Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] is the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world . |
| 2 | He says he is the best young goalkeeper by far in all the North-East clubs . ’ |
| 3 | Calder Publications says it is the only authorised publisher of the title and will have its own hardcover edition available in the spring . |
| 4 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
| 5 | Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries . |
| 6 | Visiting teams from the Soviet Union , United States , German Federal Republic and France all stare bemused on arrival , and they become even more astounded when told it is the only indoor facility in the country . |
| 7 | Police in Northumbria believe it is the first such attack on a house . |
| 8 | ‘ The settlement is the result of two days intensive negotiations and we believe it is the best obtainable in the Royal Bank in the present climate . ’ |
| 9 | Peter Black , whose Daily Mail colleague Shaun Usher had voiced reservations , wrote , ‘ Raymond Allen 's Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is the best visual comedy I 've ever seen on TV . |
| 10 | Red Hand may think he is the only sane man around here . ’ |
| 11 | I think it is the freshest new design for a jazz guitar since the George Benson came out . |
| 12 | Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate . |
| 13 | Sir Richard Body Tory MP for Holland-with-Boston in Lincolnshire does n't look like a radical Maverick ; indeed you could be forgiven for thinking he is the original grey man of politics . |
| 14 | Mr Hughes believes it is the only such electronic game aimed at an adult market and the only one not designed and manufactured in the Far East . |