Example sentences of "and [noun] [pers pn] is the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In terms of personality and character he is the biggest name around there 's nobody else within miles of him and sometimes it 's really bad for poor old Gazza ’
2 Either that my Lord or , er as it 's pleaded in in the alternative , should have advised the plaintiff to do that , to get that confirmation in writing and in any event , even if it is alleged as the defendant say that the er that Mr is an experienced man of business and both these plaintiffs were purchasing the business , er and Mrs it is the plaintiff 's case was clearly entitled to that advice in addition .
3 Bregenz has another claim to fame : during July and August it is the home of the celebrated Bregenz Festival , where opera becomes aquatic .
4 For P-p and Y-y it is the position of the characters relative to the baseline .
5 Far more than cold and darkness it is the lack of butterflies that makes winter dreary and interminable .
6 Likewise , light does not penetrate through water as well as it does through air , whereas with sound and chemicals it is the other way round .
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