Example sentences of "[be] the [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It is said to be the most photographed village in Norway . |
2 | ‘ You 're gon na be the best lookin' cowboy in the whole parade , ’ his bible-bashing granny tells him when he is a child . |
3 | After Marilyn , she 'd be the best dressed woman at the wedding , blonde , shapely , in the green dress Marilyn had got so superstitious about . |
4 | As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation , your parting shot needs to be powerful . |
5 | The national trails , including paths like the Pennine Way , the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and the West Highland Way , tend to be the best known routes and deserve a rest after the summer of pounding they had . |
6 | Mark rose from his chair fully aware that politicians believed themselves to be the best informed people in the world , which made them a very sceptical audience for any speaker . |
7 | The source of interference with formation of the CS-US association might thus be the previously established context-CS and CS-context associations . |
8 | Various scientists have pioneered contact lens research but a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci is widely believed to be the earliest known reference to the principle of a contact lens ( Fig. 3 ) . |
9 | In March , 1988 he uncovered the fossil remains of a 340 million year old lizard-like reptile which some experts believe could be the earliest known ancestor of dinosaurs . |
10 | Gary Speed must be the longest serving player at Leeds now with about 5 years . |
11 | The poem above provokes an amused response in many of us , but we urgently need to create a safe place in which the mask can be dropped : such a place may be the healing prayer partnership described above , or it can equally well be the properly functioning housegroup . |
12 | It is important to remember that coeliac disease can present at any age and that iron deficiency anaemia may be the only presenting symptom . |
13 | This object , PSR J0437-4715 , may be the closest known pulsar , and is several times closer than any other known millisecond pulsar . |