Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] be the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sticking-point was the continuing legacy of the Contagious Diseases Acts , and the wider fear that the profession was still sunk in ‘ blind materialism ’ . |
| 2 | And if you are ever going to see one of the genuine though attested rarities among the local fauna , a bear , a lynx , or an eagle , the Park is the only place you might do so , though there are thought to be fewer than twenty bears still living in the Pyrenees , and only eight pairs of eagles . |
| 3 | The Sanhedrin was the highest court of Jewish law . |
| 4 | The origin of the Sanhedrin was the seventy men Moses appointed to assist him in judging the people of Israel . |
| 5 | The Sanhedrin was the official court of Jewish justice ( see chapter 1 ) . |
| 6 | The tender is undergoing some further work and the boiler is the final obstacle in this protracted restoration . |
| 7 | The Remainder is the linguistic equivalent of the Freudian unconscious and , like the unconscious , it is not interested in rules . |
| 8 | The dexter ( more important ) supporter of the shield is the white horse of Hanover , decorated with Royal oak leaves , a reminder of Charles II . |
| 9 | The link is the final section of what is , effectively , a dual carriageway from the Houses of Parliament via Canary Wharf to the A13 at Canning Town . |
| 10 | The immediate cause of the split was the constitutional changes taking place in the Labour Party ; it was not that the Gang of Four and their sympathizers objected to reforms which improved internal party democracy , but they opposed the particular type of reform which was designed to strengthen the position of Left-wing elements in the Labour movement . |
| 11 | The reason for the change is the huge increase in the output of children 's books — in 1970 just over 2,000 titles were published , last year just over 7,000 — and the organisers have now decided that a new method of selection should be put in place . |
| 12 | I think the GP is the best individual to give it , even with the risk of developing ventricular fibrillation . |
| 13 | this meant that the mercury was the first newspaper to be published outside those places . |
| 14 | It says avoidance of the substance causing the allergy is the first line of treatment followed by drugs , where possible , to relieve symptoms and by desensitisation in a few selected cases . |
| 15 | The natural plaster was exactly the same colour as the pink in the brick , while the yellow in the brick was the same colour as the Rayburn , so it all started to pull together . |
| 16 | After being whacked six nil at Crewe Hereford needed a pick me up … the tonic was the first goal against Colchester an absolute gem … |
| 17 | The retailer is the vital link between your aquarium and the fish you buy . |
| 18 | L. Khabarin , B. Mamyrin and V. Yudenich had discovered in 1978 that when they heated several metals to drive out helium trapped within , the gases were almost entirely helium-3 rather than helium-4 ; normally helium-4 is much more abundant , the helium-3 being the rare form . |
| 19 | Athletic 's national director of coaching , Frank Dick says : ‘ The award is the highest honour we can bestow upon these coaches , who have made enormous contribution to the craft of coaching . ’ |
| 20 | The board are the only ones who can resolve that . |
| 21 | For a time he lost himself in the game , his whole self gathered up into the shapes the stones made on the board , until it seemed the board was the great Tao and he the stones . |
| 22 | The epicranium is the upper region of the head from the frons to the neck and may be divided longitudinally into two epicranial plates by the ecdysial cleavage line or median sulcus . |
| 23 | The winner is the regular work companion of Assessor , a 33–1 chance for the Ever Ready Derby and due to reappear in the Thresher Classic Trial at Sandown Park later this month , which is also the target for Robert Sangster 's River Defences ( also 33–1 for the Derby ) , an impressive winner of the Compton Maiden Stakes . |
| 24 | In the latter case the victorious candidate was supported by all parties except the JCP , whilst in the other two the winner was the preferred choice of the LDP , DSP and Komeito . |
| 25 | The winner was the bottom weight and possible Grand National runner Zuko , owned jointly by Mr Stanley Powell and Mr Ken Jaffa , ridden by Mark Perrett , and trained by Mr Stan Mellor , who beat the top weight Mr Jim Joel 's Ballyhane , who was giving the winner 25 pounds , by seven lengths . |
| 26 | The winner was the Viennese architect Gustav Peichl , who proposed a straightforward rectangular design giving over 4,300 square metres of exhibition space on several levels . |
| 27 | The winner was the National Trust for Scotland visitor centre at Brodick Castle with the Red Cross Centre at Irvine taking the Commendation for second place . |
| 28 | The only paper which stood out against the tide was the Communist Party 's Morning Star . |
| 29 | As the verb is the first trouble spot encountered in the sentence , the substitution is made there . |
| 30 | Apart from the satisfaction of being able to combine the handles and hold an otherwise very lively stunt kite up there in reasonably static position , the technique is the best way of finding out exactly how much adjustment is needed . |