Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [noun sg] [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this woman is the Margaret Sherman who subscribed . |
| 2 | Yet the attempt has to be made , because bringing in more tax is the centrepiece of the government 's plan for saving the economy . |
| 3 | Looks can deceive , though , because to look at her you would think she was aggressive , or dead political , but she is n't , it 's just that punk is the look she likes , and what she 's aiming for . |
| 4 | I think we are all really fucked off that Scum are the team at the top . |
| 5 | More popular than ever this summer are the Town Gardens , 100 years old next year . |
| 6 | The land which they had loved and tended for so many generations — to survive off this land was the aim of their lives , the justification for all struggles . |
| 7 | Other television tie-ins due to appear later this year are the Channel 4 Garden Club book , by Arthur Taylor and Roy Lancaster ( Sidgwick & Jackson , April , £14.99 , 0 283 06153 7 ) — virtually the transcripts of the series — and Stefan Buczacki 's Bazaar : The Budget Gardening Year ( BBC , June , £4.99 , 0 563 36779 2 ) , a garden calendar whose puzzling title will presumably be explained by the series of that name starting in July . |
| 8 | In the continuing round of county-house sales , coming up this later this season are the contents of Shadwell Park , near Thetford ( home of banker , racehorse owner and breeder , the late Sir John Musker : Sotheby 's 21 and 22 October . |
| 9 | The fat little one who sorted you out this morning was the S.M.O. Get me ? |
| 10 | Even this status was the cause of repeated problems , since the Prior of St Pancras enjoyed separate jurisdictions and there were repeated conflicts between the lord 's men and those of the Prior . |
| 11 | Of even more interest is the Tories ' perception of all this . |
| 12 | Even more telling is the example of Ralph Snaith , the bailiff of Pontefract . |
| 13 | Even more telling is the example of Ralph Snaith , the bailiff of Pontefract . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) Apart from any such contract , express or implied , the place of delivery is the seller 's place of business , if he has one , and if not , his residence : except that , if the contract is for the sale of specific goods , which to the knowledge of the parties when the contract is made are in some other place , then that place is the place of delivery . ’ |
| 15 | Reserved , enigmatic , a soldier rather than a statesman — it appeared withal that ambition was the protector 's guiding star . |
| 16 | Also out and about this week were THE PRIMITIVES and CHAPTERHOUSE who were spotted at THE POETS gig tapping their beer bottles along in time to the swell up-and-coming sounds emanating stageside . |
| 17 | Sometimes this obstinacy was the refuge of the poor man who can not afford change and to whom stagnation has become a habit of mind necessary for survival ; at other times it represented a sound rejection of improper techniques culled by ‘ philosophical ’ amateurs from the journals of French and English agricultural societies . |
| 18 | Reminding visitors that the whole thing had been lifted onto the mountain by helicopter , Robert Smith , the director of APRS said : ‘ If you are going along the way of more leisure time then this building is the shape of things to come . ’ |
| 19 | One of her joys was taking the bus along the King 's Road when that thoroughfare was the epitome of the swinging sixties . |
| 20 | Yet another advantage is the prevention of stomach discomfort , often the trigger for diet-breaking snacks . |
| 21 | Yet another example is the marriage between Joe and Mrs Gargery before her accident and death . |
| 22 | Yet another example is the BBC , established under Royal Charter and financed by licence fees . |
| 23 | Truly this man was the Son of God ( Mark 15:39 ; Matt. |