Example sentences of "[be] the [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the very proud owner of a Series IIA 2.25 LWB station wagon . |
| 2 | I am the very proud owner of a Red Snakehead . |
| 3 | The only green shoots seen so far have been the slightly faster growth of notes and coin in circulation , which is partly the result of the fall in interest rates which can be earned on money in the bank . |
| 4 | Equally predictable , but more depressing , has been the immediately dismissive response of many of the thinkers of the new left , the Marquandistas , the realigners , the constitutionalists and the electoral reformers . |
| 5 | My expressing some Fear of being troublesome in coming so frequently , occasioned a great Variety of Invitations , both in Verse and Prose ; which I could seldom resist : And indeed her whole Behaviour to me was so extremely good-natur 'd and obliging , that I must have been the most ungrateful Person in the World , if I had not endeavour 'd to make some Return . |
| 6 | ‘ But Hawaiian music has always been the most hybridised music in the whole Pacific , because the island was the most impacted by other people . |
| 7 | Having tried it both ways , I am more comfortable with the single act approach , and in the history of rock management , that has generally been the most successful route . |
| 8 | In his opening speech on June 3 , the UNCED Secretary-General , Maurice Strong , told delegates : " We have been the most successful species ever . |
| 9 | Motability has earned one peerage and an OBE or two , but otherwise virtue is its own reward , and so far as I am concerned , it has been the most successful achievement of my career and the most fortunate thought that ever came into my head . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ The Airbus has been the most successful venture into the civilian aerospace industry in the last 20 years . ’ |
| 11 | In hindsight , with Crowe having led the team imaginatively and been the most successful batsman of the World Cup , this initiative of the selectors does not seem bright , but it was more understandable when it was made . |
| 12 | It had not , she decided , been the most successful training evening of all time . |
| 13 | ‘ It illustrates , ’ says chairman Garry , ‘ that we have been the most successful North-East club over the past 20-odd years . ’ |
| 14 | In this book , we tried to develop a somewhat new approach to grammar , based on the idea that grammar , to be useful to the learner , should be ‘ communicative ’ , i.e. should relate the forms and structures of the language to their meaning and use In terms of the number of copies sold , this has been the most successful book of which I have been an author . |
| 15 | HOUSTON — BPX appears to have been the most successful bidder in Western Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 143 . |
| 16 | It was just what United needed and it rattled Leicester who in recent weeks have been the most successful team in the table . |
| 17 | Johann Sebastian may not have been the most avant-garde composer of his generation , but Kuhnau emerges as almost archaic in comparison . |
| 18 | It 's been the most awful day of my life . |
| 19 | On the day I travelled down with Stan Piecha , who over the years has been the most consistent angler in the competition . |
| 20 | Aliens have long been the most vulnerable section of the British workforce . |
| 21 | The remarkable growth of the Lord Chancellor 's chambers into a major department of State has been the most telling event yet . |
| 22 | The damage inflicted is particularly severe since Fonseca and Williams ( 1988 ) suggest that professional development teachers have been the most effective agency for stimulating a desire for change in schools . |
| 23 | ‘ This has been the most disappointing season of my managerial career as it was my ambition to lead Notts County to the Premier League . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Once I 'd gone I was asked to do a wide range of things but not because I was Chrissie Rogers but because of me Ethy Browne that has been the most satisfying aspect . |
| 25 | Several factors have contributed to this , but the government 's attitude to the unemployed has been the most crucial factor . |
| 26 | Will the right hon. Gentleman , in his swan song at the Dispatch Box , admit that not only has he been the most expensive Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , supporting an increase in CAP spending of 55 per cent. , but that , by his failure to get meaningful reform of the CAP , he has been the most unsuccessful one , as well ? |
| 27 | In its final version , the SAS jeep must surely have been the most cost-effective fighting vehicle ever developed . |
| 28 | When a client comes to see you , having been injured in an accident , they will be seeing you following what will probably have been the most traumatic event of their life . |
| 29 | Tiny banknotes have always been the most traditional item at the fair . |
| 30 | ‘ This has been the most savage start of any of the walks I 've done , ’ panted Beefy , as he walked backwards downhill to relieve the strain in his calves . |