Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [is] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often that money is the best investment a company can make . |
| 2 | Yes I do n't agree with the poor safety record , in in in my view and I think it 's supported by fact that rail is the safest way to travel anywhere any time . |
| 3 | Freud notes that mose is the Egyptian word for child . |
| 4 | This at once indicates that hydrogen is the dominant constituent of the whole of Jupiter . |
| 5 | Nor is there reason to suppose that teaching is the only occupation ( though it may well be the most important numerically ) for which a group of related studies including this one , is an indispensable foundation . |
| 6 | The optimum dose individual for each case is the smallest amount needed for a gentle but certain remedial effect . |
| 7 | The answer in each case is the Holy Spirit . |
| 8 | Assistant bar manager Sarah , 21 , said : ‘ I was always taught that honesty is the best policy . ’ |
| 9 | Generally , I would agree that honesty is the best policy , but there are times in a marriage when it is better to keep things to yourself and this is one of them . |
| 10 | Generally , I would agree that honesty is the best policy , but there are times in a marriage when it is better to keep things to yourself and this is one of them . |
| 11 | Getting rid of that backlog is the Holy Grail of programming ; not surprisingly , New World is occupying more of Softwright 's time . |
| 12 | This technique allows the salesperson to remind the buyer of the main points in the sales argument in a manner which implies that the moment for decision has come and that buying is the natural extension of the proceedings . |
| 13 | Ancient Egypt has been called the infancy of the soul , but coupled with that innocence is the terrible knowledge of death . |
| 14 | Exceptions occur when a position is so specialised or obscure that search is the only way ; but by the laws of demand and supply , such jobs as these usually attract high salaries in any case . |
| 15 | You have seen that there exists convincing evidence that the Jovian interior is hot and that convection is the dominant mode of heat transport outwards . |
| 16 | The submerged fringe of each continent is the continental shelf , which may be a thousand or more kilometres in width ( as it is to the south of Madagascar ) or have a width of practically zero ( as around parts of the Philippines ) . |
| 17 | I 'm sure you feel as I do that openness is the best policy in these affairs . |
| 18 | On this account the positive part of that conception is the huge mass of the iceberg that lies beneath the surface of legal practice . |
| 19 | Finally , we suppose that labour is the variable factor of production and that workers like equally the non-monetary aspects of jobs in the films and meals industries . |
| 20 | One reason for this change is the greater competition among banks and the more aggressive lending policies that ensue . |
| 21 | A major factor influencing this change is the projected trend in CO2 emissions . |
| 22 | The very simplest example of this kind is the binary chopper , presented in Chapter 1 , which finds a root of a polynomial . |
| 23 | Perhaps more significant than evidence of this kind is the simple fact that Jesus , on a number of crucial occasions in the Gospels , acts like a king , and does so quite deliberately . |
| 24 | One of the best examples of this kind is the sharp contrast between Wemmick 's home and work life which he insists on keeping secret and apart . |
| 25 | an education of this kind is the greatest benefit which could be conferred upon any citizen of a great state , and … the common right to it , the common discipline and enjoyment of it , the common possession of the tastes and association connected with it , would form a new element of national unity , linking together the mental life of all classes by experiences which have hitherto been the privilege of a limited section . |
| 26 | The best-known difficulty of this kind is the apparent EModE merger of ME ‘ open ’ /Ε : / ( the meat class ) with ME /a : / ( the mate class ) , followed by apparent reversal of merger and subsequent merger of the MEAT class with ME close /e : / ( the meet class ) . |
| 27 | The only factor which determines the position and slope of this function is the short-run production function . |
| 28 | The main problem for this index is the considerable delay before publication . |
| 29 | Included in this mailing is the National Trust catalogue for 1990 – 91 with its gift ideas for Christmas , birthdays and other special occasions . |
| 30 | This level is the articulatory representation of the sentence : a set of instructions from the speech musculature which , when followed , cause the sentence to be spoken . |