Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes for many months I was the only white person for hundreds of miles . |
| 2 | Winners They were the clever deal makers with an impeccable and infallible sense of timing |
| 3 | In herbivores it is the larvated egg which is passed out in the faeces but in other animals it is the hatched L1 . |
| 4 | But I have no doubts it was the right move for Newcastle and the right move for Mick . |
| 5 | We were in bed — probably the worst place , but when you 've got three kids it 's the only place you can talk . |
| 6 | The next time I open my eyes it is the following day . |
| 7 | The infant was at once created Prince of Wales , to indicate that in Jacobite eyes he was the real heir to the throne of England , and the Young Pretender was soon to become universally known as Bonnie Prince Charlie . |
| 8 | If we are above government guidelines it is the labour party 's fault and if indeed we are penalised in the future it is the labour party 's fault , none other and to the extent that you run the risk now by having this excess eleven percent budget over the er standing expenditure assessment er will once again unfortunately find you guilty in that regard . |
| 9 | The company where it once held over 20% of the equity , and its current desktop partner — as analyst Hesh Wiener comments , in mythology , the gods eat their children , in computers it 's the other way round . |
| 10 | But in his tax speeches he is the earnest bank manager , unable to speak succinctly and dramatically , to grip people who do not have his bean-counter Treasury mind . |
| 11 | There is absolutely nothing wrong with this at all , for many of the smaller companies it 's the only sensible way to go . |
| 12 | Funerals are very valuable politically , and then you usually get a kind of a shake down , you get some kind of group — in the Communist countries it 's the polit bureau . |
| 13 | My mother hoped to have a daughter after I was born , but for five years I was the only child . |
| 14 | Do not think these days are days they are the sacrificial priests of the telephone |
| 15 | Beyond the realms of Men , Orcs and their small Goblin kin are far more numerous , and in some places they are the dominant intelligent creature . |
| 16 | At first they operated alongside their toastrack predecessors , but in post-war years they were the only open cars in operation . |
| 17 | Unfortunately with got to get some of those people who do n't want to come and it 's all about bums on seats it 's the old old saying bums on seats we 've got to get an answer how we do n't get to these here at the moment in the audience whether they are people who want to get bums on seats or how they know how to do it perhaps they should have a meeting like this every month I 've never seen so many of . |
| 18 | If there is in flower which above all others triggers memories of childhood days it is the humble daisy . |
| 19 | Indeed for a few medieval days it was the effective capital of England . |
| 20 | Men have always been hung up on breasts , especially American men , and in those days it was the only part of the body which could be shown . |
| 21 | Because erm even going back to those days it was the bright ones that were pushed forward and the the sort of dog take the hinder most sort of thing you know . |
| 22 | In those years it is the sudden traumatic experience which may be the spark to engage fierce enthusiasms in their educational development . |
| 23 | At the same time the British leaders , although they soon realized just how much they would have to concede in order to regain American confidence and backing , were largely unshaken in their belief that in Middle Eastern affairs they were the true experts compared with the Americans . |
| 24 | In most waters they are the classic golden bronze to which the common bream owes one of its names . |
| 25 | Although a national unity government would not necessarily be the answer to some of Greece 's problems it is the only way out of the current political impasse if the weary Greek voter is to be saved from going to the polls again . |
| 26 | In the older screw-type test machines it was the only feasible test program , but with modern servo-hydraulic machines very rapid rise time is possible and creep and stress-relaxation tests are feasible , as well as dynamic tests at a range of frequencies . |
| 27 | Vehicles are usually painted in the client 's livery and for major customers it is the preferred means of transporting their products . |
| 28 | The inspectorate , who came into most frequent contact with the diversities of local procedures , were consistently interested in ‘ modernising ’ the selection system , and in some ways they were the single group most responsible for altering local authority activities . |
| 29 | But as she responded to the audience 's affectionate plaudits with both Mimi 's and Violetta 's farewells it was the natural sweetness and dramatic presence of this fine artist that carried the day . |
| 30 | ( This was a soviet instrument , but in some ways it was the only real policy party in Iran , the others were the factions of certain politicians . ) |