Example sentences of "be the [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The older you are the greater the chance of you having shingles . |
2 | Since inflation and unemployment are both unpopular these iso-vote lines are downward-sloping , and the further away from the origin they are the lower the popularity they imply . |
3 | But they are the least the world must do to make itself safer from nuclear blackmail . |
4 | Between the lush coconut groves and cinnamon plantations , these spice-ridden islands ' soft , silvery beaches are the best the world can offer — beautiful Beau Vallon on Mahe must rate as the Seychelles ' very special favourite . |
5 | Blessed are the poor the kingdom of heaven is theirs . |
6 | The crowds are the biggest the bookshop has seen and the book is selling faster than any the publisher has known . |
7 | Since Big Macs are the same the world over , the Hong Kong dollar must surely be much undervalued against the greenback — and even more so against many other currencies if , as seems likely , America 's dollar is itself still generally undervalued . |
8 | I could only sit and marvel that some things are the same the world over . |
9 | ‘ Whatever the difference , children are the same the world over . ’ |
10 | ‘ Then perhaps women are the same the world over . ’ |
11 | Although this is an American program injuries are the same the world over , as are the treatments . |
12 | And to coincide with the temporary exhibitions , LACMA is showing its own new Cezanne , ‘ Sous-bois ’ ( c. 1890 ) , a large oil purchased last year for a multi-million-dollar sum believed to be the largest the museum has ever spent on an acquisition . |
13 | But a £1 billion Eurobond would be the biggest the market has ever had to digest and capital markets experts were yesterday sceptical about how easy it would be for Lloyd 's to make such an issue without hefty costs . |
14 | He 'll be the missing the job now . |
15 | Korean establishments were the first the crowd seems to have made for . |
16 | Std Error ; this is the standard error of the beta estimate and the lower this figure is the better the estimate of beta . |
17 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB has a $470m contract for Groupe Speciale Mobile equipment from Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH : the contract covers infrastructure , services and telephones and is the largest the company has yet received for mobile phone kit . |
18 | The last time base rates hit 15 per cent was in 1981 but , as Mr Tora points out , ‘ in real terms this is the highest the base rate has ever been . |
19 | MR BRYAN GOULD , 53 , the New Zealand-born contender for the Labour leadership , is the nearest the party still has in high office to a Socialist intellectual in the Anthony Crosland mould . |
20 | The best preliminary plan may be for the reader to open the book upright at ( the illustration ) and then go to the other side of the room , to be imposed on from a distance : it is the nearest the book can offer to the proper first encounter with the figure . |
21 | Second , the greater the variance of v , that is the greater the unpredictability of monetary growth , the less is the influence of any given value of v on real output . |
22 | Employers with pay policy enables mothers to return to work and pay for quality child-care , can be of great benefit in an area where there 's a high proportion of single parent families or families where the mother is the major the breadwinner At a company offers equal opportunity regardless of race , colour or sex , heightens the feeling of self-esteem and potential of individuals within minority groups and this self- esteem can be catching . |
23 | Why France well this is the closest the formula one circuit comes to our country which is sad because this year like many others Central South racers are leading the world championship … |
24 | Although the basic structure of all mileage charts is the same the presentation varies and there can be more than one set of information ( e.g. distances in miles and kilometres ) . |
25 | The bobby is the same the world over . |
26 | THE scene is the same the world over in dark alleys or dimly-lit streets . |
27 | Many hearing people assume that sign language is the same the world over . |
28 | Yes , gentleman , the problem is the shorter the period , the less chance you have of getting a measurement which is necessarily representative of a general trend . |
29 | There is an implicit extraction set just as much in ( 21 ) — and in ( 16 ) — as in ( 20 ) : ( 21 ) Gustav 's chauffeur is the sanest the lady in the fur hat was ( the ) first In structures like ( 21 ) the extraction set is often given explicitly by means of a noun , but if not — as here — then it has to be derived from the context . |
30 | it 's the substantial the plaintiff is n't it , that 's allowed |