Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] is the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those years it is the sudden traumatic experience which may be the spark to engage fierce enthusiasms in their educational development . |
| 2 | I I obviously Cornwall is a special case which we obviously as our Celtic cousins it is the only non-Anglo Saxon county in England and as a result we feel a very , very strong erm er almost a kind of Uncle erm Nephew relationship to Cornwall , whereas the Cornish are certainly not Welsh but they 're certainly not Anglo Saxon English either . |
| 3 | Ultra-confident , dashing and with a swashbuckling air he is the archetypal head boy or captain of the rugby team . |
| 4 | For these reasons it is the delightful little Concerto which comes over with the greatest conviction though the recording acoustic is far too resonant for the essentially intimate character of the writing ; and the sound in general affords too much prominence to the continuo which booms away in a far from discreet manner . |
| 5 | Sometimes Bentham is represented as having held a significantly different view from that just described , according to which an action which it is right for me to do at any moment is either one which produces a greater surplus of pleasure over pain than any alternative action then open to me ( in which case it is the one right action ) or produces as great a surplus as any alternative ( in which case it is a right action ) , while all actions not thus right are wrong . |
| 6 | Along with the gradual movement away from fossil fuels and the refinement of nuclear technologies and the development of effective renewable energy strategies it is the only rational course for the future of energy supply . |
| 7 | On stage he is the fastest improvising comedian in the States . |