Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [is] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Another part of the proposals which worries me is the Scottish Office taking responsibility for more of the main roads .
2 ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’
3 You wo n't know it 's the real thing unless you ( and she ) still feel the same in , oh , a year or so at least ; that 's the only way to prove you are n't living a dragonfly mistake .
4 ‘ Do n't know about that , but I do know it 's the only good look I 'm going to get for months so I 'm making the most of it . ’
5 ‘ Did you know it 's the biggest bank in the United States ? ’
6 A lot of things that I 'd still do here if , if I could whip up some enthusiasm if my husband would , I ca n't , he was a bricklayer , sub contractor and they have knocked this kitchen out about three times since they 've been there , and the last , this last effort , I think they 've put imitation beams in , I have n't seen it , but we think they have and er , oh it 's , you would n't know it 's the same house at all , you would n't know it
7 I do n't know he 's the same s in South Ronaldsay or not would he be different s ?
8 ‘ Anyone who uses the East-Coast mainline will recognise it is the biggest investment since the steam age . ’
9 THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world .
10 Its admirers say it is the consummate manager .
11 Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden .
12 ‘ I have no rich things to give but I will take my black bread for they say it is the best in the whole world . ’
13 There really is something to celebrate as the new hospital opens — its consultants say it is the best in the country — with a standard of care and treatment equalling that in private hospitals combined with the facilities to continue pioneering research into skin disease .
14 Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared .
15 ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated .
16 Education officials in Milton Keynes say it is the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls .
17 That 's right , just say it 's the thirty one one ninety four .
18 They say it 's the final straw in a two month saga of staff sickness and lack of supply teachers which has meant vital gaps in their children 's schooling .
19 Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less .
20 Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way .
21 Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber
22 ‘ I never say it 's the best car in the world , ’ he replied , ’ but I believe we are the best at making a car in our class .
23 A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for .
24 They say it 's the one lollipop goes up .
25 They say it 's the only way to save nearly forty jobs .
26 But others say it 's the only way to avoid accusations of a whitewash .
27 Student leaders say it 's the only way they can fight for their rights .
28 Shock tactics.Parents of drink-drive victim say it 's the only way .
29 It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique .
30 It 'll cost a hundred and forty thousand pounds to build but some locals say it 's the wrong bridge in the wrong place
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