Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] is the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your wedding day is the one time in your life that you can live out your wildest dreams and most romantic fantasies . |
| 2 | Unhysterically told , the message is that the cocaine trade is the one branch of American commerce that these thoroughly American kids are allowed into . |
| 3 | Given that the men in our sample spend an average of more than 43 hours a week at work ( ie half their waking life ) , it 's hardly surprising that job satisfaction is the one factor mentioned by more than half of them as the most important thing in their lives ( see table , opposite page ) . |
| 4 | I assume that the ‘ definitive ’ state of Fairy Queen is the 1692 material with the 1693 material added . |
| 5 | The opening lead is the seven of diamonds , and the full hand is as follows , but try covering the East and West hands as you decide on your line of play . |
| 6 | Three no trumps then gets passed out and West 's opening lead is the ten of hearts . |
| 7 | Yeah received it last week Chief brought it to the meeting on Tuesday evening last week but the quickest like most national organisations somebody was sick right E B P week is the twenty first March |
| 8 | Flight Simulator is the one exception , as it animation is too jerky under Windows . |
| 9 | The best on road type is the XC type 4 as fitted on 110 vehicles , for more off road use the XCL offers good on and off road manners but is a directional tread pattern and has to be fitted the correct way round . |
| 10 | What British people so often fail to understand is that the old inter-island divisions and prejudices that have always dogged Caribbean life are still present , and that a successful cricket team is the one thing that transcends this fragmentation . |
| 11 | Finally on the CD front is the CDC-625 multi-disc player ( £299.95 ) , again using SL-Bit and capable of handling five discs at a time . |
| 12 | Speaking as an old university hack who 's been teaching courses in this place since nineteen sixty two , the Shakespeare course is the one thing which is utterly and deeply different every time I teach it . |
| 13 | Speaking as a , an old university hack who 's been teaching courses in this place since 1962 , the Shakespeare course is the one thing which is utterly and deeply different every time I teach it . |
| 14 | The miniature microphone insert used in the Tie Pulser project is the EM-4 omnidirectional electret condenser type and should be available from numerous sources . |
| 15 | Since this book is concerned with developments in the education of young children since the 1950s , the most appropriate starting point is the 1944 ( Butler ) Education Act . |
| 16 | Christmas Day is the twenty fifth ! |
| 17 | ‘ Some people think the Christmas holiday is the 10 days we just had off from school , but I think it 's more than that . |