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

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1 Pesticides alone are not the best way to achieve long term control of agricultural pests .
2 Eating raisins just was n't the neat thing to do .
3 The noises outside were definitely the sounds made by skeletonal timber in a winter wind .
4 ‘ In fact , ’ countered Kylie , ‘ my parents definitely are n't the pushy showbiz kind .
5 These closing weeks also are often the most valuable of the whole assembly .
6 The second view unacceptable to Christians is that the Jesus who lived and walked on earth 2000 years ago is not the same person who is called ‘ Son of God ’ , and who is with God the Father .
7 A snail farm which was set up just three years ago is now the second largest in Britain .
8 It is still true to say that the law of sale of goods today is basically the common law , i.e. the law as stated over the years by judges in the process of deciding cases before them .
9 The heroines here are not the rebels who step out of line to protest against their condition , but the conformers , those who are preoccupied with romance , pop icons and their appearances ; those who read girls ' magazines like Jackie and Just Seventeen and want to be dancers ; those who cope , while only teenagers themselves , with being single mothers .
10 The main factor which takes most holidaymakers abroad is undoubtedly the better weather .
11 Dining rooms today are wherever the food is served .
12 Its main appeal to audiences everywhere is surely the sense of history .
13 The cratering of the terrestrial planets today is largely the result of exposure to asteroids and comet debris , each planet sharing to a significant extent a common population .
14 These two equations then are essentially the Barro model applied to a number of different countries .
15 Numbers alone were not the essence of the matter .
16 Little does she know that Nigerian boys here are n't the same .
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