Example sentences of "[pron] is the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His is the only post-war body of symphonic and chamber music to achieve genuine popularity . |
| 2 | His is the only war grave in the churchyard adjoining the 11th century church at Colleville-sur-Mer . |
| 3 | Out of all the many hundreds of 16th- and 17th-century wills that I have studied , his is the only one to include a reference to its writer 's age : its intimation that on 15 November 1622 he was in his 80th year allows 1992 or 1993 to be marked as the 450th anniversary of his birth . |
| 4 | His is the central role . |
| 5 | His is the great name in Béarn , as the local king who became king of all France . |
| 6 | Lawson comes over as smug and arrogant , yet his is the best book yet to emerge from inside the Thatcher years . |
| 7 | As we decided earlier , Tagan will join us for his is the best woodcraft in the Dale ; and Luib has agreed to come . |
| 8 | He respects the oral tradition , and earns her respect in consequence : ‘ Not for Moorcock the painful , infrequent excretion of dry little novels like so many rabbit pellets ; his is the grand , messy flux itself … ’ |
| 9 | His is the remarkable story of a young man with hardly any academic ability . |
| 10 | Likewise , in He 's meeting his teacher , his would be translated by the appropriate case form of svojlsvoja provided the referent of his is the same as the referent of he ; otherwise the pronoun used is jego . |
| 11 | His is the fourth UN mission which has failed to find a way out of the crisis . |
| 12 | His is the magnificent portal with the two eagles — the crest of the Kolowrat family , the original owners of the palace — and the statues of Jupiter and Juno . |
| 13 | If the purchaser is to try to ensure that his is the last counter-offer , so that it will be accepted by the conduct of the seller , the device of sending back another acknowledgement does not work well in practice . |
| 14 | Whether it 's fish in Southern India or tripe in Northern England , the need to place ourselves is the same . |
| 15 | If yours is the first winning entry out of the hat then we 'll be in touch right away . |
| 16 | Total amount missing is close on fifteen grand and yours is the first to turn up . ’ |
| 17 | Yours is the twentieth of September in n it ? |
| 18 | Let me remind the cynics opposite that yours is the only Group on this Council which has voted against our proposals on disability . |
| 19 | Yours is the red one love ? |
| 20 | well and yours is the same look |
| 21 | With the fire button depressed you can rotate your gun by moving the joystick right and left , giving 180° of blasting — make no mistake ; yours is the trickier of the two craft . |
| 22 | Yours is the yellow one . |
| 23 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |
| 24 | To listen to someone is the greatest compliment you can pay . |
| 25 | The Office Fédéral de la Culture , which is the nearest equivalent in Switzerland to a Ministry of Culture or an Arts Council , has just presented a report to the Swiss government , calling for new legislation controlling the import and export of works of art , and encouraging the authorities to sign the 1970 UNESCO convention . |
| 26 | The appeal was set down at Bristol , which is the nearest High Court centre where family business is taken but there was no High Court judge then sitting at Bristol , or indeed anywhere else on the Western Circuit . |
| 27 | There is one ear on each side of the thorax , and each has a simple structure ; two nerves connect each ear with the thoracic ganglion ( which is the nearest mini-brain ) . |
| 28 | ‘ Excuse me , ’ she said , ‘ but would you know which is the nearest big police station in this area ? ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes when I try to ’ escape ’ from the South African situation by travelling to Lesotho , which is the nearest neighbouring country . |
| 30 | Yeah what which is the nearest one to a Conservative Club ? |