Example sentences of "is [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I want is the best government for Rhodesia . ’ |
| 2 | The Christmas Fair is the best way of marketing we do but it 's limited . |
| 3 | There are also strong arguments , however , to suggest that a more pluralistic decision-making process is the best way for society and organisations to operate . |
| 4 | ‘ I think that is the best way for England to play . |
| 5 | ‘ Durham County Council and Labour know that it is the best way for children to start their educational life . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Durham County Council and Labour know that it is the best way for children to start their educational life , ’ he said . |
| 7 | That is the best way to back Britain and British industry . |
| 8 | This is the best kind of cookery writing . |
| 9 | Pleasure is the best test of writing , or as Auden said , the least fallible . |
| 10 | A crisis is the best test of strength you 'll ever have |
| 11 | Today 's main route follows what in my view is the best route of ascent in the Lake District , and appropriately enough , it is to the top of Scafell Pike , England 's highest peak . |
| 12 | This is the best preparation in terms of motivation and self-confidence . ’ |
| 13 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 14 | Obviously , this last stage should n't involve too much repetition : if you 've already identified the reasons why this is the best course of action you do n't have to repeat them all over again . |
| 15 | Speech is the best medium of communication in many situations . |
| 16 | This is the best poem by Owen that I have ever read . |
| 17 | This is the best measure of fitness , since it expresses the greatest rate at which an individual can exert himself . |
| 18 | Project English recognizes that a grammar system is the best foundation of language learning . |
| 19 | Pubs and eating places : For my money the Dove and Olive Branch bar , part of the Wordsworth hotel , is the best bar in Grasmere . |
| 20 | I believe that Mark Hall is the best school in Harlow |
| 21 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 22 | Wire netting is the best defence against rabbits and squirrels , which will chew through plastic netting to plunder fruit crops . |
| 23 | It is the best choice for tourers and cross-country enthusiasts because of the kicking heel-raise which can be accentuated to help with climbing on skins and increase elan when gliding across flat sections . |
| 24 | Caroline 's comment : Faith is right to think that breast or formula milk is the best choice for Jake until he 's a year old although cow 's milk can be given from six months . |
| 25 | If 2 had been going to choose A , she would work out that 1 would plan to choose B , in which case she would change her planned action to whatever is the best response to B , so falsifying the initial assumption that she would choose A. Thus 1 can not persist in believing 2 will choose A if he knows that she is as rational and well-informed as he is . |
| 26 | In the economic sphere we know that the free market is the best guarantee of responsiveness to choice and change . |
| 27 | The Government believe that competition is the best guarantee of efficiency . |
| 28 | ‘ But surely , ’ I came back , rather pleased with myself , ‘ a prosaic mind is the best judge of prose ? ’ |
| 29 | Product E is the best performer in terms of growth , showing 80% + in both markets . |
| 30 | In six patients , however , HBV-DNA disappeared from the serum but quickly reappeared after discontinuation of therapy , indicating that persistent absence of HBeAg is the best indicator for termination of the viral replicating phase . |