Example sentences of "[pers pn] is the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His is the only post-war body of symphonic and chamber music to achieve genuine popularity . |
| 2 | If yours is the first winning entry out of the hat then we 'll be in touch right away . |
| 3 | But whereas Ms Tomei was Best Supporting Actress in My Cousin Vinny ( with Joe Pesci ) , here she is the fully-fledged leading lady of a romance which appears to have Beauty and the Beast and Tarzan and Jane as dual inspirations . |
| 4 | She is the one hundredth thousand person to take part in the project which sends teachers out of the classroom and into industry . |
| 5 | The baby soon learns that her presence is necessary for the satisfaction of its needs and she is the first individual " other " whom the infant recognises . |
| 6 | In the idiom of mythology , when the Goddess is actively destructive She is depicted alone , whereas when She is the nurturing cosmic mother and the embodiment of God 's benign grace , She is represented as the spouse of a dominant male god , Shiva or Vishnu . |
| 7 | She is the only decent character among the money-grabbers and hangers-on surrounding the Rake . |
| 8 | She is the only female character allowed into the fortress den and as the story develops she is shown to be both sensitive and sensible . |
| 9 | Elspeth Barker ( Independent on Sunday ) did not agree : ‘ Those who know Angela Carter 's work will need no encouragement to read these stories ( she is the only late 20th-century writer I know who can use an exclamation mark and get away with it ) ; for others they offer a joyous introduction . ’ |
| 10 | Only her light appears on ‘ the tossing hills ’ and she is the only important figure streaking through the night air . |
| 11 | At the age of 12 , she is the youngest First Child since Amy Carter 's arrival at the White House aged nine in 1977 . |
| 12 | She is the stunning young beauty dripping red lipstick and he is the wayward , womanising , ageing sophisticate with a young son and terribly understanding wife . |
| 13 | Now 92 , she is the last surviving member of what came to be dubbed ‘ the Glasgow Girls ’ , the group who went through Glasgow School of Art during the early part of the century . |
| 14 | She is the same wholehearted trouper she has been through war and peace for three generations . |
| 15 | Dedicated to her is the charming Double Concerto for flute and harp , K.299 . |
| 16 | Margaret Thatcher will next month tell an international conference that the trade in wastes for incineration should be allowed where it is the best environmental option for existing wastes . |
| 17 | ‘ This is the best start I have made to any season and it is the best four rounds I have ever put together , ’ he said . |
| 18 | We use global-mean ( land-plus-marine ) temperature as it is the best available indicator for the Earth as a whole . |
| 19 | While it can never be legitimately said of a theory that it is true , it can hopefully be said that it is the best available , that it is better than anything that has come before . |
| 20 | To strengthen your hair prior to a perm and ensure that it is the best possible condition , apply a combination of protein and moisturising treatments . |
| 21 | Winemakers often argue over the question whether Cabernet Sauvignon is universally liked because it is the best red grape variety in the world , or because it is the main ingredient in claret the world 's most widely available red wine . |
| 22 | They do not claim that occupation is the same thing as social class , but rather that it is the best single indicator of all those aspects of a person that make up their social class position . |
| 23 | ‘ The settlement is the result of two days intensive negotiations and we believe it is the best obtainable in the Royal Bank in the present climate . ’ |
| 24 | The reason they use skin is because it is off your own body and thus it is the best natural plaster you can get . |
| 25 | It is the greatest negative thought in the world , ’ said the Kanes . |
| 26 | THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world . |
| 27 | You do n't say what species of newt you have , perhaps it is the Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt ? |
| 28 | It is the crucial immediate issue , ’ he warned . |
| 29 | Camembert is also made from pasteurised or fresh milk and , like Brie , it is the mass-produced pasteurised cheeses that are the most readily available . |
| 30 | It is the chief financial officer of the earth-moving equipment company , a subsidiary of a major auto company and an old client of the bank . |