Example sentences of "[pers pn] is the [adj] [noun sg] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why do Americans always think theirs is the only country that 's part of the modern world ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It is the best thing that has happened to train services on Teesside for very many years , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ It is the best thing that has happened to train services on Teesside for years , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ It is the Russian word that covers all forms of deception , disinformation , trickery , subversion , character assassination , the re-writing of history — all the activities that are grist to the KGB mill . |
| 5 | I think basically what I 'd like to say today is that I personally agree with what Ida 's saying that it is an attack on the Health Service , and it is the greatest achievement that the Labour Party has done in history in my opinion . |
| 6 | It is the alternative recommendation that we put forward to housing committee last week . |
| 7 | Both the silver and golden orfe make good pond fish , but it is the golden kind that is most frequently encountered . |
| 8 | It is the concrete being that reasons ; pass a number of years and I find my mind in a new place : how ? the whole man moves ; paper logic is but the record of it . ’ |
| 9 | In the unholy trinity of class , culture and colour , it is the Muslim community that suffers most — being at the bottom of the economic heap , widely perceived as the fanatical enemy within , and , of course , not white . |
| 10 | People 's opinions vary , but one thing is clear : the Government is influenced by the views of the top civil servants , and in a very practical sense , it is the Civil Service that actually runs this country . |
| 11 | But it is the actual icon that amplifies this condition when we are in close proximity to its form . |
| 12 | Sometimes it helps if the person who is holding the horse , pats the horse on the neck in exact time to the farrier hammering on its foot — especially if it is the actual hammering that worries the horse the most . |
| 13 | The refund is counted as part of the gross receipts of the second country even though it is the first country that benefits . |
| 14 | It is the first occasion that Basquiat 's art will have been studied by an American institution and it comes at a time when David Ross , who replaced Thomas Armstrong as the Whitney 's director in bitter circumstances nearly two years ago , is under considerable pressure to ignite a new and visionary exhibition programme at the museum ( see The Art Newspaper No.6 , March 1991 , p.5 ) . |
| 15 | It is the first time that Prince Charles has given direct financial help to a run-down urban area , and the Duchy has been granted a 125-year lease on the 0.6 acre site . |
| 16 | It is the first time that troops have been brought in during an industrial dispute since the firemen 's strike in 1978 . |
| 17 | However , it is the first time that ICL has split off part of its business to the extent of actually forming a new subsidiary . |
| 18 | It is the first time that a country has ever won three successive Test matches , each against a different country ( in this case West Indies , Sri Lanka and New Zealand ) . |
| 19 | Dr William Fore , former WACC President and now Visiting Lecturer in Communication at the School , said in a recent letter to delegates : ‘ The meeting promises to be a landmark , since it is the first time that teachers of communication in seminaries and schools of theology will have come together to consider their distinctive task in theological education . ’ |
| 20 | It is the first time that the Stylesetter Award has been given to an Axminster carpet range . |
| 21 | It is the first time that a Vernier machine has been build outwith the inventor 's factory in Belgium , and has been constructed by Pickering Staplina , joint partners with Stoddard in Bonded Developments Ltd . |
| 22 | It is the first time that the organization has given such a direct warning , however . |
| 23 | But it is the first time that we have seen such a phenomenon on a large scale . |
| 24 | It is the first time that Hivolt Capacitors has taken part in such a trade mission . |
| 25 | It is the first time that a lifeboatman has received such an honour since sea rescues began in the town with the historic Zetland lifeboat 190 years ago . |
| 26 | The requirement effect on trade which member states of jurisdiction requirement , it is jurisdictionable because it is the first task that the commissioner of the court should undertake when considering quote from wind surfing get in constant and the concept and agreement which may effect trade is intended to define in the law governing cartels the boundary between the areas , respectively covered by community law and national law , it is not necessary law for the competition effected by the alleged restriction and the trade which is effected between members of states to be the same , an example in the defendants list of authorities it 's in the principal and in that case the restriction of competition arose in relation to a product possible spirits which was itself used to manufacture other products namely cognac , it was argued that the that since there was no trade between members of state and possible spirits there could be no effect upon trade between member of states and so twenty five could not apply , the court accepted that factual premise , there is no trade between member of state and import of spirits , but rejected the legal conclusion , they concluded that is was necessary for there to be an effect upon trade in the market where the restrictions occurred , they was trading another product which was related to possible spirits , and of course stated , it must be observed in that respect that any agreement who 's object to effect is to a strict competition by fixing minimum prices for an intermediate product is capable of effecting intro community trade , even if there is no trading in that intermediate product between members of state , that the product constitutes the raw material of another project marketing elsewhere |
| 27 | Although this is at the bottom of the main menu , it is the first option that you need to select before you can begin to use the program for any serious work . |
| 28 | It is the first letter that I have had here in a year … ’ |
| 29 | The Open University is notable for being a nonresidential university , providing tuition by correspondence and though special television and radio progams ; it is the only university that required no formal academic qualifications in order to enroll . |
| 30 | Saturday was not a suitable day as it is the only day that teachers can go shopping and can see to other family matters . |