Example sentences of "[art] [adj] be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there was a slight shift in income distribution — from the top half of income earners to the bottom half — the poorest were not the beneficiaries . |
| 2 | The Indoor is where the man hands me his newspaper at the table and I unfold it sitting down . |
| 3 | This is a matter of personal conscience and what every member in the council chamber today must be aware of , is that there is a vociferous and committed group of people we know that because we 've all had a great deal of communication from them and interestingly enough I have and most of the communication I 've had has been in favour so victory , people who write must be extremely perceptive in , with er marketing the that 's not the point , we all know that there is a committed and vociferous group of people whose consciences do not lead them to the same conclusions as Mr 's conscience and the issue really is , do we in a liberal and democratic society have the right to impose our consciences on those of other people who live in the community and quite clearly and quite determinedly take a different view . |
| 4 | Absolutely and the that 's why the |
| 5 | The 500 is obviously the unit for the mass market , so that 's the one I looked at . |
| 6 | There are 4–5 arm spines of which the ventralmost is usually the longest and often sabre shaped . |
| 7 | The weak were always the easiest to bribe . |
| 8 | Among the various available routes from Florence to Siena , the quickest is undoubtedly the motorway link . |
| 9 | Of course , the British are not the only ones to take holidays and it is possible that you will be sharing your hotel with a group ( perhaps a large one ) from another country . |
| 10 | The firm exports to 75 countries , but the British are still the main buyers . |
| 11 | There was plenty of room for sheer caprice : Paul I 's order for an overland march across unmapped territory to wrest India from the British was only the most bizarre instance . |
| 12 | When it comes to mysteries about the distribution of creatures of the Oriental Region , the local nature of that of the gharial is possibly the greatest of them all . |
| 13 | The 1890s were probably the most remarkable decade in British deaf history — no other decade with the possible exception of the 1980s saw the social status of deaf people held so high in public esteem . |
| 14 | All four bedrooms have en suite facilities and are furnished individually with great care , the prettiest is perhaps the Waterwitch room , with its low bay window looking over the garden . |
| 15 | The 7350 is now the only image processor sold by the company . |
| 16 | The Japanese are now the only ones who do n't know what went on . ’ |
| 17 | Only if the issue , whether the accused is really the thief or the handler is live , need the phrase be proved by the prosecution : see Cash [ 1985 ] QB 801 ( CA ) , approving Griffiths ( 1974 ) 60 Cr App R 14 ( CA ) , and A-G of Hong Kong v Yip Kai-foon [ 1988 ] AC 642 ( PC ) . |
| 18 | On the facts , however , the accused was not the sole proprietor . |
| 19 | In Greaves [ 1987 ] The Times , 11 July , it was held that it was a question for the jury whether a gap of 17 days between burglary and handling meant that the accused was not the burglar and so could be convicted of handling . |
| 20 | The second is where the institution is proposing the imposition of penalties on the firm for particularly outstanding violations of competition law rules without any mitigating circumstances ( e.g. persistent involvement in price-fixing cartels ) . |
| 21 | The first is where the whole of the programme is provided by and taught at a major centre , as in the case of Bristol Polytechnic ; the second is where the first year is provided extra-murally at a number of associated centres , while the second year only is provided at the main centre , as the case of Portsmouth Polytechnic ; and the third is where both the first and second years are provided at the main and associate centres as at Plymouth Polytechnic and Cornwall Technical College , Camborne . |
| 22 | The second is where the pipe is fitted to a back inlet gully ; and the third is where the pipe is connected directly to an untrapped bend . |
| 23 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |
| 24 | Of all the phenomena submersibles have observed on the ocean 's floors , the strangest are probably the black smokers — the hot springs on the East Pacific Rise that spew forth clouds of sulphide minerals ( New Scientist . |
| 25 | In this connection Hume propounds a kind of utilitarianism for which the good is essentially the useful , in terms of promoting human happiness . |
| 26 | The manner and nature of these developments in the 1970s is not the concern of this study . |
| 27 | London 's rate of population loss in the 1970s was virtually the same as the average for the next five cities ( Birmingham , Glasgow , Liverpool , Manchester , and Newcastle ) , so the relative gap between them changed little . |
| 28 | The P-40 was probably the fighter worst hit . |
| 29 | In all the cases I have encountered , despite strenuous efforts to cure it , the latter is unfortunately the most usual course of action . |
| 30 | The latter is obviously the interesting one and it uses a very different method to competitive programs . |