Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most British coal mines are outside the main industrial conurbations , and their employees live in isolated settlements — ‘ pit villages ’ — which offer no alternative work and are not very accessible to other employment opportunities . |
| 2 | Most of my companions on this field trip to the mines are from the Third World . |
| 3 | Goblin wolf riders are among the fastest and most mobile of all troops . |
| 4 | Because most of the closest-fought states are in the Eastern Time zone , American TV networks expect to be able to forecast the final result from 2am on Wednesday . |
| 5 | In deciding to get together the two firms reveal that they think this union will be in their private interest , but we must ask whether mergers are in the public interest . |
| 6 | One method may be through variations in government expenditure and taxation since these flows are under the direct control of the authorities . |
| 7 | ‘ Just as well that the Germans are on the other side of Seine : I can sleep late today . ’ |
| 8 | Students who do n't know who half their lecturers are at the best of times ca n't be in a position to decide on their pay packets . |
| 9 | The upper part of this formation tends to be argillaceous , and the thickest clean sandstones are in the lower section . |
| 10 | The World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia has been accused of undermining anti-logging campaigns by claiming that , in Peninsular Malaysia at least , " forest policies are among the best in the world " and " as close to sustainable as any major producing country " . |
| 11 | As such , the best cross section of Charlie Parker here is ‘ The Charlie Parker Story ’ , all of whose takes are from the 26/11/45 session , and for which I award the extra half star . |
| 12 | The contributions paid by employers are at the same rate , regardless of whether the employee pays at standard or reduced rate . |
| 13 | The copies are of the Tyrannic ides , Harmodios and Aristogeiton , by Kritios and Nesiotes ( the nature of whose collaboration we do not know ) , set up in the Agora at Athens in 477/6 to replace those by Antenor , carried off to Persepolis by Xerxes . |
| 14 | All pairs are from the same family or superfamily and are roughly matched for size and relative tail length of males , but have otherwise been selected at random . |
| 15 | These three cases are of the best , and none of them is particularly convincing . |
| 16 | Britain is the centre of the hairdressing industry and British hairdressers are among the best in the world . |
| 17 | Within that framework schools and education authorities are in the best position to judge the particular form which the curriculum should take in the light of each school 's individual circumstances and the needs of its pupils . |
| 18 | Often this can not be avoided where odours emanate from existing premises and uses , but where new development is concerned planning authorities are in the unique position of being able to prevent odour pollution . |
| 19 | No deal is certain until the signatures are on the dotted line and the money comes through . |
| 20 | His daguerreotypes are amongst the finest relics of photography 's first decade . |
| 21 | Eire 's central defenders are in the veteran class and Kernaghan should win a call-up next season |
| 22 | All Bournemouth surveyors are in the 100 Club , with Barrie Allen recently joining Glen and Paul in the top five places in the South West . |
| 23 | It therefore lacks the precise single end point of studies of survival after infarction but for the patient who survives an acute coronary attack questions such as whether he will be able to return to work and earn his living , to lead an active family life and to enjoy his leisure pursuits are of the greatest importance . |
| 24 | Currently , music business solicitors are in the talent-spotting game , just like record companies , publishers , managers and agents . |
| 25 | Cowslips , bluebells , water lilies , snowdrops and wood anemones are among the common flowers being threatened by amateur gardeners , according to a survey conducted by Gardening Which ? , a journal of the Consumer 's Association . |
| 26 | The puddings are in the same mould . |
| 27 | But I think , are n't they always , their timetables are at the same time are n't they , the topics ? |
| 28 | The dealers and auction houses are on the other side , saying that any national droit de suite in the United States would create a huge administrative morass for the benefit of a few already-wealthy artists that would help drive the US art market overseas or underground . |
| 29 | In fact , both income and substitution effects of a rise in indirect taxes are in the same direction as those for a rise in direct taxes . |
| 30 | Our resorts are off the beaten track ; to reach them we fly to offbeat airfields with skimpy facilities , or we take unfashionably long bus drives from better known airports . |