Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er he went up and examined the wife and he come down stairs and he said to me Are you the husband ? |
| 2 | ‘ You are yourself the water of life ; what shall discover that water , save the tearful eye ? ’ |
| 3 | Not only do they record the history of their localities , they are themselves the product of history , played on a far wider stage . |
| 4 | Perceptions are not the same thing as knowledge , but they are what the holder of the perception believes to be knowledge . |
| 5 | Words are in many ways the tools of thought ; they are what the individual uses to formulate as well as express his ideas . |
| 6 | It would be idle to pretend that any of the Pacific islands have the kind of economic importance possessed by , say , Korea , or Malaysia , but in addition to potentially immense political importance and no small amount of charm , they have a symbolic significance — for they are what the world still thinks of when confronted with the single word , Pacific . |
| 7 | All the doctors are achieving with their uncontrollable itch to boss , patronise and distribute public money is to establish an idiotic certainty in our morally confused age that condoms ought to be free because they are something the government wants us to use . |
| 8 | They are they the thing is I was just saying me and you will have to go and get some chips and curry sauce again and sit in Palma Park , you can choose a table where you can get a point of the globe ! |