Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going to another church ( of the Presbyterian Church of England ) my love of God came to be the central factor in my life , and aged almost sixteen I told my headmistress with quiet confidence that I wished to be ordained . |
| 2 | The Deutsche Bundesbank shall be the central bank in this currency area … |
| 3 | We come here to what seems to me to be the central dilemma in second language pedagogy : the conditions appropriate for acquiring communicative resources are different from the conditions of their use . |
| 4 | ( Doubtless there will be the odd sadist in their midst but this is predictable of any group of more than thirty people . ) |
| 5 | He may be the Grand Wizard in international intrigue or mass murder , but as a dreamer , he 's just a jumped-up wank manager . |
| 6 | From the end of the First World War a body claiming to be the Korean government in exile functioned at Shanghai and afterwards , during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45 , at Chungking . |
| 7 | This finding supports the view that chemotherapy should be the elective treatment in this group . |
| 8 | By Jove , it 's going to be the best fun in the world ! |
| 9 | I 've do It 's like it 's like practising for football I mean you might be the best footballer in the world and you say you know they say well you 've just won the cup say |
| 10 | The project decided that the conferences already organized in a variety of subject disciplines would be the best medium in which to achieve its aims , and consequently its primary objective has been to assist in planning/executing bibliographic instruction-related programmes at these conferences . |
| 11 | ‘ Sheer pride and being and wanting to be the best driver in the world has kept me going . ’ |
| 12 | Why that 's right , I mean that might be the best idea in the end |
| 13 | The first photographic record dates from December 1961 , when film-maker Bruce Brown shot Phil Edwards — considered by many at the time to be the best surfer in the world — on a six-to eight-foot west swell . |
| 14 | He turned on his considerable persuasive powers to convince the player not merely that the full-back position was right for him but that he would be the best full-back in the country . |
| 15 | Seen this way , the collapse of Christendom is a blessing for Christianity , and the present crisis of faith may be the best opportunity in centuries , at least for Christians in the West . |
| 16 | And the winner of the two-dog match will then take on Crayford 's Poor Sue rated to be the best stayer in the country at Sunderland in a £6,000-to-the-winner match on June 24 . |
| 17 | ‘ And you want to be the best flower-seller in the whole of Lancashire , do n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | My eldest , Maria , was a good , clever girl — I thought she must be the best pupil in the school . |
| 19 | Escoffier 's mousse de jambon , served on a great block of ice and melting like snow in the mouth , was recognised as a masterpiece ; and the bortsch , with cream stirred into the hot strong liquid , was declared by Colonel Newnham-Davis to be the best soup in the world . |
| 20 | RANGERS might not be the best side in the European Cup , but there is no doubt they possess the will to win the competition . |
| 21 | Whether Tendulkar rather than McDermott will be the best bet in that direction remains open to question . |
| 22 | Resorts : French speaking Verbier can lay a justifiable claim to be the best skiing in Europe — and to attract the most gung-ho British visitors ; all addicts must visit Zermatt , Grindelwald /Wengen/Murren and Davos/Klosters at one time or another ; Andermatt is an off-piste paradise ; Engelberg is recommended for intermediates , as is Champery , a pretty village with good access to the huge Portes du Soleil circuit : beginners do not need to go to Switzerland , but Saas Fee is a good place to learn if you must . |
| 23 | Working for Blue Peter has got to be the best job in television . |
| 24 | Why , I 've heard tell from the Bishop 's secretary that yours used to be the best Mystery in the land , bar none . |
| 25 | Step irons , such as you find in deeper manholes , save space and a lot of digging , but may not be the best option in later years . |
| 26 | ‘ We are advising that leasing will be the best option in the first year and our initial impression is that there will be more quota available than sheep that need it , ’ said Sandy Wright of Aberdeen & Northern Marts . |
| 27 | In other words , the injury was such that the degree of pain which it produces from day to day throughout the years is at any rate sufficient for experienced medical men to say that the rather drastic operation of arthrodesis would normally be the best thing in the circumstances . |
| 28 | That does n't sound to me like a club whose ambition is to be the best team in the country . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think I have much else to prove … other than that I want to be the best player in the world . |
| 30 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |