Example sentences of "of [det] [is] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 States are monoliths with interests , and the main interest of each is the maximization of its power .
2 That 's one of that 's the reason .
3 Erm my starting point on all of that is the development issues report that erm we put to our members in May of this year where we discussed the issue of strategic exceptions policies and how we would deal with with that sort of approach in in the local plan .
4 Most of that is the cost of training , but you will have to add insurance , vet 's fees and the capital loss on almost any racehorse .
5 If you get a firm that 's doing big removals , inside the cost of that is the cost of an estimator to go around and look at half the jobs he 's not going to get .
6 The best example of that is the Alpha 4 database programs , which normally sells for £345 , but for which only £49 needs to be paid if you 're a registered user — it 's gone from version 2 to version 3 , and has had a complete change of documentation .
7 On top of that is the lead in Married To The Mob .
8 But how much of that is the fault of Yorkshire-born Selina herself ?
9 On top of that is the fact that the society and type of education they have received both led them to expect wage employment — probably in an office … .
10 A classic example of this is the decision in R. v. Shivpuri [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 334 , in which their Lordships reversed their previous decision in Anderton v. Ryan [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 355 , reached not eighteen months previously !
11 One very important example of this is the word ISSUED .
12 The best and best-known example of this is the battle fought in the streets of London in 1661 between the retinues of the French and Spanish ambassadors , the culmination of two centuries of bitter competition of this kind .
13 ‘ One of the best things to have come out of this is the realisation that there are people who really do care about us and about Graham , ’ says Kathleen .
14 What I hope comes out of this is the realisation that the hopes and aspirations of people here are the same as those of people at home in Britain .
15 The most dramatic example of this is the Jorvik Centre in York , which has a lifelike reconstruction of part of York in the Viking age ( complete with sounds and smells ) , a reconstruction of the excavation itself , and a display of finds .
16 The classic example of this is the girl who sets two men fighting for her .
17 The problem underlying all of this is the tendency either to group people rigidly by arbitrary features , such as impairment , or to treat people uniformly .
18 A prime example of this is the Polytechnic 's investment in its Industry Centre , whose services and facilities provide a focal point for partnerships between the polytechnic , local agencies and the private sector .
19 One constituent of this is the pursuit of ‘ symbolic ’ goals with a high political ‘ payback ’ , even to the detriment of more ‘ commercial ’ business objectives .
20 I thought it was interesting as well that the stuff I got from the I and R V with it , was a lot about audio description and the tape and how much it cost and how wonderful this was and it was the first time it had ever been done , but there was nothing , as is always the case , there was nothing actually about what the film was about , it was full of sort of , this is the first time it 's done , but nothing about sort of this is the film about , about this , this is what the story 's about , you know .
21 The record of this is the authorising of the
22 Another indication of this is the position of the Strat-style neck pickups .
23 The modern-day equivalent of this is the idea of an organisation having a corporate image such that all those within the organisation can respond to and identify with .
24 The evidence of this is the change which takes place within our own hearts .
25 An illustration of this is the Standing Conference on London and South East Regional Planning 1983 study of housing land supply in the south east ( outside London ) .
26 One of the best natural examples of this is the ability of the flu virus to keep cropping up in new forms .
27 An essential ingredient of this is the ability to categorise each patient by disease type or treatment group .
28 The standard measure of this is the half-life ; the time taken by the body to eliminate half the dose taken .
29 The result of this is the development of chronic lymphatic oedema , due to accumulation of fluid , and eventually to elephantiasis , which is irreversible enlargement .
30 A dramatic example of this is the publicity given to the secret annexes to the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact .
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