Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For another , his is one of the largest sheep farms in the area and one of the few where the ewes are lambed outdoors . |
| 2 | But if the cat can see nothing and feel nothing and yet it still reacts to the loud noise you make , then yours is one of the fortunate , hearing white cats . |
| 3 | However , this issue can be looked at positively : perhaps someone may do something about their abuse as a result of Mr Rose 's coming forward — telling someone is one of the hardest things a victim can do . |
| 4 | The chick embryo proper comes from a very small region resting on the yolk and which is equivalent to the mammalian egg . |
| 5 | Under these conditions we detect a single band ( 3.6 kb Kpn I fragment ) which is equivalent to the two dysfunctional endogenous host Ea genes , or a band at 4.2 kb in BALB/c mice . |
| 6 | The standard size for soil stacks is 110mm which is equivalent to the old 4in cast iron waste . |
| 7 | These securities yield a given interest or dividend which is payable on the original face value of the security , not on its current market price . |
| 8 | Most booking agents charge a commission of 15 per cent which is payable on the gross fees for any live work . |
| 9 | See Practice Direction ( Evidence : Documents ) ( 1983 ) 1 WLR 922 which is applicable to the High Court and the Court of Appeal , but can well be adopted in the county court . |
| 10 | However it is plain from the Act of 1989 that section 11(3) applies only to the new procedure for extradition , set out in Part III of the Act , and has no application to the old procedure , set out in Schedule 1 , which is applicable in the present case . |
| 11 | If the side that did duty this week trots out in the Italian sunshine in June , it will have an average age of 29½ , which is ill-suited to the punishing conditions of a concentrated tournament in midsummer . |
| 12 | Can we , at a deeper level perhaps , identify elements of a form of life , with its own values , which is distinctive of the academic community in general ? |
| 13 | Er there 's another book which is similar to the other one in the sense that it made up of some papers by Phillips , Steel and Tants and that has some information about Mexicano in it , er and you find that some people er were giving Mexican language a low a low prestige rate whereas other group in the community were doing the opposite and giving a high prestige rate or certainly a less low one , er in favour of spanish a lot of the Because it was in I think it 's in South America I guess , er you find that a lot of the locals were switching to spanish because it was coming the dominant language er because of societal pressures and constraints and so on . |
| 14 | My second idea is this , which is similar to the above . |
| 15 | An alternative structure was devised which is similar to the finite-state recogniser in figure 3.8 , having labelled edges . |
| 16 | The " useful " data is only that which is necessary for the complete construction of the mathematical model . |
| 17 | Bar-Hillel ( 1970 : 79 ) states that ‘ the depth of the pragmatic context which is necessary for the full understanding of various sentence-tokens , is different , of course , from case to case ’ . |
| 18 | In talking of the contradictory elements of social consciousness , social representation theorists would be addressing an issue which is central to the rhetorical approach to social psychology . |
| 19 | Much of the difficulty stems from the ethos of individualism which is central to the contemporary Western society but which is notably absent from most of the societies which social anthropologists study . |
| 20 | It is one which is central to the Conservative vision of the future of Britain . |
| 21 | The clip-on ammeter measures this magnetic field , which is proportional to the current flowing through the wire , by means of the Hall effect induced in a piece of semi conductor . |
| 22 | From the beginning of the classical period large bronzes were regularly cast in sections , which is impossible in the direct method but easy in the indirect . |
| 23 | He is Group Managing Director of BBA Group , which is involved in the automotive industry . |
| 24 | Is this perhaps the only conception of rationality which is viable in the late twentieth century ? |
| 25 | Which is back-slapping of the highest order . |
| 26 | In the light of the previous discussion we would be concerned with the extent to which professionals have their own sub-culture which is distinct from the organisational culture as a whole . |
| 27 | This suggests that this test has identified a linguistic skill which is distinct from the linguistic abilities required for success on these other tests . |
| 28 | In these 239 murals , covering a surface of 1,585 square metres , there are traces of many influences making up a popular and forceful imagery : ‘ The codices , pre-conquest sculpture , popular art , the study of living people , the colour of nature as well as the paintings of the misnamed Italian Primitives , together with the modern artistic tendencies to which Rivera himself had contributed during his stay in France , all went to form his own peculiar style , which is apparent for the first time in these frescoes . ’ |
| 29 | But these countries are rather different below the veneer of social justice which is apparent to the casual observer . |
| 30 | The poem is about the extinction of a season , of a day , of a fire and , overall , of a life which is apparent in the last couplet where we can see more clearly the relationship between the poet and his . |