Example sentences of "be [prep] the [det] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The novels I am studying , ‘ Barchester Towers ’ , published in 1857 , and ‘ The Last Chronicle of Barset ’ , 1867 , are from the same series , set in the imaginary county of Barsetshire . |
| 2 | As the books are in the same series , ‘ Barchester Towers ’ being the second volume and ‘ The Last Chronicle of Barset ’ the last , one of the characters I am going to study appears in both . |
| 3 | And the army veterinary call were in the same barracks . |
| 4 | Only lot 10 failed to sell , probably due to its similarity to the two previous lots which were from the same series , and its slightly poorer condition . |
| 5 | The driver of the Toyota is in the same hospital . |
| 6 | Elizabeth was among the many people who felt disinclined to come here during that regime ; twice , indeed , she sat , like Maurice Bowra , on deck at Piraeus . |
| 7 | It arose because of my meeting George Wigg in the army , whom I had encountered when I was based at Southern Command headquarters and he was at the same headquarters as a Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of army education , where he had already established a reputation for ruthless eccentricity . |