Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( A favourite way of disposing of demons is the same trick as is used to deal with miracles : assign them to the New Testament era , where they can do no harm or cause any embarrassment . ) |
| 2 | In two further cases the role intention plays is the same sort of interpretative role which it can so easily assume in legacies : to consider what meaning the testator attached to the words he used ; or what his intention was in imposing a modality on a disposition . |
| 3 | The Chairman of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs is the former Cabinet Minister the Right Honourable David Howell ( Member for Guildford ) . |
| 4 | For instance , the college day for life preparation students is the same length as for other students . |
| 5 | Rommetveit argues that the sentence is not necessarily self-contradictory even if the individual referred to by the two nominal expressions is the same individual . |