Example sentences of "are [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Purchaser will not be happy if the Business consists of all the wrong kinds of assets ( peas instead of beans ) even if they are worth the same as the price paid . |
| 2 | If you are for the latter , shout out Aye . |
| 3 | Both graphs are for the same individual ; eight birds all gave similar results . |
| 4 | I mean if you speak three different languages you could use three different words to put the same sort of thought of a picture dog , chien , hound there 's probably an Italian and a and that but if you speak the languages then different words different codes if you like are for the same idea . |
| 5 | We are about the same size , no ? |
| 6 | In T.buttikoferi the light and dark bands are about the same width , but in T.joka the dark ones are about 3–4 times as wide as the light . |
| 7 | Nigel and I are about the same size , so no adjustments were needed , but the instant impression , on moving the black semi-circular yoke atop the long curving control column , was of absolute silky smoothness . |
| 8 | Living costs are about the same as Britain . |
| 9 | You and Matthew are about the same age . |
| 10 | Top footballers the world over are about the same standard but the hun-grier , more aggressive animal is the victor . |
| 11 | ‘ They are about the same age and build , a man and a woman , but beyond that — Some inflammable substance had been poured on them , almost certainly petrol . ’ |
| 12 | In other words , instead of almost doubling year by year , last we are about the same , we have n't got all the confirmations , we 're about the same as we were the year before , give or take a few , about say five percent . |
| 13 | No , whoops , I might have put one on top of the other when it should have been the other way round , so always have this check , er does the answer look , I mean , no , you ca n't always tell , but sometimes you can , sometimes you can think well those two are about the same price per gram , are n't they ? |
| 14 | In his new job Mr Riddell will be chief executive of the UK and European operations , which are about the same size as the whole group was when he left . |
| 15 | Liver sausage may be firm for slicing or smooth for spreading and most of the continental varieties are of the latter type . |
| 16 | Most actors in soap operas are of the latter school . |
| 17 | The more there are of the latter , the less powerful the pleas of the former for protection against imports or foreign ownership . |
| 18 | We are of the same blood , the same language , ’ he says . |
| 19 | Different horses communicate in different ways , although those that live together or are of the same family are more likely to communicate in the same way . |
| 20 | We therefore might be misled into thinking that they are of the same logical type . |
| 21 | The same is true today , nowhere more starkly , for example , than on the border between Mexico and the United States ( where the inhabitants on both sides are of the same origin , culture and language ) . |
| 22 | The images of vision are of the same order as creative ideas , but the mind must be aimed at the horizon , and the thoughts must be concentrated in the emotion of creativity . |
| 23 | The idea of a view and the vision of Boullee are of the same order of thought and sight . |
| 24 | not all tobacco leaves are of the same quality ( or size ) ; |
| 25 | When two descriptions are of the same type , plural reference is enhanced , regardless of syntactic condition , and regardless of whether the two descriptions are names or noun phrases . |
| 26 | One variable , ontological sameness , holds that plural pronominal reference becomes possible when two mentioned individuals ( henceforth ‘ atomic individuals ’ ) are of the same ontological type ( Herweg 1988 ) . |
| 27 | But random fluctuations in the direction of conversion , or a bias in the direction of conversion , eventually ensures that all copies of a gene family in all individuals are of the same type . |
| 28 | But , however many skills we possess , not all are of the same value to us . |
| 29 | The only exceptions to the sequential rule are inserts , which can be added in without affecting any of the other material provided that they are of the same length as the material which they are replacing . |
| 30 | I am sure we all have one objective in mind , which is how we can best serve our members , and I 'm sure that both Richard and I are of the same view on this . |