Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I accept that there is a good case for including magistrates er trailing clouds of glory as it were from Tudor times when the Justice of the Peace was local government and then historically through their membership standing joint committees , but I still find it hard to accept , and here with great regret I do differ both from the Noble Lord , Lord and the Noble Viscount , Lord , I is the part of the central government er to make at least five appointments for each authority somewhere between two hundred or three hundred appointments direct ? |
| 2 | His is the art of picture composition , and , such , his efforts are as invaluable to a production as that of his two other creative peers . |
| 3 | His is the monolith of granite , in memory of the victims of World War I and the tenth anniversary of the Republic in 1928 . |
| 4 | The hedonist has a privileged place in ethics ; his is the case which stands if every other falls . |
| 5 | His is the name that will sell The Miser , the Moliere comedy in which he 's travelling the country . |
| 6 | His is the priority over everything , and in him all things hold together . ’ |
| 7 | His is the sort of pedigree which has produced figures who have risen to the top of public life for generations . |
| 8 | I his is the sort of individual who is eventually invited to become a board master and the system engenders a wonderful sense of anticipation , as you progress up the board towards the prime positions ; when you are going to have your special day , on your favourite loch . |
| 9 | He runs the Government , oversees the Civil Service , the Armed Forces , the Security Services and , ultimately , his is the hand on the nuclear trigger . |
| 10 | John Samuel at Park City , Utah , on the opening races of the new season Cannons put smile on Willi 's Face ‘ T HIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains . |
| 11 | Yours is the skin most at risk from sunburn , premature ageing and skin cancer , and you need the strongest protection . |
| 12 | ‘ We all have our gifts , and yours is The Brain , Hilary , ’ her mother had told her firmly , guiding her away from dates and dances and the like . |
| 13 | Yours is the clear-sighted , undeceived vision of the ancients , who knew life for what it is and men for what they are , and did not flinch from that knowledge . |
| 14 | If yours is the kind of garden that is attractive to hedgehogs — lots of cover , plenty of natural food and close to other good habitats — then you could well find your offer of a house taken up this winter . |
| 15 | ‘ Yours is the shame , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Yours is the Star Letter as it is very helpful for readers to have an independent and ‘ amateur ’ view of a new product but also , we ca n't bear to think of you missing your magazine . |
| 17 | Her island trip that year was to Pa/1ros , perhaps the most successful that she ever made : -it is the setting of her story ‘ In a Different Light ’ . |
| 18 | An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on . |
| 19 | All claim that they are not writing for clever people but this does not mean that theirs is the voice of a simple , unlettered piety . |
| 20 | Asked in February 1987 what he had to say about the conclusions of the Tower Report , the first detailed inquiry into the affair , he referred reporters to ‘ the eighth Beatitude of Matthew 5 ’ : ‘ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness ' sake , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . ’ |
| 21 | And he opened his mouth and taught them , saying , Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 22 | Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness , sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 23 | for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 24 | for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 25 | Theirs is the sort of Muddled thinking we could all use . |
| 26 | Theirs is the sort of dynasty that in some small corners of the world forms dictatorships of terror . |
| 27 | Theirs is the party of big business , yet the Cabinet , littered with all these people with all their business acumen , is making Britain bankrupt because of Ministers ' desire to shut pits . |
| 28 | in Europe , and that theirs is the party of Europe . |
| 29 | ‘ All Ah 'm askin' from ye is the man 's present whereabouts . ’ |
| 30 | Now she 's been thrown over by Leinster she 's the Marchioness of Rossmayne again . |