Example sentences of "is [art] [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well what I want is the black and the cerise |
| 2 | The gift is the largest since the gallery 's founding in 1832 . |
| 3 | The sadness is the greater as the Act comes at a time when the accumulated wisdom from attempts to improve schools was establishing a consensus on how schools might more effectively meet the needs of all pupils . |
| 4 | In a movie you 've got to have good and bad : in Backdraft the fire brigade is the good and the fire is the bad it even has a kind of growling sound . ’ |
| 5 | Poole is the closest that the diocese gets to a city ( Salisbury itself , though technically a city , retains the air of a comfortable market town ) but it is really a string of suburbs — suburbs in which thrive those evangelical and charismatic parishes that are so alarming to the decent Dorset traditionalist . |
| 6 | The fine , imposed by International Cricket Council match referee Raman Subba Row , is the biggest since the code of conduct was introduced a year ago . |
| 7 | The present issue is the 36th and the rate is 8.5 p.c. tax free with a maximum holding of £10,000 . |
| 8 | Corporation tax is based on an imputation system , which means that in most cases the liability to corporation tax is the same whether the firm pays dividends or not , and that shareholders do not face double taxation on their dividends . |
| 9 | In addition , one can not see how the imposition of a charge which is the same whether the journey is one station down the line , or from Inverness to Plymouth , can be considered fair and reasonable within the confines of any Charter . |
| 10 | Superficially , the approach is the same whether the remedy is contained in conditions of sale or conditions of purchase , and in many cases the wording of the remedies may be very similar indeed . |
| 11 | Diagnosis is the same whether the doctor is homoeopathic or orthodox , but the homoeopathic doctor has the advantage of not needing a diagnosis before treatment begins , since it is the patient rather than the disease for whom the prescription is made . |
| 12 | Where the property of A is mixed with that of B which is of substantially the same nature and quality and they can not practicably be separated ( grain in a bin , oil in a tank ) the mixture is owned in common in proportion to the quantity contributed by each and the law is the same whether the mixing is wrongful or by consent . |
| 13 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that , under the current rules for SERPS , there is a cut-off in the amount which is the same as the cut-off for the earnings limit ? |
| 14 | The origin of the family is therefore the same as the origin of private property , and the origin of the family is the same as the origin of the subordination and exploitation of women . |
| 15 | This " instruction " for how to use a colon is the same as the instruction for how to use a semicolon . |
| 16 | The Secretary of State was being totally disingenuous because , if the cancellation cost of the fourth boat is the same as the cost of cancelling the first boat would have been , it would be cheaper to build the thing — so saving on the unemployment benefit that would otherwise be payable to the constituents of the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness ( Mr. Franks ) — and not deploy it . |
| 17 | The first point to note is that , whatever their growth rates , all firms generate the same total rate of return on assets of 15 per cent , and that this is the same as the cost of capital or discount rate . |
| 18 | Consider a polymer chain consisting of r covalently bonded segments whose size is the same as the solvent molecules , i.e. where V 1 is the molar volume of component i . |
| 19 | Additionally , for all random access media items , a directory must be created on the media item which is the same as the name of the LIFESPAN process directory . |
| 20 | This is the same as the peak field-aligned velocity of the D-shaped distributions of the accelerated magnetosheath ions at the magnetopause , as both predicted theoretically and , recently , observed r24–26 . |
| 21 | Note also that maximising is the same as the minimising . |
| 22 | As the interest rate on the loan is the same as the discount rate , the net present value cost of buying the asset through borrowing is £10,000 . |
| 23 | It is no accident that the Greek word for ‘ person ’ is the same as the word for ‘ atom ’ . |
| 24 | The spot yield for a particular term to maturity is the same as the yield on a zero-coupon bond of the same maturity ( hence the alternative name ) . |
| 25 | I decide , I I choose , I will come , I will receive it , but the actual giving of that life , t is the same as the giving of the life to that babe , it was no choice of it , it was no , did n't i , was n't determined by it 's own will . |
| 26 | Furthermore , Ford 's new Price Protection plan means that the price you pay is the same as the price on your order , as long as you are prepared to accept delivery within three months and , in any event , as soon as your car is available . |
| 27 | And the quantity of goods which he produces will be such that the marginal cost of production is the same as the price of the product . |
| 28 | The Guide Promise is the same as the Brownie Promise , however their Motto and Law are different . |
| 29 | The seventh-century chronicler Fredegar thought that they were given lands by the Gallo-Roman aristocracy , who thereby gained tax exemption in the days of Valentinian I. It may be that this information actually relates to the reign of Valentinian III , and therefore that it is the same as the grant of Sapaudia , but this is by no means certain . |
| 30 | So if the story is correct , the writer of the music for the National Anthem is the same as the composer of the music for Sally In Our Alley . |