Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pron] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
| 2 | Education officials in Milton Keynes say it is the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls . |
| 3 | Though this technology is well-established in medicine , researchers in Japan 's electric power industry think they are the first to take tomography outdoors . |
| 4 | And these red ones : they are Lal Khal , along with the Avadi Golay they are the fastest of all kabooter . ’ |
| 5 | By ordering the fourth Trident submarine , the Conservatives show they are the only party to be trusted with defending Britain . |
| 6 | They have a filing system , and the procedure for it which is about two pages is highly efficient , and the engineers think it 's the best thing since sliced bread . |
| 7 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 8 | ‘ Dinna imagine it 's the local baby talk , ’ Reid went on . |
| 9 | NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers . |
| 10 | Er we 're just recently started the construction of the Ripon bypass which is the other er problem on the A sixty one on in North Yorkshire . |
| 11 | There really is something to celebrate as the new hospital opens — its consultants say it is the best in the country — with a standard of care and treatment equalling that in private hospitals combined with the facilities to continue pioneering research into skin disease . |
| 12 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 13 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 14 | also newcastle fans have two HUGE flags which they transport around the ground , everyone lifting the flag around — i think it 's the only english club iv'e seen doing that — you see this kind of flagging from time to time around europe ( even up here in Trondheim ) |
| 15 | A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for . |
| 16 | When you awaken in the morning hush I am the uplifting rush Of quiet birds encircled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night . |
| 17 | People say they were the good old days , but oh I do n't think . |
| 18 | Kee looked at Karen and said quietly , ‘ Some people say he was the strongest houngan of all , the houngan we call Baron Samedi . ’ |
| 19 | It 'll cost a hundred and forty thousand pounds to build but some locals say it 's the wrong bridge in the wrong place |
| 20 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in The Times today board members say he is the best person to lead the corporation . |
| 21 | The team from St Tiggywinkles say it 's the worst disaster they 've ever seen . |
| 22 | Student leaders say it 's the only way they can fight for their rights . |
| 23 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 24 | Paul 's wife , Caroline , and David 's wife , Carol , could n't care less about the subject and their friends reckon they 're The Odd Couple ! |
| 25 | Nobody can suggest that you can by any arithmetical calculation establish what is the exact sum of money which would represent such a thing as the pain and suffering which a person has undergone by reason of an accident … |
| 26 | The cops think I 'm the right build and they suspect gorilla man wears a wig and false moustache sometimes and maybe false teeth too . |
| 27 | Police belive he 's the so-called Fishermead rapist , who 's carried out a series of attacks on and around the Fishermead Estate . |
| 28 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 29 | Police say it 's the worst assault they 've seen , and they 're asking for information from the criminal underworld . |
| 30 | Police believe it was the same man . |