Example sentences of "[pron] is [vb pp] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It passes under a bridge , on the reverse of which is written the ominous words ‘ YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR ’ .
2 In the detailed examination of the spatial organization of Tyneside , use will be made of the idea of ‘ Northern Tyneside ’ , by which is meant the metropolitan districts of Newcastle and North Tyneside together with the adjacent county districts of Blyth Valley and Castle Morpeth .
3 However , some authors suggest that governmental elites , by which is meant the permanent officials within a government bureaucracy .
4 The actions of human characters involve a whole grammar of visual signals which the audience will pick up if it is given the right clues .
5 Indeed , often when it is adopted the final accounts are adjusted to appear as accruals accounts .
6 It is believed the two men slipped on ice while descending .
7 The unique recording represents a ‘ first ’ , both in terms of the music ( which has never been recorded before ) and in the use of the clarsach to accompany the voices , as it is believed the Scottish monks would have done .
8 But it is largely because Loch Ness is so biologically unproductive that it is also biologically stable : it is spared the seasonal booms and crashes in the populations of living things that are characteristic of more productive lakes .
9 It is expected the two incentives will result in £30 million extra for Britain 's trusts and charities .
10 When the accident happened at around 4:15 yesterday afternoon , it is thought the two men had already passed the most arduous section of what is regarded as only an averagely difficult ice climb route .
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