Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is to work properly , there must be a number of special protein and RNA molecules present , but these molecules are themselves the products of an earlier decoding process . |
| 2 | A Separate staffs , households , budgets and agendas are what the princess has long wanted to make her a royal in her own right . |
| 3 | If the view is taken that ‘ civil disputes are a matter of private concern of the parties involved , and may even be regarded as their private property … and that the parties are themselves the best judges of how to pursue and serve their own interests in the conduct and control of their respective cases , free from the directions of or intervention by the court , ’ forms of alternative dispute resolution must be considered as worth pursuing for the control that is provided to the parties over their dispute . |
| 4 | Do you recognize any of those books are they the sort of normal |
| 5 | Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place . |
| 6 | Opposite the Cages was what the eagles called the Three Island Pond where ducks and flamingos were kept . |
| 7 | These group functions are what the organization itself needs to fulfil its purpose . |
| 8 | The final section shows how Sri Lankans were none the less able to use the courts as a legitimate and acceptable , if sometimes disreputable , way to solve disputes . |
| 9 | Ostensibly ‘ in favour of perestroika ’ and incorporating many party members within their ranks , the new movements were none the less associated with a policy stance which went very much further than the party conference resolution . |
| 10 | ‘ It might seem a little odd , but really , the blending of so many different nationalities is what the University and the Varsity Match is all about , ’ says the 23-year-old hooker . |
| 11 | His private newsletters were none the less still fuller and became celebrated . |
| 12 | They share the conventional wisdom of the nuclear lobby that what has stopped America 's nuclear industry in its tracks is what the NES calls an ‘ impossibly cumbersome nuclear licensing process ’ — of a kind that pro-nuclear countries like France do not allow . |
| 13 | The imposition of VAT misdeclaration and serious default surcharges was something the federation had opposed since its outset . |
| 14 | All these things are what the Childrens Act is about , but it 's not presumably what the Conservative Government is about . |
| 15 | The Jitters is what the City is said to have when it does n't like what the Government is doing . |
| 16 | I did n't understand her questions was it the figures had come from the private sector I 'm not sure if she understood it herself either erm we 've talked in the social services planning cuts committee about a list of homes for refurbishment and Mr wanted a very long list er a list which would blight every home not on the list . |
| 17 | The meaning of a statement seems to be roughly what the speaker should have meant by it and this must in most cases be what the speaker does mean by it . |
| 18 | Rather Marx and Engels sought to show how social relations are themselves the product of the social system in which they occur , of the way the material conditions of existence are organized and regulated , a system which is itself the product of history or of the particular stage of evolution . |
| 19 | Long deserted pink sand beaches pounded by the Atlantic surf and spectacular sunsets are what The Family Islands are all about . |
| 20 | But for the last twenty years , and increasingly so at the moment , quick profits are what the rainforests are all about . |
| 21 | Getting on with the neighbours is something the lucky ones among us can take for granted . |
| 22 | Surmounting these hurdles is something the two winners of the award in 1992 have in common . |
| 23 | Advantage to patients is what the NHS reforms are about . |
| 24 | The challenges are none the less great , and the organization has still to define its role . |
| 25 | Though irreconcilable , these differences are none the less very much at the centre of philosophy 's concern with the possibilities or ‘ knowing ’ . |
| 26 | The financial constraints were initially rather phantom-like ( in the first year , for example , there was prolonged and somewhat inconclusive discussion with the Ministry about the budget and it was not finally authorised until the financial year was over ! ) , but the physical constraints were none the less effective in limiting the industry 's expenditure . |
| 27 | The Mayor and his friends were themselves the criminals , hand in glove with the smugglers whose leader Jake was clearly an old ally . |
| 28 | ‘ I know that three red cards in successive matches is something the disciplinary committee will look at . |
| 29 | Local peace initiative activities were themselves the targets of violence attacks . |
| 30 | He again argued that cities were themselves the cauldron in which the transition from the old to the new societies was taking place ; and , crucially , cities were themselves actively generating a new way of life . |