing .
37 Most gardeners are aware of the galaxy of spring-flowering bulbs and corms , but less well-known are the many treasures that can adorn gardens in summer and autumn .
38 Then there are the many forms of Unix which , unfortunately , are not compatible with each other , so you have to choose one hardware supplier , which means a lot less choice .
39 Then there are the many forms of Unix which , unfortunately , are not compatible with each other , so you have to choose one hardware supplier , which means a lot less choice .
40 But the big central pavilions which house striking multi-media shows devoted to the central themes of the Expo ( discovery , navigation , nature , the future ) are complete , as are the many performance spaces .
41 Walker 's most liberating pictures of femininity are the many watercolours of groups of women sometimes with children gathered by the sea .
42 Forty years later , the only families that seem to be really flourishing are the many varieties of fungus ( a mould that grows in damp conditions ) .
43 Illustrations are the many uses to which the negotiable instrument has been put .
44 Other useful scavengers are the many kinds of tiny shrimps which can be found by simply turning over a rock in any reef tank .
45 Finally , there are the several nurseries which specialize in roses — indeed , some grow nothing else — and which welcome visitors to walk around the pads and fields to look at what they are buying .
46 In the opinion of many , even more effective than the ladybird beetles are the several forms of hover or serphid flies , and this opinion is growing following the work of the Henry Doubleday Research Association ( HDRA ) into other plants that attract and encourage creatures that prey upon pests .
47 Next I was going to ask before erm are there any questions of fact , I do n't want anybody anticipating the debate but are the any questions on fact .
48 Are the any weapons er which the aircraft er would not be able to , for example the J P two three three closely associated with the tornado , er is that a system which you would anticipate Eurofighter two thousand to be able to carry ?
49 This , in fact insuperable , difficulty is said to be overcome by proposing that mental phenomena and brain processes are the same stuff viewed within different theoretical frameworks .
50 If two pairs { x , y } and { z , w } are the same distance apart , then the sorter could put them in either order .
51 The ‘ B ’ stands for balanced , meaning that all ‘ leaves ’ ( the sequence set ) are the same distance from the root .
52 These two are the same footprint .
53 ‘ B ’ houses are the same standard , but not on the seafront .
54 In this respect the press are often one step ahead of the police in making explicit some possible connections : ‘ Although police are keeping an open mind , it seems likely the anonymous phone caller and the darkly-clothed assailant are the same man ’ ( Daily Mail ) .
55 If the homonyms are the same part of speech , they are distinguished by superior numbers following the part-of-speech label .
56 Before I can establish whether they are the same votaries as before they disappear into the Horse Guards .
57 They are the same phenomenon as water seeming to appear on a dry English road on a sunny day .
58 These are the same youngsters who spurn the school dining hall on weekdays .
59 The sibling parents of parallel cousins are the same sex and the sibling parents of cross-cousins are of the opposite sex .
60 As a result there 's some lumpy things in it and actually erm and the old foundries are the same way in the commercial .
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