Example sentences of "that [noun prp] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OSF/1 was ACE 's primary Unix focus when the initiative was launched amidst much fanfare last year , but over the following months it became clear that DEC was the only major ACE member committed to using the operating system . |
| 2 | During their pre-Christmas cocktail rounds , Western diplomats have bantered to their Soviet colleagues that Romania was the one country where the Soviet Union deserved to have a free hand . |
| 3 | It has been suggested that Penda 's political power was in eclipse at the time and that Eowa was the dominant ruler among the Mercians as a subject king of the northern Angles from the mid-630s until his death , possibly in Oswald 's army , in the battle at Maserfelth , but there is no reason why Penda and Eowa should not have been ruling jointly , with Eowa as king possibly of the northern Mercians and Penda as king of the southern . |
| 4 | The mutiny departments on the L.M. gave a sigh , and went into action again , pointing out that Bangor was the major interchange point from the branch lines , and the platforms would have to be altered there . |
| 5 | She 'd assumed that Jan was the high-powered one and Tim the slow fuse but she was wrong . |
| 6 | The universities there seemed models for British ones , and gradually the feeling gained ground that Germany was the intellectual centre of Europe — in science , in philosophy , in classical studies , in theology and in history Germans were making the running . |
| 7 | By reason of the fact that Churchill was the great leader . |
| 8 | The name of Heryng is found in and around Halling ; in 1346 Richard de Hales of Cobham , proved his legitimacy and that his father was married to Agnes Heryng of Halling in Halling Church more than forty years before and had lived as man and wife for more than twenty five years and that Richard was the said child was born and recognised as son and heir . |
| 9 | It is possible that the organizers had misread the calendar , believing that Saturday was the first of April , not the third ? |
| 10 | In 1952 , Stevens argued that two inscriptions from Hadrian 's Wall , recording building operations by a levy from the Civitas Durotrigum Lendinienses , indicated a subdivision of the tribal territory , and that Ilchester was the obvious candidate for it– administrative centre , given its identification with the Lindinis of the Ravenna Cosmography . |
| 11 | She felt her hand being placed against his cheek , and then his lips pressing kisses upon it ; she pulled his hand back , and casting all caution to the winds pressed his palm to her own lips , fondling it , examining the scratched and chisel scars on his knuckles until he wanted her hand back again — and the manner in which they took it in turns to kiss hands through the wall became a competition between them to see who could demonstrate the greatest fondness , a competition that Jennifer was now desperate to win because all her instincts were telling her that Tristram was the only man she could ever love , and that through him lay her path to freedom and independence . |
| 12 | The evidence that Creevey was the natural son of Lord Molyneux , later first Earl of Sefton , is suggestive but not conclusive . |
| 13 | Tour manager Terry Coyle tells me that Texas was the main downer , playing three nights in front of audiences which would look embarrassing even at the Camden Underworld . |
| 14 | They showed the Foreign Office keen to encourage talks between the Iraqi and Kuwaiti rulers over their border dispute — but also adamant that Kuwait was the one area in the Gulf where the defence of oil supplies would justify the use of force . |
| 15 | He knew that Marie was the perfect scapegoat . |
| 16 | Everybody knew that Eve was the first woman . |
| 17 | The conference agreed that Russia was the principal source of Arctic pollution , an accusation largely accepted by Russian Environment Minister Viktor Danilian , who called for foreign assistance with pollution abatement and modernization of key industries , notably nickel , copper and cobalt processing in northern Siberia and on the Kola Peninsula . |
| 18 | The Secretary of State said that Trident was the ultimate guarantee of our security . |
| 19 | Eventually , it was decided that Skelmersdale was the best location , not only for its very convenient site links with all motorway connections , but with the environment being a very important word in the haulage industry today . |
| 20 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 21 | The company fully recognised the potential for growth within the European Community and was persuaded that Scotland was the ideal location from which to serve that market . ’ |
| 22 | Young men began ringing up or arriving on the doorstep and announcing themselves as ‘ Wedgie ’ or ‘ Snubs ’ or ‘ Schizo ’ and saying that Conor was the best there was , and was there anything they could do ? |
| 23 | Apart from the fact that Anjou was the hereditary enemy of the Normans , the man was a cold-blooded brute who had n't hesitated to let his army of barbarians ravage the Norman countryside even while his father-in-law was still alive . |
| 24 | The LJV claimed that Rios was the first name on a " hit list " of 127 public figures whom it considered to be involved in corruption , prominent among whom were former President Jaime Lusinchi and his wife and former secretary Blanca Ibáñez . |
| 25 | There was a loss of self-esteem in the bank and a belief that Crocker was the only problem . |
| 26 | The Syrian king , told by his captains that Elisha was the shrewd adviser , determined to capture him , and surrounded the hill town of Dothan where the prophet was said to be . |
| 27 | Few would seriously argue that Cobol was the best business programming language and adherents of APL can never understand why anyone should want to use anything else . |
| 28 | I see now the inadequacy of this explanation ; but , apart from the fact that at that age one 's loyalties are defended with more than usual zeal , my conviction , in the Oxford of that time , was that Collingwood was the only alternative to linguistic philosophy . |
| 29 | A recent World Bank study of six East Asian countries concluded that Thailand was the only one that had failed to make significant inroads into poverty during the 1980s ( see table ) . |
| 30 | In Portugal she won again , making it two out of three , and former British Open Champion , Alison Sheard , her compatriot , suggested that Laurette was the best golfer to emerge from South Africa since Sally Little . |