Example sentences of "[pers pn] is the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I accept that there is a good case for including magistrates er trailing clouds of glory as it were from Tudor times when the Justice of the Peace was local government and then historically through their membership standing joint committees , but I still find it hard to accept , and here with great regret I do differ both from the Noble Lord , Lord and the Noble Viscount , Lord , I is the part of the central government er to make at least five appointments for each authority somewhere between two hundred or three hundred appointments direct ? |
| 2 | His is the art of picture composition , and , such , his efforts are as invaluable to a production as that of his two other creative peers . |
| 3 | His is the monolith of granite , in memory of the victims of World War I and the tenth anniversary of the Republic in 1928 . |
| 4 | His is the priority over everything , and in him all things hold together . ’ |
| 5 | His is the sort of pedigree which has produced figures who have risen to the top of public life for generations . |
| 6 | I his is the sort of individual who is eventually invited to become a board master and the system engenders a wonderful sense of anticipation , as you progress up the board towards the prime positions ; when you are going to have your special day , on your favourite loch . |
| 7 | He runs the Government , oversees the Civil Service , the Armed Forces , the Security Services and , ultimately , his is the hand on the nuclear trigger . |
| 8 | If yours is the kind of garden that is attractive to hedgehogs — lots of cover , plenty of natural food and close to other good habitats — then you could well find your offer of a house taken up this winter . |
| 9 | Her island trip that year was to Pa/1ros , perhaps the most successful that she ever made : -it is the setting of her story ‘ In a Different Light ’ . |
| 10 | All claim that they are not writing for clever people but this does not mean that theirs is the voice of a simple , unlettered piety . |
| 11 | Asked in February 1987 what he had to say about the conclusions of the Tower Report , the first detailed inquiry into the affair , he referred reporters to ‘ the eighth Beatitude of Matthew 5 ’ : ‘ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness ' sake , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . ’ |
| 12 | And he opened his mouth and taught them , saying , Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 13 | Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness , sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 14 | for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 15 | for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . |
| 16 | Theirs is the sort of Muddled thinking we could all use . |
| 17 | Theirs is the sort of dynasty that in some small corners of the world forms dictatorships of terror . |
| 18 | Theirs is the party of big business , yet the Cabinet , littered with all these people with all their business acumen , is making Britain bankrupt because of Ministers ' desire to shut pits . |
| 19 | in Europe , and that theirs is the party of Europe . |
| 20 | She is the link between economic survival and the meaning of life , between economic security and emotional security . |
| 21 | She is the wit of the assembly , and her person shows some intimacies have passed with somebody . |
| 22 | She is the successor of the great russian musician Samuel Feinberg , the first Soviet pianist to perform all of the Well-Tempered Clavier in concert , and Nikolayeva 's conception of work is pure , simple , lucid yet varied , romantic and at times highly individual . |
| 23 | This , however , does not mean that she is the wife of all the men of the descent group at the same time . |
| 24 | She is the wife of the minister 's agent in April 's General Election , David Charles Jones . |
| 25 | She is the wife of Jeff Sainsbury , Tory leader on Cardiff City Council . |
| 26 | She is the wife of the minister 's agent in April 's General Election in his Cardiff North Constituency . |
| 27 | She is the daughter of a gardener , but no such elegant creature as Tennyson 's Rose . |
| 28 | His wife has even closer links with farming , She is the daughter of an arable farmer situated well south of Teesdale , in an area where both she and her husband were born and brought up . |
| 29 | I remember hearing one or two voices saying , ‘ E'la figlia del nuovo maestro ; sono Tedeschi ’ — ‘ She is the daughter of the new teacher ; they are Germans . ’ |
| 30 | She is the daughter of an officer in the army , but I think now alone in the world and with little money . |