Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked almost demure , she thought disparagingly , glaring at her reflection as if her dilemma were all the mirror 's fault . |
| 2 | Erm the poor are only too glad to go to Sainsburys or Tescos where erm tea is half the price . |
| 3 | The most important effect is that the wood shrinks or swells . |
| 4 | It was a secret as dark as that couplet ( written in pencil on the back page of " First Lessons in English Grammar " ) read over and over and never to be spoken aloud : " Pee-Po-Bum-Shit-Piddle-Bugger-Damn " Keep out of the farmyard was all the grown-ups would say if she told , it 's not the place for little girls … |
| 5 | Florrie did not eat anything herself — a cup of tea was all the breakfast she ever wanted — and as soon as she had finished , she put on her coat and hat and left the house . |
| 6 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 7 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 8 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 9 | The growth of the welfare state , macro-economic regulation using Keynesian policies , and the expansion of administrative law are all the products of capitalist demands for the education , socialization , and disciplining of their workforces . |
| 10 | Finding the motivation to do a lone workout session is half the challenge with exercise . |
| 11 | The beauty of the plan is all the options that are available with it . |
| 12 | Lingerie that doubles as clothing is all the rage : a bustier under a suit ; a bra as a bikini . |
| 13 | which report bar 's that the Con one ? |
| 14 | Apart from the swine , and a few small fields where corn was grown , and half a dozen apple trees , and the pigeons and the rabbits , the money the travellers spent at the Inn was all the wealth of Ridgery Butts . |
| 15 | Their loving goodness and truth are all the qualities necessary to transcend a soul to heaven in her opinion . |
| 16 | In their amphibious war were all the hazards of land patrols and raids , with the added uncertainty of a seaborne approach all too easily foundering on an adverse change in the weather or some unexpected shoal . |
| 17 | In the parade room were all the clothes , and the mothers were stripping all the kids naked and fitting them out — the place stunk with corduroy trousers . |
| 18 | ‘ Finding another post is all the plan I have , ma'am . ’ |
| 19 | Tapestry is all the rage at the moment , and experienced needlewomen and nervous novices alike will love Primavera 's new range of fruit and flower tapestry kits . |
| 20 | Inorganic chemistry is all the rest . |
| 21 | The observer pegs one end of a string of length r to a fixed point O and then makes a circuit round O so that the string is all the while fully stretched , but of course confined to lie in the surface . |
| 22 | For some , a break from stressful routine is all the therapy required . |
| 23 | West Lothian 's locker room is half the size of ours . |
| 24 | His clumsy attempt to distract her attention was all the warning she needed . |
| 25 | It would be a resounding triumph for LMS were all the schools with more funds to do better , and those with less funds to do no worse , than in the past . |
| 26 | Keeping your head above water is half the secret in sport and young Karen Rake seems to be made of the right stuff . |
| 27 | And you could walk fifty yards down the road and there 'd be somebody else building and you could walk on a say is that the job how much ? |
| 28 | Good god is that the time ? |
| 29 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA top gun Elserino Piol told Unigram the real reason behind Olivetti 's embrace of Alpha was all the doubts about the wisdom of his MIPS strategy voiced to his boss Carlo di Benedetti : that caused the politically wary Piol to exert himself to come up with the Alpha alternative . |
| 30 | In the cellars , absinthe was all the rage , one sip and you felt as though your head would come off . |