Example sentences of "this is the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plastered over this is the 1970s language of identity politics and group empowerment . |
| 2 | This is the one Mark and Deb bought us , the Antiques Roadshow . |
| 3 | Paradoxically , this is the one day of the week when there IS some justification for allowing traffic into the Park — so that it can be enjoyed by the aged and infirm whose only means of access is by car . |
| 4 | This is the one O six bus and it 's the most horrible journey ever . |
| 5 | This is the one kite event that benefits from noise ! |
| 6 | This is the one time of year when I wish I did n't live in the depths of Devon , as my nearest indoor school is 1¾ hours away , and Ferdi Eilberg my dressage trainer lives 3½ miles away ! |
| 7 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 8 | this is the one thing that |
| 9 | This is the one thing with these |
| 10 | And this is the one people seem to like best I think . |
| 11 | Expressing his delight at being appointed , he said : ‘ This is the one job I had hoped for . ’ |
| 12 | But then again this is the one form of cricket they are reasonably competent at . |
| 13 | It is therefore proclaimed to be lawful , provided always this ( and this is the one limit to the exemption which is conferred ) : it must be ‘ in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute ’ . |
| 14 | This is the one combination which lifts the tailored jacket out of the dated power-suit idiom and gives it a contemporary relevance . |
| 15 | This is the one action remaining . |
| 16 | I 've been thirty years in the business and this is the one place I have been where there are not petty jealousies or anything like that . |
| 17 | This is the one place in the book where Carter 's enviable fluency is in danger of ceding to superficiality . |
| 18 | Surely this is the one area of art activity where ‘ artfulness ’ need not apply . |
| 19 | New continued survey procedures , this is the one area of our activity about which I am concerned . |
| 20 | ‘ But this is the Three Tuns , ’ said Kim . |
| 21 | This is the twenty questions . |
| 22 | This is the '70s equivalent of Julia Roberts , Mel Gibson and Vanessa Paradis wrestling in a vat of KY |