Example sentences of "[noun prp] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spencer was the leading advocate of this view on the MFGB executive , persistently advocating greater district autonomy and full membership balloting . |
| 2 | Deciding they had n't spent enough time talking to industrialists ( Marks and Spencer was the favoured analogy ) , she killed it off in 1983 . |
| 3 | Whitsuntide was the traditional time for wearing new clothes and the little girls were all smart in their prettiest dresses , mostly white , with ribbons and flowers in their hair . |
| 4 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |
| 5 | The sheets seemed as heavy as blankets and Flit was the only thing that prevented the mosquitoes descending on us like vultures . |
| 6 | Portugal was the original target for our fortnight 's holiday at the beginning of September , but Lisbon seemed a bit far , so we settled on Galicia , the north-western tip of Spain , and northern Portugal . |
| 7 | He knew that Marie was the perfect scapegoat . |
| 8 | Rabbani was the sole candidate for the post . |
| 9 | One of the contests on Tuesday was the primary election for Illinois 's next governor . |
| 10 | The jackal as Wepwawet was the local god of Asyut , but also a god of cemeteries , being associated generally with Anubis and more especially with the cult of Osiris at Abydos . |
| 11 | The evidence that Creevey was the natural son of Lord Molyneux , later first Earl of Sefton , is suggestive but not conclusive . |
| 12 | When Karen and I used to feast on each other 's bodies , Dennis was the unseen guest at the table . |
| 13 | Tour manager Terry Coyle tells me that Texas was the main downer , playing three nights in front of audiences which would look embarrassing even at the Camden Underworld . |
| 14 | One must never forget that the reality of the twentieth century is not the reality of the nineteenth century , not at all and Picasso was the only one in painting who felt it , the only one . |
| 15 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 16 | The report on page 13 of the April Journal erroneously stated that steve Hansen was the only english rugby supporter in Swansea . |
| 17 | As chairperson of the National Women 's Council and of the co-ordinating scientific bodies , Elena Ceauşescu was the dominant organizer of the regime 's pro-natalist policies . |
| 18 | Paisley was the evangelical preacher , embracing the religious and the political in his two careers and he was backed by the Protestant farmers . |
| 19 | Paisley was the sole DUP candidate and John Hume was the candidate for the SDLP , but the Official Unionists made the tactical mistake of fielding two candidates . |
| 20 | GOBSMACKED Gail Hill was the lucky winner of our Wizard of Oz luxury mini-break holiday in the last issue . |
| 21 | Gloucester MP Douglas French said when Gooding escaped that Coney Hill was the wrong place to keep him . |
| 22 | Cape Town and Durban recorded the highest " yes " majorities ; Pietersburg in the conservative northern Transvaal was the only one of the 15 regions to record a majority " no " vote . |
| 23 | Peter Dimmock was the genial presenter and a powerful expansionist force in BBC sport , heading a list of commentators which included such familiar names as Harry Carpenter , Kenneth Wolstenholme , Henry Longhurst , John Arlott , Brian Johnston , Peter West , and David Coleman among others . |
| 24 | Again , as in Straw Dogs , Dustin was the only American in the cast . |
| 25 | Bengal was the real source of wealth , and Calcutta the centre of its export trade . |
| 26 | In 1952 , Stevens argued that two inscriptions from Hadrian 's Wall , recording building operations by a levy from the Civitas Durotrigum Lendinienses , indicated a subdivision of the tribal territory , and that Ilchester was the obvious candidate for it– administrative centre , given its identification with the Lindinis of the Ravenna Cosmography . |
| 27 | Bill Mabbeley was the only one who could keep up with Jean . |
| 28 | The battle of Sentinum was the natural prelude to the battle of Pydna — or even to the destruction of Corinth and the Social War . |
| 29 | The name of Heryng is found in and around Halling ; in 1346 Richard de Hales of Cobham , proved his legitimacy and that his father was married to Agnes Heryng of Halling in Halling Church more than forty years before and had lived as man and wife for more than twenty five years and that Richard was the said child was born and recognised as son and heir . |
| 30 | De Vito treats Hoffa as a tragic American hero but , despite the possibilities of a Godfather-like plot , there is a hole at the centre of the film where scriptwriter David Mamet has failed to supply a reason why Hoffa was the exceptional man he undoubtedly was . |