Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [art] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yours is the twentieth of September in n it ? |
| 2 | With the fire button depressed you can rotate your gun by moving the joystick right and left , giving 180° of blasting — make no mistake ; yours is the trickier of the two craft . |
| 3 | In passages written not without humour , though theirs is the blackest of black comedy , we read of the water of the Nile turned to blood , of plagues of frogs , gnats , flies , and locusts , of the domestic animals of the Egyptians dying of disease , of a terrible outbreak of boils , of death-dealing hailstorms , and an awesome and fearful darkness . |
| 4 | This woman inhabits several time spans at once : she is no less at home with the whirling world of angels and demons than she is with the cordless phone and the digital clock . |
| 5 | At nineteen she is the youngest of four children and has always been treated as the " little one " . |
| 6 | Her identity is widely known in the village , but her wishes are respected and her name will not be revealed here She is the last of a long line of illustrious cheesemakers and her regular clients can only hope that she will pass on her expertise to the next generation . |
| 7 | What we have done is we have erm been able to utilise some A C T capacity or generate some A C T capacity within one of the subsidiaries within the group um the reason for highlighting it highlighting it is not particularly to make a song and dance about it but is particularly to say that on the cash flow statement there is this in-flood and it is a one off in-flood we 're not going to be seeing that being brought forward every year , but basically what it is is we have profits in previous elements of the group which enabled us to generate A C T capacity enabled us to off set this A C T which we paid on dividends and bringing forward earlier than we would otherwise have done . |
| 8 | It is a six by four-inch rectangle of white celluloid , for display on a fruit and veg stall . |
| 9 | It is a five by seven grid is n't it ? yes , thank you . |
| 10 | Clearly it is a searching for security . |
| 11 | It did n't er it is a difficult for me because I do n't have the figures er but er Mr er my assistant who er er did do the detailed work , er tells me that it did n't provide as much traffic relief to the A sixty one as did a western relief . |
| 12 | ‘ A few years ago this painting would have been worth about £3 million , now it is a third of that . ’ |
| 13 | There back in Joshua , Joshua he issues the challenge to the , the children of Israel , in Joshua chapter twenty four , he says , and if it is a disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord choose for yourself today whom you will serve , whether the God 's which your father served , which are beyond river , or the God 's of the Amorites in whose land you are living , but as for my and my husband we will serve the Lord ! |
| 14 | It is a late-third to mid-fourth century group and none of the vessels need have belonged to the second half of the fourth century . |
| 15 | It is no cheaper per yard than permanent cattle-mesh fencing , but is so light and easy to erect that its versatility outweighs the cost . |
| 16 | You are a slave , you are weak and it is no good for someone to say to you , ‘ Just follow my example ’ , because at moments like that the intrinsic goodness of another person becomes an impossible dream . |
| 17 | It is no good for a wife to initiate changes that will affect both partners before talking things over thoroughly with her husband . |
| 18 | It is no easier for evidence to be obtained where a man is cohabiting with a woman , yet rape is a crime in these circumstances . |
| 19 | it is no easier in greater Wolverhampton , and if you have eczema and a congenitally weak back you are n't actually falling over yourself in prospects for the best chances . |
| 20 | This is true of the world of science and technology where the spirit of secularism has triumphed , and it is no different in the area of faith . |
| 21 | It is unlike everything else and it is the cause of the destruction of everything else because it is no different from anything else . |
| 22 | This will not do , for it is no different from saying that when one experiences ‘ red ’ one thinks or conceives of the colour , whereas the point of the theory was to explain what such thinking , or conceiving , is . |
| 23 | This would not end the wars , but it would in effect be a declaration from the Israelis announcing that whilst they intend to fight to keep the disputed territory , they are nevertheless admitting that their right to it is no different from that of anyone else , and until the world produces some better way than fighting , this is how they will-operate . |
| 24 | In this it is no different from pneumonia or appendicitis . |
| 25 | ‘ If I have a motive , ’ she pursued , her belligerence lessening , ‘ it is no different from that which led you to aid me when first we met . |
| 26 | Nevertheless as an introduction it is the best of the bunch . |
| 27 | In all this was a very enjoyable day recording the programme and what pleased me even more was the producer Chris Eldon Lee 's comment in a letter that he wrote to tell me when it was to be broadcast ‘ We have kept the Bishop 's Castle Railway till last as it is the best of the bunch ’ . |
| 28 | Even if the best of the top n interpretations is taken , there is no guarantee that it is the best of all possible interpretations . |
| 29 | I have followed the fitter directive but I am not convinced it is the best for the vehicle — should n't engine oil be used for engines and gear oil for gearboxes ? |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . ’ |