Example sentences of "is that [prep] [art] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The architecture is that of a thousand prep-schools ; just as at a boarding school , authority seems at the same time ludicrous , arbitrary , and deadly serious .
2 A desirable state is that of the two energies in balance , and the best site is located where there is a change from landscape expressing one type of energy to landscape expressing the other .
3 … the complete Union of the two countries is stamped and sealed in the most satisfactory and solid manner for it is not only a union of the two governments — the two sovereigns — it is that of the two nations !
4 One can not compare exactly the customs accounts from the two ports , because those for London ending in 1460 conclude at the end of July instead of the normal date of Michaelmas , so the second period employed in the comparison is that of the eleven years 1450–61 .
5 My chosen character is that of the three witches from Macbeth , a tragedy by Shakespeare .
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