Example sentences of "is the [det] [noun] " 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 | What is interesting about Garfield and his Philadelphia-based Institute for Scientific Information is the many ways in which this elementary notion has become useful in charting the history and social intercourse of science . |
| 11 | One thing we experience in reading these poems is the many ways one human being can care about another . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In form at Middlesbrough at the moment is the former Sheffield dog , Batley Ranger , now with trainer Ronnie Chambers . |
| 14 | This is the former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle 's much-cherished parity run amok . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Next to the Chapel is the former infirmary — later the almshouse . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Sir Colin is the former head of export services at the Ministry of Defence , having been seconded in 1985 from British Aerospace |
| 20 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 21 | Most interesting warbird is the Sea Fury G-BUCM : this is the former RAF Museum example VX653 , and has been acquired by the Fighter Collection at Duxford in exchange for work carried out by them on the Museum 's Hawker Tempest II . |
| 22 | An example of this is the former workhouse at West Hill Hospital in Dartford , Kent . |
| 23 | Another senior Member of the Conservative party to have expressed his anxiety is the former vice-chairman , Sir Tom Arnold , Member for Hazel Grove . |
| 24 | He is the former manager of the Locomotion Leisure Centre at the Blackwell Grange Moat House hotel in Darlington . |
| 25 | It is the former image which the courts have tended to have before them when reviewing the decisions of corporate managers . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | The Vale of Rheidol depot is the former BR standard gauge shed and has three roads . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The Chairman of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs is the former Cabinet Minister the Right Honourable David Howell ( Member for Guildford ) . |