Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So forget Guns N' Roses and all the other pretenders , the Black Crowes are the best fun a rocker can have with their clothes on . |
| 2 | You really are the best friend a person could ever have . ’ |
| 3 | It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site . |
| 4 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 5 | Even then this will be the first time a draft will have been presented to Council . |
| 6 | Apart from the shining neon power switch and the Slave function already discussed , the Behringer will sit quietly in your rack , floating in a sea of general blackness , and probably wo n't be the first thing a visitor to your studio comments upon . |
| 7 | In a volatile market , an underwritten offer may be the only way a company can raise money . |
| 8 | But its likely to be the last time a circus comes to the town … councillors have voted to ban performing animals from their land . |
| 9 | IN HIS preview of England 's tour of New Zealand ( WCM Jan ) , Steven Lynch alluded to the first England tour of New Zealand in 1929–30 as being the only time a country has been engaged in two Test series simultaneously . |
| 10 | The death sentence is the best sentence a court of law could have imposed under the present circumstances . |
| 11 | Often that money is the best investment a company can make . |
| 12 | The gift of love is the greatest gift a man can give himself . |
| 13 | ‘ Love of God is the greatest virtue a man can ever cultivate , and through that develops this love for the creation of God ; kindness , compassion , tolerance , and helpfulness to others emanate when the love of God grows in the heart . |
| 14 | So , is the female corporation a place devoid of men ? |
| 15 | This is the highest badge a Guide can earn and it involves a lot of work . |
| 16 | The award of an honorary degree is the highest honour a University can bestow and may , in the case of Nottingham , be either a Master 's Degree ( Master of Arts , Master of Laws ) , or a Doctorate ( of Divinity , Laws , Letters , Music , Science or Medicine ) . |
| 17 | This is the fifth time a group of local youngsters has visited Almelo . |
| 18 | Is the new order a world of Pax Americana ? |
| 19 | This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected . |
| 20 | It is the first time a sculpture from the period has fetched such a sum . |
| 21 | ‘ This is the first time a beacon has been used in a mountain rescue in the UK , ’ said a rescuer . |
| 22 | It is the first time a party from the south have joined the team , headed by Keith Taylor , area organiser for the charity , Aid to Romanian Orphans . |
| 23 | The Committee believes that this is the first time a group of solicitors , experts in their field , have considered the legal feasibility of an anti-discrimination law to help people with disabilities work . |
| 24 | this is the first time a cardinal has preached before an English monarch since the Reformation |
| 25 | Which leads us on to the big selling point of these guitars , since this is the first time a production Telecaster has been fitted with a five-way switch . |
| 26 | Although interest-group representation is nothing new in Washington , the huge expansion in the 1970s is only ‘ a mere outgrowth of old tendencies … in the same sense that a 16-lane spaghetti interchange is the mere elaboration a county crossroads ’ . |
| 27 | What is the net figure a club of Leeds ' size can afford per season in transfers ? |
| 28 | When a suitable opportunity occurs , a tutor should encourage his students to send in tests regularly for correction , pointing out that this is the only way a student has of finding out whether he really understands a subject . |
| 29 | Strength is the only thing a beast like that understands . |
| 30 | This is the second time a court has ruled that press coverage of a controversial case has prevented a fair trial . |