Example sentences of "[noun prp] is 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 The other major location for modernizing plants in North Shields is the privately owned Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate .
4 Richard Hassan is the longest serving member , with twenty eight years to his credit .
5 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 .
6 The magnificent theatre at Aspendos is the best preserved example of antiquity .
7 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
8 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 .
9 Today , Mr Garner is the longest serving board member , and the only one to see TI through both recessions .
10 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 .
11 ( 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 . )
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