Example sentences of "[be] [det] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 30 traction and showmen 's engines , plus road rollers ; historic commercial vehicles ; stationary engines ; fire engines ; vintage cars and motor bikes ; sales and ephemera stands ; old tractors and farm machinery and a real ale beer tent , are some of the many attractions on offer . |
| 2 | Bears , squirrels and badgers are some of the many animals which overwinter in this way . |
| 3 | These are some of the many exchanges we have had this year with lawyers from overseas . |
| 4 | This kind of good news is so often overlooked because the challenges presented by the developing world do not diminish , indeed they seem to grow , climate change , wars , famine , rising populations , are some of the many complex causes of underdevelopment . |
| 5 | PAHs are some of the same group of cancer-causing substances that are found in cigarette smoke , oil and vehicle exhaust fumes . |
| 6 | ‘ All About Eve ’ and ‘ Kennedy ’ , are some of the few examples ) and even after more than 50 lyrical outings , the one-track mind persists . |
| 7 | How do they do that , well , they employ the latest technology cos , they you know , U K farmers are some , are some of the most erm , er , well they use some of the most highly capital intensive techniques of production . |
| 8 | There has been some of the same controversy over the role of the mental handicap hospitals as over the psychiatric hospitals , but on the whole the issue is clearer : they ought to be replaced by smaller units , ranging from hostels and homes to specialist hospital units able to provide intensive nursing for the severely handicapped minority . |
| 9 | Er no they 're all about the same depth are n't they ? |
| 10 | They 're all about the same , there 's hardly any difference in them . |
| 11 | I feel happier when they 're all under the same roof . |
| 12 | We 're all on the same side . |
| 13 | But the spectacle of a few Labour MPs begging for Nationalist arms to link with , on the grounds that ‘ we 're all on the same side , really ’ gives a degree of credibility to the Tory scare-story that it previously lacked . |
| 14 | ‘ Now we 're all on the same side . |
| 15 | Several mouthfuls later we 're all at the same table . |
| 16 | And , and , and I do n't think they 're all at the same place either are they ? |
| 17 | You 're all in the same dressing room . |
| 18 | Yeah , that needs to be signed and then we can use these and any future occasions when we 're all in the same place . |
| 19 | I mean we 're all in the same boat . ’ |
| 20 | These strategies were exemplified in statements on the part of respondents such as ‘ count your blessings ’ , or ‘ we 're all in the same boat ’ , and in methods such as perceiving hardship as the forerunner of an easier future , or devaluing the importance of aspects which are noxious ( such as an unpleasant boss and colleagues ) and magnifying good aspects ( such as the convenient location and reasonable pay of the job ) . |
| 21 | It makes prisoners realise they can do something , and we 're all in the same society |
| 22 | ‘ In theory , we 're all in the same boat , ’ he told a newspaper . |
| 23 | We 're all in the same . |
| 24 | Yeah cos they 're all in the same set , cos they 're , cos they 're bo cos all of them are thick . |
| 25 | And they 're all in the same position . |
| 26 | So you 're , you 're both on the same bike , one , one of you is riding and one of you is riding pillion , is that right ? |
| 27 | ‘ Strange ’ — Agnes rose from the bed — ‘ we 're both of the same mind . |
| 28 | Yeah , but they 're , they 're both from the same place though mum . |
| 29 | But you listen to Richard and you listen to his sister and hear the difference and they 're both from the same place . |
| 30 | They are all about the same size — only a few centimetres long — with roughly the same shape , slim , approximately rectangular , with high foreheads and small pouting mouths . |