Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] be the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But apart from the United States she was the only non-European state which could claim anything like this status . |
| 2 | The knocked-down kit with options costs £20,640 ( as opposed to £19,252 for the almost-built version quoted in the back of this magazine ) , but because of its rare nature and the fact that Caterham itself is the sole official sales outlet , gaining an accurate reflection of the car 's true worth is by no means an easy process . |
| 3 | The Chief Officer said quite clearly last er last time that the decisions were decisions for members and members came up with a view last time that we should not remove that whole time crew from St Albans which was the one firm decision that was made at the last meeting and what Councillor is now suggesting that we should take out those twenty eight whole time fire fighters and then try and give us ten back if we 're lucky . |
| 4 | But with Alan there was the dreadful yawning pit of caring in the way . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the current pupil-teacher ratio ; what the comparable figures were in May 1979 ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 6 | And Keith Cameron who 's the chief driving examiner of the D S A , welcomed the decision . |
| 7 | Then Lady Walters and Miss Rosamond Wynn-Pope who is the indefatigable honorary organiser , and has run this ball so efficiently for the past fifteen years , drew the winning tickets for the raffle . |
| 8 | By the time the army reached Middenheim it was the largest single force in the history of the Empire , and Magnus had to divide his troops into two forces as no one place could provide enough food and water to support the entire army . |
| 9 | By the time the army reached Middenheim it was the largest single army in the history of the Empire and Magnus was forced to divide his host in two as no one place could provide enough food and water to support it . |
| 10 | Yeah , erm When I bought the shop in in nineteen sixty -six in Caldmore we were the only coloured people , as far as I can remember . |
| 11 | In Sweden there was the 1902 general strike for manhood suffrage and in Germany , during a period of anarchist violence , the 1904 Crimmitschau strike had a critical influence on employers and accelerated the trend towards their organisation ( Puysegur , 1951 ) . |
| 12 | And if you want to meet the man himself , well on Sunday it 's the nineteen ninety three pooh sticks championships , and he 'll be there . |
| 13 | And following touchdowns by Denis Betts and Shaun Edwards it was the dramatic try-scoring thrust of Martin Offiah that brought the 8,261 crowd to their feet . |
| 14 | Right , let's go on a bit further , so we 've just done concussion , compression er the next one is an illness , epilepsy now epilepsy , two types , you get the petit mal which is the small fit and the grand mal which is the erm large fit or the full , full fit . |
| 15 | The first was the introduction of the Apple Macintosh which was the first personal computer to be based entirely on a graphical interface as opposed to the more conventional character-at-a-time systems . |
| 16 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 17 | ‘ Apart from Minch he 's the only living thing can quieten Slorne in the autumn when the migrations start . |
| 18 | After Callanish it was the local archaeological buff who was thrilled to see JTR 's drawing of the famous stones . |
| 19 | Melot 's Arab spy was engaged to guide everyone to the Wadi Fetilia which was the only practical route down the escarpment on to the coastal plain . |