Example sentences of "the [noun sg] be the " in BNC.

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1 the basis of the defence is the absence of any control by the defendant over the acts of a stranger on his land and therefore the nature of the stranger 's conduct is irrelevant .
2 The most significant feature of the response is the existence of a critical pulsatance which marks the end of an ideal pass band and the beginning of attenuation .
3 Steam-heated hauled stock was also eradicated , and the response was the reclassification of more Class 31/4s and 47/4s , plus the first Class 37/4s .
4 Under general rules the income is the income of Mr B ( as trustee ) .
5 er , if you just to avoid doubt , it looks as though , as we presume we go back to one , three , four that 's less than the income was the revenue from things like the guest room and er the lounge and so on , you see ?
6 The sticking-point was the continuing legacy of the Contagious Diseases Acts , and the wider fear that the profession was still sunk in ‘ blind materialism ’ .
7 From afar , the two most striking buildings in the park are the Observatory and the replica Eiffel Tower .
8 The sub-species kept at the park is the very rare Persian Leopard from Iraq and Iran .
9 And if you are ever going to see one of the genuine though attested rarities among the local fauna , a bear , a lynx , or an eagle , the Park is the only place you might do so , though there are thought to be fewer than twenty bears still living in the Pyrenees , and only eight pairs of eagles .
10 The cost of choice for the majority is the absence of choice for the minority who will never afford to buy , … ‘ the Right to Buy ’ and growth of owner-occupation are effectively carried out on the backs of poor people .
11 The only new product on the stand was the RA2000 Escort , which now wo n't be in the UK until November after what Ford described as an ‘ unfinished development programme ’ slowed things down .
12 Making its debut and dominating the stand was the brand new First 53f5 , born of a collaboration between naval architect Bruce Farr , and stylist Pininfarina , with Bénéteau themselves contributing a considerable amount of production engineering technology .
13 The Sanhedrin was the highest court of Jewish law .
14 The origin of the Sanhedrin was the seventy men Moses appointed to assist him in judging the people of Israel .
15 The Sanhedrin was the official court of Jewish justice ( see chapter 1 ) .
16 The mala is the 14th of the 71 mammals unique to Australia to have died out since European colonization .
17 The eye is like a camera : the glass on the camera lens is the cornea ; the aperture is the pupil ; and the shutter is the beautifully coloured iris , which contracts and relaxes to let in more or less light .
18 The tender is undergoing some further work and the boiler is the final obstacle in this protracted restoration .
19 I will asterisk those which I believe are s the simple raw data that Paul referred to , and the remainder are the
20 The remainder is the amount of fabric which will be fitted into the pleats .
21 The Remainder is the linguistic equivalent of the Freudian unconscious and , like the unconscious , it is not interested in rules .
22 The remainder was the yield on various customs and excise duties levied primarily on beer , spirits , wines , tobacco , cocoa and other ‘ luxury ’ items which varied a little from budget to budget .
23 On the shield are the words VOT PR and the mint mark is STR .
24 The dexter ( more important ) supporter of the shield is the white horse of Hanover , decorated with Royal oak leaves , a reminder of Charles II .
25 The only hope for the suite is the rescue plan put forward by Bart 's to turn the site , in central London , into a specialist referral unit and health centre for the City .
26 The buraq is the steed on which Mohammed rode to heaven .
27 The link is the final section of what is , effectively , a dual carriageway from the Houses of Parliament via Canary Wharf to the A13 at Canning Town .
28 One development of the link is the pivot .
29 The link is the gentle and reflective art of fly fishing .
30 Colborne was pulling the other way : he said there was a social revolution going on outside the palace gates ; he believed young people needed leadership as they never had needed it before , and the Prince was the one who could lead them .
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