Example sentences of "[noun prp] [unc] [noun sg] [is] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one has so far questioned the judgement that ‘ Montini 's letter is the single most important document for understanding not only the first session but the whole Vatican Council ’ . |
| 2 | I get the impression that , of the three , Hardenberger 's favourite is the Blake Watkins Concerto , which he considers ‘ very English , more traditional perhaps but without being in any way limited . |
| 3 | Closest to Kathleen 's heart is the dream of one day being able to walk down the road with her son , his bare hand in hers . |
| 4 | Certainly , the most poignant part of Mr Wright 's history is the fate of the Cherokees . |
| 5 | Now , I can do so with a clear conscience : Col. Sutherland 's book is the only substantial and comprehensive single reference on SF from its obscure beginnings in the early days of the Cold War to its subsequent apotheosis in Vietnam , with its somewhat confused role in the 1980s . |
| 6 | The Abbé 's morality may be more edifying , but Defoe 's book is the product of a society that saw colonies as attractive and profitable places that people would like to move to ( though , of course , pro-emigration literature had appeared ever since the Elizabethan plays Westward Ho and Eastward Ho ) . |
| 7 | Now it may be a six hour drive from the Central Belt and a short one hour Loganair flight from Edinburgh but as you 'll see Katie 's destination is the last word in luxury . |
| 8 | ‘ Benedict 's birth is the best of any in the district . ’ |
| 9 | We have come to that stage now and the council has reached the conclusion that Mr Sugden 's proposition is the best on offer and we have no hesitation in recommending it to you . ’ |
| 10 | What is missing from Field 's account is the connection between political transnational practices and the global capitalist system . |
| 11 | Bingham is keeping his fingers crossed that Gray 's withdrawal is the only one . |
| 12 | Gencor 's decision is the first of its kind by a big South African firm . |
| 13 | ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands . |
| 14 | ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands . |
| 15 | Worcester 's motto is the faithful city because we were involved in certain civil wars way back . |
| 16 | The celebration of Lord Buddha 's enlightenment is the most important day in the Buddhist year . |
| 17 | There is an implicit extraction set just as much in ( 21 ) — and in ( 16 ) — as in ( 20 ) : ( 21 ) Gustav 's chauffeur is the sanest the lady in the fur hat was ( the ) first In structures like ( 21 ) the extraction set is often given explicitly by means of a noun , but if not — as here — then it has to be derived from the context . |
| 18 | The first , and larger courtyard , is the Archbishop 's Court , but the smaller Canon 's Court is the better . |
| 19 | Nara 's instructor is the scheme 's co-ordinator June Fox . |
| 20 | By an acute reading of internal evidence , Betty Rizzo suggests that the ‘ Parthenissa ’ mentioned in ‘ The Proposal ’ and elsewhere in Leapor 's poetry is the ‘ Mrs. J. ’ to whom Freemantle sent Leapor 's manuscripts [ see ML , 2 , p. xviii ] , and that the only probable candidate in the subscription lists is Susanna Jennens . |
| 21 | The Sainsbury 's application is the latest to go to appeal at a public inquiry . |
| 22 | The Bibliothèque 's spokesman is the linguist Pierre Encrevé , supported by Françoise Cachin , director of the Musée d'Orsay , Pierre Rosenberg , General Curator of the Département des Peintures at the Louvre , and many other leading figures from the academic world including Yves Alain Bois of the University of Harvard , Professor Pressouyre of the Université de Paris I , Professor Francis Haskell from Oxford , Professor Castelnuovo of Pisa , Hubert Damish , William Rubin and Jean Starobinskia . |
| 23 | The key statement of Brenda 's turn is the one at line 15 – 16 , Mp:112> which gives her explanation of why she agreed to dance with a man whose initial approach had shocked her and led her to respond coolly . |
| 24 | Leach 's petrel is the rarest and least well known of the three , with the largest British population on St Kilda . |
| 25 | However , perhaps the most surprising aspect of Lord Cross 's speech is the apparent complacency with which he viewed the implications of his decision as he understood them . |
| 26 | One difference is this : Sartre 's aim is the philosophical one of redescribing the location of bodily sensations in a way which does not lend itself to such misunderstandings as that two people could feel the same pain as they can see the same table . |
| 27 | Mohammed Khalil 's case is the most extraordinary in the series of recent court actions by Asians seeking to end their marriages . |
| 28 | President Yoweri Museveni 's government is the first to give serious thought to the Karimojong problem . |
| 29 | Jim 's Cafe is the cosiest place they know . |
| 30 | Rauh 's example is the prepositional phrase above the car , where the NP the car removes the egocentric element . |