Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeremy is coming with me but he is too young to do this alone , and in any case I 'm the only one who can deploy O'Brien . ’ |
| 2 | Down towards the last hour I 'm the last person to drop off just trying to leave them with as many positive thoughts and perhaps talking quietly to the odd individual . |
| 3 | And of course I was the only one that was single . |
| 4 | Someone has to do something about it , and of course I 'm the obvious person . |
| 5 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |
| 6 | No but you would 've said to me to , you know I had no one there Catriona , I was the only girl in the shack I was the only girl there and it was just so |
| 7 | ‘ Of all the people in my class at naval college I am the only one still in the service . ’ |
| 8 | Through his instruction he was partly responsible for the 1649 Act Concerning Religion which was the earliest legislation in the English-speaking world that explicitly guaranteed toleration to all Christians . |
| 9 | Emergency portosystemic shunting is still recommended by some centres as the most effective therapy for bleeding while others prefer staple gun transection of the oesophagus which is the safer technique for the less experienced surgeon . |
| 10 | The mechanical harshness intrudes throughout the rev range , accompanied at low speeds by a bass exhaust which is the only sign of any sporting character , but not a very convincing one . |
| 11 | Yes my Lord er as soon as we went to the main bedroom which was the back bedroom at the same time as as that bedroom door opened , so the second team consisting of er P C P C would have gone into the second smaller bedroom and at the same time as we went in er P C and P C job er was to cover our backs in case of anybody in er the kitchen or the living area , the living room area . |
| 12 | She saw the only viable feminist film practice to be one that breaks up the familiar structures of visual pleasure , thus exposing and problematising the habitual violence which is the male gaze . |
| 13 | SCIAF is a member of the CARITAS Working Group on AIDS which is the major international grouping of agencies on this issue in the Catholic Church |
| 14 | Sandy Lyle at the new club which is the last word in luxury golfing . |
| 15 | if the vehicle normally has no seat which is the specified passenger 's seat under the last preceding sub-paragraph , the forward-facing front seat for a passenger which is foremost in the vehicle and furthest from the driver 's seat , unless there is a fixed partition separating such seat from the space in front of it alongside the driver 's seat . |
| 16 | Other important activities in our advice development team , include fund raising advice , increasing access to national vocational qualifications and running a short course programme which is the largest programme of its kind in the country . |
| 17 | Some people might claim that this is the equivalent of a retreat from reality ; but I wonder if the world of the emotions is not more real than the superficial actions that men think of as reality and I wonder if the world of the mind which is the highest evolutionary factor of man is not more real than the ordinary facts that we are really so far from understanding . |
| 18 | No I 've got a number of possibilities I 'm just check running through my mind which is the first one to go for . |
| 19 | The Wickhams live in the clockhouse which was the old brewery and laundry for the big house opposite . |
| 20 | Look out for the following varieties : " Silver Jubilee " — a pink Hybrid Tea which is the most disease resistant rose of all . |
| 21 | I use Preservene 's White Snow which is the cheapest soap powder on the Australian market though there is a knack to using it as it is slow to dissolve , being fine lumps of pure soap . |
| 22 | And it was going downhill over the hard packed snow which was the worst bit , with me acting as a brake , hauling on a rope to keep the sledge from running forward into the horse 's heels . |
| 23 | And on its site , work has started on a new multi purpose complex which is the latest phase in the revitalisation of the village . |
| 24 | They are the dynamos of the cell being the site where sugars are oxidised to form Adenosine Triphosphate ( ATP ) , the chemical which is the immediate source of energy for most vital processes . |
| 25 | Second , the division of labour which is the social and material basis of all organization , is itself a source of conflict , as the specific goals pursued by different sections and units frequently differ , though each presents its interests as being most compatible with those of the organization as a whole . |
| 26 | There is a Titanic bear based on a teddy which survived that disaster in 1912 and a Mister Whoppit bear which was the only object to re-surface when Donald Campbell 's boat disintegrated while he was trying to break the world water speed record on Lake Coniston in 1967 . |
| 27 | Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat . |
| 28 | They are they er are doing a practice which is the only golf company in industry who are supplying a friend of a friend who is going round Scotland doing hotel sales cheap . |
| 29 | Well they got , there are three categories of award ; there 's a plaque which is the ultimate honour , and sometimes we do n't ever award any , there are certificates and there are letters of commendation . |
| 30 | This always increases muscular tension which is the very opposite of what you are trying to achieve . |