Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] is [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My agent is not the brightest of creatures , though like many middlemen in most trades he is usually able to hide this big hole in his mind with his trendy patter and strategic placing of the latest fashionable phrase or concept . |
| 2 | Harvey said , ‘ My ambition is exactly the reverse . ’ |
| 3 | Thank you very much , er I ca n't carry along because you want to stop me , but if I were capable of telling , I 'd say my attitude is still the same as it was before . |
| 4 | ‘ My attitude is still the same as it was at the beginning of the 1986–87 season and that is , if I can continue to contribute then I 'm happy to do so . ’ |
| 5 | You see , Juliet , I know my blood-group is n't the same as Donna 's — ’ |
| 6 | Parul Courtney told the court that she knew he had made love to other women , but added : ‘ My husband is not the first person to have an affair , nor the last . ’ |
| 7 | In may respects , my shop is just the opposite , although I certainly have a health foods section , as do many delicatessens . |
| 8 | My concern is why the health common services authority , with its 800 valuable jobs , should suddenly decide to change direction and head for the bay . |
| 9 | My answer is never the same . |
| 10 | My garden is all the more attractive because the gardens on either side are so rampant and untended : places where moss covers the paths , the grass is yellow and long and the stalks of sycamore seedlings have red , fungoid lumps . |
| 11 | I 'd just like to I do n't think this is a strategic matter in the in in the terms which you are now defining it and indeed the issue of self containment , my understanding is only the universe is self contained . |
| 12 | Yeah but my my my perm is not the really the curl , like hi his was set nicely . |
| 13 | " No , I do n't ask you to beg , and my going is n't the answer . " |
| 14 | ‘ My problem is quite the reverse , ’ I said emphatically . |
| 15 | My view is not the definitive view — it 's my experience of him . ’ |
| 16 | The quality of output from the DeskJet Portable is very high , and in my view is marginally the best of all the machines tested . |
| 17 | This sudden and violent less of the abbey , its Abbot and three of its Brethren is perhaps the cause of the locally reported transmutations and the essence of the profoundly poignant atmosphere commented upon by so many visitors so the site — that overwhelming peace , tinged with a hint of sadness . |
| 18 | Yet among the many people I teach and guide in the alps , an inability or unwillingness to memorise their route is perhaps the most common failing , and this applies to very able climbers as well as novices . |
| 19 | Art construction in all its forms is simply the choosing of separate or possibly groups of atoms and molecules from diverse existing structures and re-grouping them with mental science . |
| 20 | Their saviour is not the triumphalist Christ the King of old Christendom . |
| 21 | Their existence is thus the reason for the long memory and slow approach to self-preservation mentioned in Section 21.1 . |
| 22 | Its story is all the more piquant , because the starting point , the harmful substance , was one almost universally regarded as an exceptionally evil human ‘ achievement ’ . |
| 23 | Their work is obviously the result of struggle , of trying to create something coherent without knowing exactly what that something is , or how to find it . |
| 24 | For any bride who wants a permanent memento of her wedding , a pressed picture of her bouquet is perhaps the most unusual and attractive reminder of all . |
| 25 | Her home is now the lounge of her brother 's flat ; his sofa is now her bed . |
| 26 | ‘ But when they do see them , their reaction is always the same . |
| 27 | His talk of the Tories in Scotland winning back seats and increasing their votes and their majorities is exactly the kind of spin on the election result that Tory apologists are desperate should gain political currency . |
| 28 | Show her failure is n't the end of the world . |
| 29 | Its interface is n't the prettiest and there are some other niggles , like the lack of moveable guides , average clip-art and a poor Autotrace feature . |
| 30 | Its population is approximately the same as Britain 's but its Greenpeace has 600,000 members , double the British membership . |