Example sentences of "is [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is the least distance ? |
| 2 | " What is the result of our efforts ? " rather than " What is the least cost of our efforts ? " |
| 3 | But [ since m is the least element of S we have ] |
| 4 | Phosphate is the least problem and , perhaps because of the almost profligate use of bone meal and the very long time it takes for the phosphate to be released by bacterial decomposition , is very seldom indeed the cause for worry . |
| 5 | Then unc otherwise unc for some t ε T so that [ since unc and since no integer lies between k and k+1 ( why not ? ) ] t = k +1 is the least integer in T [ contradicting the assumption that T has no such least integer ) . |
| 6 | As our General Election rises to its soggy climax , you ought to compare the success of an economy where they believe that the best government is the least government . |
| 7 | Thomas discussed the relationship between love and poetry much later in Feminine Influence on the Poet : ‘ The love-poem is not for the beloved , for it is not worthy , as it is the least thing that is given to her , and none knows this better than she unless it be the lover … . |
| 8 | The SparKit LSI is announcing is the self-same kit it was supposed to come up with almost two years ago — one that would have produced a Sparcstation 2 clone for $18,000 . |
| 9 | Here , we 're talking to potential partners to run a 24 Hour News Service on satellite — but the key part of our strategy is the All News Network on radio . |
| 10 | Another prominent member of the Conservative party in Parliament who has related the European issue to the economic problems Britain is facing is the former minister and current UK Chairman of Texas Instruments , John Butcher , Member for Coventry South-West . |
| 11 | The latter requirement holds no difficulty , rather it is the former requirement which gives rise to difficulties because on occasions odour problems are complex , the source of the odour being difficult to identify , and it is not always possible to know whether or not a particular method of abatement will effect a cure in any given case . |
| 12 | Next to the Chapel is the former infirmary — later the almshouse . |
| 13 | Mrs Williams , 54 , is the former headmistress of St Paul 's Girls ' school in London who was forced to quit by a parents ' rebellion over an attempt to limit the number of GCSEs her girls sat . |
| 14 | A detour of 2 kilometres to the left is worthwhile for a visit to The Binns , a National Trust for Scotland property which is the former home of the Dalyell family . |
| 15 | Sir Colin is the former head of export services at the Ministry of Defence , having been seconded in 1985 from British Aerospace |
| 16 | An example of this is the former workhouse at West Hill Hospital in Dartford , Kent . |
| 17 | Another senior Member of the Conservative party to have expressed his anxiety is the former vice-chairman , Sir Tom Arnold , Member for Hazel Grove . |
| 18 | He is the former manager of the Locomotion Leisure Centre at the Blackwell Grange Moat House hotel in Darlington . |
| 19 | It is the former image which the courts have tended to have before them when reviewing the decisions of corporate managers . |
| 20 | To one side of the square is the former railway station and the bridge over the gardens is a former railway bridge — Monte station was opened in 1894 , but the short-lived railway from Funchal closed in 1939 . |
| 21 | He is the former production manager of British Die Casting which in 1973 employed 143 at Chirton and was quoted in The shields News Guardian on 26 May 1988 as saying : ‘ We are producing double the output of the old British Die Casting with half the work force . ’ |
| 22 | But he will have to deal with the new Urban Regeneration Agency , whose chairman is the former cabinet minister , Peter Walker , a Tory wet , who pursued a blatantly interventionist and un-Thatcherite policy while secretary of state for Wales . |
| 23 | The Chairman of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs is the former Cabinet Minister the Right Honourable David Howell ( Member for Guildford ) . |
| 24 | Davies is the former face of Independent Television sport . |
| 25 | Return to St George 's Street where , on the left is the former Burgrave 's House , built 1555–6 by Giovanni Ventura . |
| 26 | After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders . |
| 27 | CATH 's largest hostel for 19 men , Roodee House , is the former friary of St Francis ' , and was bought from the church in 1985 by Muir Housing Association . |
| 28 | It is the latter case that has been described by Chandrasekhar and Xanthopoulos ( 1986 b ) in which there is an extension beyond the horizon at which contains a time-like singularity analogous to the ring singularity of the Kerr solution at . |
| 29 | It is the latter development that has had great influence on the creation of the commercial AI industry . |
| 30 | Unfortunately it is the latter doctrine which dominates present-day thinking in the Western democracies , not only in the political parties of both the right and the left but also among most of you who are likely to be reading this book . |