Example sentences of "it is the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the 1919 version which is most often played , and it offers a beautiful synopsis of ‘ The Firebird 's ’ magical music . |
| 2 | It is the one approach that can maintain and improve America 's competitive performance — and America 's standard of living — over the long haul . |
| 3 | It is the one order that allows full scope for realizing the three main aims of life , kāma ( love ) , artha ( wealth ) , and dharma ( duty or righteousness ) . |
| 4 | It is the one subject which for an Englishman has the claim of universality . |
| 5 | From Bethlehem at the beginning of his Gospel to Rome at the end of Acts it is the one Spirit active throughout : first showing us the nature of that messianic salvation brought by Jesus , and then showing us how it was spread . |
| 6 | But it is the one part of the European Community 's I 992 single-market programme that stirs real passions . |
| 7 | It is the one anxiety Marje Proops will carry with her to the grave . |
| 8 | And whenever I teach Adult Education , it is the one novel I can count on to stir the most sluggish class into enthusiasm , to question their own racial attitudes , to move the least enlightened man to a twitch of shame and the most reactionary to a glimpse of new possibilities . |
| 9 | There is another leitmotif in this funny , happy ballet , the precious red umbrella , Alain 's only love — or so it would seem — for it is the one thing he clings to and simply has to find when he has lost Lise . |
| 10 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 11 | It is the one place where I can remain private and uninterrupted . |
| 12 | The proof of this statement is so simple and elegant that it is the one piece of mathematics I have permitted myself in this book . |
| 13 | Indeed , in so far as knowing the ‘ cause ’ would restrict our reading of the poems , it is the one piece of information we can probably do without . ’ |
| 14 | In A Heritage and its History ( 1959 , Julia , the mistress of the house , acknowledges its traditional sanctities : ‘ It is the one house I know where the present has not ousted the past . |
| 15 | In many cases we speak of a given condition as cause and it is the one action or piece of behaviour involved , something to which responsibility attaches . |
| 16 | In the final analysis , it is the two Houses of the Westminster Parliament which must judge whether or not this criterion is met . |
| 17 | It is the two ants creeping along the Ephel Dúath who are going to change reality . |
| 18 | ‘ However this will not be the case if you no longer live in the property where you previously paid rates because it is the 1989–90 rates of the property where you now live which is used to calculate any reduction . |
| 19 | But it is the 50 metres high Grande Face which provides most of the best climbing , and the central part , with its three clearly defined changes of angle , must be unique . |
| 20 | Will he take this opportunity to confirm that it is the three strands that will form the basis of any future talks , and that against that background there will always be the Anglo-Irish Agreement , until the two Governments feel that they have something that transcends it ? |
| 21 | Charlton , who yesterday named an unchanged Republic side following their first training session in Vilnius , said : ‘ If it is the three players who I have watched four times give excellent performances for Lithuania , then I will be delighted . |
| 22 | Charlton , who yesterday named an unchanged Republic side following their first training session in Vilnius , said : ‘ If it is the three players who I have watched four times give excellent performances for Lithuania , then I will be delighted . |