Example sentences of "[noun prp] be the [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Pikedaw Hill is the now covered shaft of a calamine mine where men descended deep into the earth to dig out zinc bearings , a memorial to the fact that Malhamdale was once a very industrialised valley . |
| 2 | The pride of Patrington is the nationally known St Patrick 's church , often said to be the most beautiful parish church in England , and locally known as ‘ the Queen of Holderness ’ . |
| 3 | Orton was the longest serving prisoner of conscience in Africa . |
| 4 | Recently retired DCC Michael McAtamney was the longest serving police officer in the UK with 45 years service . |
| 5 | Among the 360 objects coming to Canada are the remarkably preserved gold , pottery and armour from the tomb of Philip of Macedon , usually displayed in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki , the capital of the northern-most region of Greece , Macedonia , and the city scheduled to be the European Cultural Capital in 1997 . |
| 6 | The other major location for modernizing plants in North Shields is the privately owned Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate . |
| 7 | Richard Hassan is the longest serving member , with twenty eight years to his credit . |
| 8 | ALL THAT REMAINS of the palace begun by Canute is the much renovated hall built by William Rufus in 1097 , in which Charles I was tried and condemned , and the splendid fan-vaulted crypt below . |
| 9 | Miranda was the prominently displayed figurehead of the SUPPLYKITS flotation . |
| 10 | The magnificent theatre at Aspendos is the best preserved example of antiquity . |
| 11 | Bishop Auckland are the best known team of all , of course , but they 're now in Another League and doing badly . |
| 12 | This expression covers emotivism , of which C.L. Stevenson and A.J. Ayer are the best known exponents , and the prescriptivism of R.M. Hare . |
| 13 | and we ’ ll be previewing the grand prix season in four weeks time … now next week the Oxford playhouse stages one of the sporting mismatches of the year … and cast in the unlikely role of trainer or coach is Alan Ayckbourn who after Shakespeare is the most performed playwrite of all time … the name of the game is a production about rowing called One Over the Eight which has been playing to packed houses in Scarborough |
| 14 | Mr Billy Baker is the longest serving Engine Driver , having started in the Depot in 1948 as a fireman on the old steam engines , becoming a Driver when the diesel locomotives were introduced into Donnington . |
| 15 | Today , Mr Garner is the longest serving board member , and the only one to see TI through both recessions . |
| 16 | Former Stressholme professional Fred Thorpe is the newly appointed pro at Romanby , whose 200-acre sites takes advantage of the natural features of the River Whiske as well as the construction of two man-made lakes which will give the course added character . |
| 17 | Lenny McLean was the best known bouncer in London . |
| 18 | On Kenya 's border with Tanzania are the internationally known Serengeti and Maasai Mara reserves , where the annual migration of millions of wildebeeste and zebras to warmer northern parts forms a wondrous spectacle straight out of the pages of ‘ Out of Africa ’ . |
| 19 | ( WABI is the just announced SunSelect product for running Windows applications on Unix that is expected to receive widespread industry support as a cudgel against Microsoft 's perceived monopolistic ambitions . ) |