Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pers pn] is the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to be saying that the Queen of Hell , separating from the Sacred Bride/Divine Mother , becoming the Boar , fusing with Adonis , transforming him to Tarquin , and then destroying the Sacred Bride/Divine Mother under the illusion that she is the Queen of Hell , is the perpetuum mobile of the Equation . ’ |
| 2 | Only the top three teams in the division have scored more goals than the Brockville side this season , but the fact that only Cowdenbeath have conceded more goals than them is the reason why relegation remains a distinct possibility . |
| 3 | Commentary … allows us to say something other than the text itself , but on condition that it is the text itself which is said , and in a sense completed . |
| 4 | These days the king goes out of his way to remind listeners that he is the senior representative of the Hashemites , ‘ the noblest family in Islam ’ and the traditional guardians of Mecca and Medina until they were thrown out by the al-Saud family in 1925 . |
| 5 | When you are born you are an uncivilised little savage with bad habits and no manners and it is the job of the GIANTS ( your parents and your teachers ) to train you and discipline you . |
| 6 | Th that for most of us would be very sad and it is your Association and it is the only substantial body that there 's representing you as individual sailor but is attempting to fight off that unnecessary legislation . |
| 7 | That may not be real but it was certainly my perception and it is the perception that counts . |
| 8 | She is the heroic Goddess who destroys all evil powers embodied as demons and She is the Goddess of victory . |
| 9 | In addition to increased acid secretion , duodenal ulcer patients are known to have increased pepsin secretion and it is the increased exposure to this combination of acid and pepsin which is likely to be injurious to the duodenal mucosa . |
| 10 | The unit of weight used in the metric system is called the gram and it is the exact weight of 1 cubic centimetre of pure water . |
| 11 | It is for the courts to construe those words and it is the court 's duty in so doing to give effect to the intention of Parliament in using those words . |
| 12 | Normally , a body is subject to judicial review if it is the creation of statute and performs public law duties . |
| 13 | These ‘ ideas , formed the basis for group action and it is the way in which these spontaneously evolve and are carried out that constitutes one of the most active elements of ‘ hanging about ’ … |
| 14 | However , I have made claims for the relation of this text to action and it is the final part of this book which bears the burden of substantiating that claim . |
| 15 | These two predominant activities are merely complemented by the club 's social side and it is the former which , in fact , brings together friends and acquaintances in pursuit of the latter . |
| 16 | The objectives represent the basis for defining the regions eligible for aid and it is the structurally backward , or Objective 1 regions , which receive the major share of the Structural Funds ( 77 per cent ) . |
| 17 | At £1,249 it costs around 50 per cent more than the Phoenix but it is the most powerful machine . |
| 18 | The rhetoric was always more extreme than the practice but it is the rhetoric which has persisted . |
| 19 | The distributor acts in a different capacity to that of an agent because he is the actual buyer and seller of the goods , whereas the agent works principally on commission . |
| 20 | Only facility IN answer to the letter from F. Kid ( May 26 ) regarding the closure of the William Roberts Centre , Norris Green , the people of this area are intent on fighting for the William Roberts because it is the only recreational facility that the area has . |
| 21 | At the same time one can have sympathy with those who devised the term because it is the tangential force per unit charge integrated over a closed path . |
| 22 | c ) Life-style : respondents in the single girl upper socioeconomic categories indicated that they achieved facial cleanliness with lotions and cotton wool because it is the only natural thing to use . |
| 23 | The agreement is something of a coup for the Belgian because it is the first instance of a Japanese computer company marketing Sequelink directly . |
| 24 | However , the vendors are likely to resist giving extensive warranties since it is the managers , not they , who have been involved in the day-to-day running of the company . |
| 25 | I ca n't make up my mind whether he is the kind of guy that would be tempted by that sort of dead end job or not . |
| 26 | The debate should not endlessly be about tactics , it becomes self-defeating to go on and on and on wrangling about tactics when it is the motivation behind those tactics that holds the key . |
| 27 | Walters observes : ‘ unfortunately , it is so often the case that it is the painful , extreme , and perhaps rare effects of punishment that are stressed while the ‘ thorns and little shocks ’ that occur day in and day out which may ceaselessly , slowly and effectively change our habits and , indeed , our destinies are ignored . ’ |
| 28 | It is of course the case that it is the speech of the first set whose language tends to be described in descriptions of the language ( grammars ) , since descriptions are typically written by middle-aged people who have spent long years reading written language . |
| 29 | It is surely no more the function of the judiciary to tell the GLC where the public interest lay in its spending of public money than it is the function of the judiciary to make similar judgments about spending by the Departments of the central government . |
| 30 | Personally I think that the answer is for manufacturers such as Olivetti to not pass the buck to the dealer using the excuse that it is the dealer who made the buck in the first place ! |