Example sentences of "[is] the [det] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In form at Middlesbrough at the moment is the former Sheffield dog , Batley Ranger , now with trainer Ronnie Chambers . |
| 2 | This is the former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle 's much-cherished parity run amok . |
| 3 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 4 | Most interesting warbird is the Sea Fury G-BUCM : this is the former RAF Museum example VX653 , and has been acquired by the Fighter Collection at Duxford in exchange for work carried out by them on the Museum 's Hawker Tempest II . |
| 5 | The Vale of Rheidol depot is the former BR standard gauge shed and has three roads . |
| 6 | Is the same Roger that was on the erm ? |
| 7 | It is the same Dylan Kerr , and local guys here , who watch Reading are raving about him . |
| 8 | About erm eighteen months , two years ago a report was published , the Cockroft Report , this is the same Sir Wilfred Cockroft who 's chairing the Examination erm Council , which looked into the teaching of mathematics at all level in the country and it was an extremely good report and a lot has followed from it . |
| 9 | It is the same Brian Thomas Jackson who in May 1990 was described by a Crown Court judge as ‘ quite plainly a thoroughly dishonest and unscrupulous motor trader . ’ |
| 10 | It is the same Brian Thomas Jackson who in 1982 was refused a credit broker 's licence because of previous convictions for dishonest dealing . |
| 11 | Quite possibly this is the same Mr Fox . |
| 12 | But it 's the same Thames estuary country , not all marsh , some of it quite good land , but criss-crossed by creeks and swatchways , and interspersed with saltings . |