Example sentences of "[is] the [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death sentence is the best sentence a court of law could have imposed under the present circumstances . |
| 2 | Often that money is the best investment a company can make . |
| 3 | The gift of love is the greatest gift a man can give himself . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | So , is the female corporation a place devoid of men ? |
| 6 | This is the highest badge a Guide can earn and it involves a lot of work . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | This is the fifth time a group of local youngsters has visited Almelo . |
| 9 | Is the new order a world of Pax Americana ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is the first time a sculpture from the period has fetched such a sum . |
| 12 | ‘ This is the first time a beacon has been used in a mountain rescue in the UK , ’ said a rescuer . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | this is the first time a cardinal has preached before an English monarch since the Reformation |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | What is the net figure a club of Leeds ' size can afford per season in transfers ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Strength is the only thing a beast like that understands . |
| 21 | This is the second time a court has ruled that press coverage of a controversial case has prevented a fair trial . |
| 22 | As Peter Medawar pointed out many years ago in his classic essay Is the scientific paper a fraud ? these essential elements in how research is done get refined out from the account as it appears in the finally published papers or scientific reviews , just as they have largely , though not entirely , been filtered from the discussion of Aplysia and LTP in the last chapter . |
| 23 | This is the very reason a member of the steering group gave for becoming involved in the project : ‘ It gives me something else to do , gets me out of the factory [ adult training centre ] and is less boring . ’ |
| 24 | Had he known it , he had merely started the echo of another man 's voice in Harry 's overburdened mind , saying bitterly : ‘ Light is the last thing a man should willingly surrender . |
| 25 | Teams traipsing off the field under little or no threat of rain when the medium pacers are on is the bitterest pill a spectator has to swallow ; closely followed by the frequent inability to restart the game promptly . |
| 26 | It 's the first time a licence has been refused because of animal welfare . |
| 27 | Noel Lynch , of the Ulster Aviation Society , said : ‘ It 's the first time a reunion like this has taken place . |
| 28 | But it 's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened . |
| 29 | You ca n't ignore it it 's the first thing a buyer will , a buyer 's survey will pick up , especially as it was mentioned in our survey |
| 30 | Rather than , it 's it 's the sentimental value a lot of things , a lot of things . |