Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | References to experts are private in the same way that arbitrations are . |
| 2 | In other words , the recollection that the Friend had once been guilty of the same fault is a consolation to the Poet , for he now knows how the other must have ‘ bowed ’ under his own , ‘ transgression ’ : They are equal , then — but more , they are united : ‘ Oh , that our night of woe might have remember'd/My deepest sense how hard true sorrow hits . ’ |
| 3 | On the contrary , the child imagines that only unworthy female persons have thus sacrificed their genital organ , such persons as have probably been guilty of the same forbidden impulses as he himself . |
| 4 | If the hon. Gentleman will think back to days gone by , he will remember that such questions have been perennial in the few weeks before a general election . |
| 5 | Fast writing speeds are possible with the same memory effect as on the truly flat terminal . |
| 6 | You accuse these agencies of improper motives — such as using children as bait for donors — when you are guilty of the same shortcoming on your cover . |
| 7 | More than 30 traction and showmen 's engines , plus road rollers ; historic commercial vehicles ; stationary engines ; fire engines ; vintage cars and motor bikes ; sales and ephemera stands ; old tractors and farm machinery and a real ale beer tent , are some of the many attractions on offer . |
| 8 | Bears , squirrels and badgers are some of the many animals which overwinter in this way . |
| 9 | These are some of the many exchanges we have had this year with lawyers from overseas . |
| 10 | This kind of good news is so often overlooked because the challenges presented by the developing world do not diminish , indeed they seem to grow , climate change , wars , famine , rising populations , are some of the many complex causes of underdevelopment . |
| 11 | PAHs are some of the same group of cancer-causing substances that are found in cigarette smoke , oil and vehicle exhaust fumes . |
| 12 | ‘ All About Eve ’ and ‘ Kennedy ’ , are some of the few examples ) and even after more than 50 lyrical outings , the one-track mind persists . |
| 13 | How do they do that , well , they employ the latest technology cos , they you know , U K farmers are some , are some of the most erm , er , well they use some of the most highly capital intensive techniques of production . |
| 14 | I know he and Ivor are interested in the same period . ’ |
| 15 | There has been some of the same controversy over the role of the mental handicap hospitals as over the psychiatric hospitals , but on the whole the issue is clearer : they ought to be replaced by smaller units , ranging from hostels and homes to specialist hospital units able to provide intensive nursing for the severely handicapped minority . |
| 16 | Hurdles of metal , split oak , or wattle are very useful for quick repairs to a hedge or wall or to fold a few sheep on rape or turnips ( although they are laborious for the latter . |
| 17 | When charged particles are travelling at the same velocity , and are subject to the same magnetic field , the heavier particles are deflected the least . |
| 18 | When travelling along an edge or a line , the senses , the fingers , the eyes are subject to the same physical laws as other moving bodies . |
| 19 | These arguments are subject to the same criticisms , regarding ethnocentrism and academic-centredness that were levelled at these writers , both in terms of their assumptions regarding literacy and those regarding ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 20 | It seems that those who try to live according to the official theory of schooling are subject to the same range of ritual abuse as the fans of another club . |
| 21 | Regulation — solicitors are subject to the same regime as all other providers of financial services and are regulated in the conduct of investment business by the Law Society . |
| 22 | The payment of the year 's charge by a single payment , that is a lump sum payment , has always been linked to the date when recovery procedures can commence in order that lump sum payers are subject to the same recovery procedures as monthly instalment payers . |
| 23 | SDOs are subject to the same parliamentary procedure as GDOs . |
| 24 | Holiday caravans are subject to the same planning and licensing controls as residential caravans . |
| 25 | Reports from such experts are subject to the same rules and privileges as medical reports but would be classed as non-medical experts so that directions will have to be sought in any type of personal injury case if a party wants to call more than one ( see RSC Ord 25 , r8 below ) . |
| 26 | The general rule is that overseas trusts are subject to the same IHT rules as UK trusts . |
| 27 | In addition , for the purposes of ss2 , 5 , 6 and 7 , " terms and notices which exclude or restrict the relevant obligation or duty " are subject to the same control as clauses which exclude or restrict liability . |
| 28 | They 're part of the changing retail scene which ranges from the modern shopping centres at one end of the spectrum to squat shops , short term let shops and car boot sales at the other , for the other less source of er retailing , source of purchasing from a decreasing number of people erm trade in car boot sales are subject to the same controls as high street traders basically be product safety , erm , but as well as those problems we are increasingly coming across other problems in particularly counterfeit goods , goods like that on sale at car boot sales , quite attractive , wholly illegal and it wo n't be out for about six or nine months yet . |
| 29 | The Chinese government for example , are allowing IVF programmes to prove their sensitivity in the wake of the One Child Family policy , and also because researchers are bored with the same old contraceptive research . |
| 30 | Festival events at the Grand Opera House are bookable on the same postal booking form , which should be sent to Festival House . |