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

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1 Opposite the Cages was what the eagles called the Three Island Pond where ducks and flamingos were kept .
2 If the view is taken that ‘ civil disputes are a matter of private concern of the parties involved , and may even be regarded as their private property … and that the parties are themselves the best judges of how to pursue and serve their own interests in the conduct and control of their respective cases , free from the directions of or intervention by the court , ’ forms of alternative dispute resolution must be considered as worth pursuing for the control that is provided to the parties over their dispute .
3 Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place .
4 The Jitters is what the City is said to have when it does n't like what the Government is doing .
5 Getting on with the neighbours is something the lucky ones among us can take for granted .
6 The challenges are none the less great , and the organization has still to define its role .
7 The chances and not the probabilities are what the judge has to evaluate in any given case .
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