Example sentences of "[noun prp] [is] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of local authorities having the inherent right , or what in England is called the common law right , to conduct their affairs as they wished , it became established that local authorities could only do those things which Parliament had authorised them to do . |
| 2 | In return , Cuba is promised the Soviet oil that provides 90% of its energy . |
| 3 | We 'd pick coffee from October to January , but January is called the stagnant month . |
| 4 | Eventually Watney 's waved the white flag , and Maxwell Joseph had acquired the brewery he wanted . |
| 5 | The former holder of the world land speed rapping record ( 'til Curve 's mate JC001 half-inched it ) Freddy 's spent the last couple of years in the US working on his next LP . |
| 6 | AOB is called the transverse axis and the complete hyperbola is symmetrical , with two foci , equidistant from O . |
| 7 | The main tendon involved in these injuries in the UK is called the superficial digital flexor . |
| 8 | Liverpool is rated the worst place to ride a bike , but Newcastle is not much better , while Gateshead and Middlesbrough also get the thumbs down . |
| 9 | Brian Horton 's named the same side which took a point off top of the table Blackburn Rovers last week . |
| 10 | Coulter 's opened the first Ford fast-fit and next week Pentlands will open the first Vauxhall Masterfit depot opposite their dealership on Belfast 's Ravenhill Road . |
| 11 | This guy went out with Lee next day , and I was standing at the back of the 9th green when Lee 's manager came running up to me and said , ‘ Willie , you 've got to take the bag — Lee 's fired the other guy . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And Orrie 's seen the Roman sentry ? ’ |
| 13 | Before joining Wasps as coach in August , George Peternousek 's coached the Dutch national side . |
| 14 | Finally , in 1988 Sotheby 's valued the entire collection in case of loss , damage or destruction . |
| 15 | On 16 and 17 June , Sotheby 's sold the existing stock of the New Bond Street firm of jewellers , Tessiers Ltd. , a landmark whose old fashioned arched windows retain strong nostalgic connotations for many people . |
| 16 | ‘ Potter 's spent the last fifteen years harming people like Geoffrey . |
| 17 | Shakespeare is re-allocated the central place in the canon . |
| 18 | Christie 's offered the second part of the important Korthaus collection in a mixed owner sale . |
| 19 | Christie 's reversed the usual pattern and loaded the front of its evening sale of 5 May with twenty-six new and recent works from the estate of Swedish collector and trader , Fredrik Roos . |
| 20 | It was not always thus : in 1983 , when Christie 's sold the first batch of 25,000 pieces of Ming porcelain , found ( also by Hatcher ) in a junk on a reef on the South China Sea , prices were low , because neither auction house nor collectors could see beyond the porcelain 's dull glaze to its historic possibilities . |
| 21 | Skye is called the winged , or flying , island . |