Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | An early masterpiece of his is a lovely cup-tondo ( fig. 98 ) with the boy These us in Amphitrite 's underwater palace , Athena assisting . |
2 | In that his is a daily paper , and that Fiji is quite close to the Date Line , probably he is technically correct . |
3 | His is a forlorn campaign , however , and he has little hope of success . |
4 | His is a Christian vision ( he converted to Catholicism in his teens ) , and his poetry is a continuous celebration of the world in all its multifariousness . |
5 | God is infinitely potential : his is a dynamic power , from which an infinite set of new and different values can always arise . |
6 | T his is a true waste of resources . |
7 | His is the only post-war body of symphonic and chamber music to achieve genuine popularity . |
8 | His is the only war grave in the churchyard adjoining the 11th century church at Colleville-sur-Mer . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | His is the central role . |
11 | His is the great name in Béarn , as the local king who became king of all France . |
12 | 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 … ’ |
13 | His is the remarkable story of a young man with hardly any academic ability . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | However , recent scientific examination by an international team of scientists suggests that his is an early copy of the original now lost . |
16 | It could well be asked if his is an Orthodox fiction . |
17 | His is an angry , radical critique of the changes taking place , arguing that market ideology has pervaded the Scottish universities to the extent that their work has lost its breadth , its pace , its ability to question and its identity . |
18 | His is an uncompromising view , but the breadth of his scholarship and the skilful mix of historical fact , conviction and style make this an absorbing book . |
19 | Well , I ca n't say as I blame her because if I were a woman , I would n't like your paws on me either … and that wife of yours is no ordinary woman either . |
20 | For instance , if yours is a worldwide practice , and the person leaving has contacts with clients in many countries , it may be reasonable for the clause to extend throughout the world . |
21 | Yours is a low band , |
22 | Yeah but I mean yours is a big school now is n't it ? |
23 | You may not believe it , but yours is a privileged generation , For your grandparents , sex was a taboo subject , enclosed by walls of " Thou shall nots ' and compounded by ignorance . |
24 | But whether yours is a local area network or a global one , your problem is the same . |
25 | This is an especially good way to work if yours is a basic machine without a ribber and you have decided to work the ribs by hand . |
26 | Shared nannies are becoming more popular and other children can provide stimulation and company if yours is an only child . |
27 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |
28 | Let me remind the cynics opposite that yours is the only Group on this Council which has voted against our proposals on disability . |
29 | Yours is the red one love ? |
30 | Yours is the yellow one . |