Example sentences of "[pron] is the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , and most of what follows , is regulated by the Representation of the People Acts , the most important by far of which is the 1983 Act , ( ‘ the 1983 Act ’ hereafter ) . |
| 2 | That remains true : and the recent past , which is the one period open to direct study through life story testimony , is the least subject to research by either historians or sociologists because it falls uneasily between their concerns . |
| 3 | Erm now potentially , if you totted up , and there 's also the data integrity the other reports , which is the sixty K overspend we talked about , now the question is do we spend that , do we spend that this year , what do we do ? |
| 4 | The 1st Battalion is part of the 3rd Armoured Division , Which is the 1 st British Corps ' reserve division . |
| 5 | Er you 'll see further on in the presentation , the product we produce at , which is the ten litre and the fourteen litre engine . |
| 6 | Terry Long was always a welcome visitor to Selhurst Park , but it was an enormous pleasure to everyone connected with Crystal Palace when he agreed to make a public return here in October 1984 to give recognition to Jim Cannon , who is the one man to have played more games for us than Terry himself did . |
| 7 | One is the thirds rule . |
| 8 | There is the one spelling mistake , but you 're definitely improving … |
| 9 | First of all there is the 280 kilometre run between Dole and St Gervais , just below Mont Blanc . |
| 10 | For arbitrations there is the 1958 New York Convention , incorporated as part of English law by the Arbitration Act 1975 . |
| 11 | It is the 1919 version which is most often played , and it offers a beautiful synopsis of ‘ The Firebird 's ’ magical music . |
| 12 | It is the one approach that can maintain and improve America 's competitive performance — and America 's standard of living — over the long haul . |
| 13 | It is the one order that allows full scope for realizing the three main aims of life , kāma ( love ) , artha ( wealth ) , and dharma ( duty or righteousness ) . |
| 14 | It is the one subject which for an Englishman has the claim of universality . |
| 15 | From Bethlehem at the beginning of his Gospel to Rome at the end of Acts it is the one Spirit active throughout : first showing us the nature of that messianic salvation brought by Jesus , and then showing us how it was spread . |
| 16 | But it is the one part of the European Community 's I 992 single-market programme that stirs real passions . |
| 17 | It is the one anxiety Marje Proops will carry with her to the grave . |
| 18 | And whenever I teach Adult Education , it is the one novel I can count on to stir the most sluggish class into enthusiasm , to question their own racial attitudes , to move the least enlightened man to a twitch of shame and the most reactionary to a glimpse of new possibilities . |
| 19 | There is another leitmotif in this funny , happy ballet , the precious red umbrella , Alain 's only love — or so it would seem — for it is the one thing he clings to and simply has to find when he has lost Lise . |
| 20 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 21 | It is the one place where I can remain private and uninterrupted . |
| 22 | The proof of this statement is so simple and elegant that it is the one piece of mathematics I have permitted myself in this book . |
| 23 | Indeed , in so far as knowing the ‘ cause ’ would restrict our reading of the poems , it is the one piece of information we can probably do without . ’ |
| 24 | In A Heritage and its History ( 1959 , Julia , the mistress of the house , acknowledges its traditional sanctities : ‘ It is the one house I know where the present has not ousted the past . |
| 25 | In many cases we speak of a given condition as cause and it is the one action or piece of behaviour involved , something to which responsibility attaches . |
| 26 | In the final analysis , it is the two Houses of the Westminster Parliament which must judge whether or not this criterion is met . |
| 27 | It is the two ants creeping along the Ephel Dúath who are going to change reality . |
| 28 | ‘ However this will not be the case if you no longer live in the property where you previously paid rates because it is the 1989–90 rates of the property where you now live which is used to calculate any reduction . |
| 29 | But it is the 50 metres high Grande Face which provides most of the best climbing , and the central part , with its three clearly defined changes of angle , must be unique . |
| 30 | Will he take this opportunity to confirm that it is the three strands that will form the basis of any future talks , and that against that background there will always be the Anglo-Irish Agreement , until the two Governments feel that they have something that transcends it ? |