Example sentences of "[is] [art] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Std Error ; this is the standard error of the beta estimate and the lower this figure is the better the estimate of beta . |
| 2 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB has a $470m contract for Groupe Speciale Mobile equipment from Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH : the contract covers infrastructure , services and telephones and is the largest the company has yet received for mobile phone kit . |
| 3 | The last time base rates hit 15 per cent was in 1981 but , as Mr Tora points out , ‘ in real terms this is the highest the base rate has ever been . |
| 4 | MR BRYAN GOULD , 53 , the New Zealand-born contender for the Labour leadership , is the nearest the party still has in high office to a Socialist intellectual in the Anthony Crosland mould . |
| 5 | The best preliminary plan may be for the reader to open the book upright at ( the illustration ) and then go to the other side of the room , to be imposed on from a distance : it is the nearest the book can offer to the proper first encounter with the figure . |
| 6 | Second , the greater the variance of v , that is the greater the unpredictability of monetary growth , the less is the influence of any given value of v on real output . |
| 7 | Employers with pay policy enables mothers to return to work and pay for quality child-care , can be of great benefit in an area where there 's a high proportion of single parent families or families where the mother is the major the breadwinner At a company offers equal opportunity regardless of race , colour or sex , heightens the feeling of self-esteem and potential of individuals within minority groups and this self- esteem can be catching . |
| 8 | Why France well this is the closest the formula one circuit comes to our country which is sad because this year like many others Central South racers are leading the world championship … |
| 9 | Although the basic structure of all mileage charts is the same the presentation varies and there can be more than one set of information ( e.g. distances in miles and kilometres ) . |
| 10 | The bobby is the same the world over . |
| 11 | THE scene is the same the world over in dark alleys or dimly-lit streets . |
| 12 | Many hearing people assume that sign language is the same the world over . |
| 13 | Yes , gentleman , the problem is the shorter the period , the less chance you have of getting a measurement which is necessarily representative of a general trend . |
| 14 | There is an implicit extraction set just as much in ( 21 ) — and in ( 16 ) — as in ( 20 ) : ( 21 ) Gustav 's chauffeur is the sanest the lady in the fur hat was ( the ) first In structures like ( 21 ) the extraction set is often given explicitly by means of a noun , but if not — as here — then it has to be derived from the context . |
| 15 | it 's the substantial the plaintiff is n't it , that 's allowed |
| 16 | Still I suppose the time 's it 's the actual the calendar 's starting to tick for having this is n't it now . |
| 17 | What 's the two the name of the file , two greater than the cell address and it er , gets to the data from that cell and that other file . |
| 18 | There 's the supporting the business link at Craven Arms , which we 've had that eloquent appeal , I do n't detect any objections to that , and finally we need to appoint the representative on the business link board . |
| 19 | ‘ Dirt 's the same the world over I 'd a thought . ’ |
| 20 | But with domestic violence on the increase , she says it 's a scanadal the problem 's being tackled with private rather than public money . |
| 21 | Have n't done the Star that 's a short the Star . |
| 22 | It is no good the judge 's writing the criminal a note ; the words must be said out loud . |
| 23 | It is no good the Minister , whenever he is found to be wanting and to be wrong , starting to hurl abuse across the Chamber or making allegations that have absolutely no substance . |
| 24 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 25 | Therefore , where the tread is below 1.6 mm depth in the middle of the tread and around the circumference of the tyre it is no good the defendant adding up the ‘ bits ’ on either side of the worn part to try to make a good three-quarters . |
| 26 | But it 's no longer the truth , is it ? |
| 27 | ‘ If a finance director resigns , there 's no longer the certainty the company will find a replacement . |
| 28 | He 's not become rich and successful and , tied to the drudgery of housework , she 's no longer the beauty he married . |