Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] is the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There we are , sir , that 's erm er er a very brief history erm of erm er of the new settlement strategy , erm it 's one clear that the County Council thinks is the appropriate way erm er for the Greater York area er to proceed . |
| 2 | The amount each business pays is the rateable value multiplied by the rate poundage . |
| 3 | In addition to Parliament , the other principal agency or institution through which the political leadership operates is the administrative machine . |
| 4 | Approaching Lothern the first thing a mariner sees is the Glittering Tower , a great lighthouse filled with thousands of lamps , situated on a rocky isle in the mouth of the treacherous waters of the Straits of Lothern . |
| 5 | Virtually the whole movement comprises a double canon which begins as in the second violin and viola parts given in Example 90 ( these parts first being played by first violin and viola ) : The point at which our example begins is the first entry of the full orchestra , with the first and second violins in one canon and the violas and basses in another . |
| 6 | The United Kingdom received six extra seats under the agreement , of these six , five have been allocated to England and one to Wales , which the government , in a moment , which the government believes is the fairest distribution on an arithmetical basis . |
| 7 | The crucial issue which this sort of situation emphasises is the vital importance of perception between persons of different cultures , which can only be partially ameliorated by the procedure suggested by James Lee . |
| 8 | All your patient sees is the half-finished sham Gothic erection on the new building estate . |
| 9 | While ( 9 ) does imply that he actually swam across the lake on several occasions , all that it in fact expresses is the past existence of the ability to swim , so that swimming is thought of as a potential event and not as an actualization . |