Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But good planning and advance preparation are the best way to ensure the move is as efficient and trouble-free as possible . |
| 2 | The most complete surviving part is the tower , and the fittings in the first-floor hall are particularly fine . |
| 3 | The most striking instance was the 1976 Soweto uprising which was sparked off by secondary school pupils ' opposition to the authorities ' insistence that they learn certain subjects in Afrikaans , viewed by most black people as the language of the oppressor . |
| 4 | Another historic building is the house in The Causeway where Bonnie Prince Charlie resided before his victory in 1745 . |
| 5 | Thus , if it is true that children who speak the more prestigious variety are the more successful than others , this is caused by other factors such as higher teacher- expectations or the middle-class values of the school . |
| 6 | Another Israeli concession was the presence at the negotiating table of Feisal Husseini , the unofficial lieutenant of the PLO leader , Yasser Arafat , in the occupied territories and a resident of Jerusalem . |
| 7 | The political field is the least autonomous of fields . |
| 8 | A solid defence is the hallmark of a well-taught student . |
| 9 | I love to play Shadows and Ventures instrumental music , and , as you know , rhythmic and melodic expertise is the absolute essence of this type of playing . |
| 10 | Low tide is the best time to see birds from a boat — and low tide , especially the very low tide of early spring , is the best time to get stuck on a sandbank ! |
| 11 | Implicit in this emotional narrative is the assumption that their academic success of the time would serve as the platform for future literary achievements , and would lead inevitably to public recognition of their undoubted talents . |
| 12 | The only thing miraculous about my hypothetical story is the coincidence between my being struck by lightning and my verbal invocation of the disaster . |
| 13 | The historic award was the first fatal accident claim to be started after the MoD lost its immunity from law suits in 1987 . |
| 14 | The most striking change was the presence of a manual which describes policies and practices of the Decimal Classification Division of the Library of Congress , offers advice on classing difficult areas and explains how to choose between related numbers . |
| 15 | Due diligence is the investigation of the vendor 's business by the purchaser and its advisers before contracts are executed . |
| 16 | In some organisations , like government for instance , pre-meeting lobbying is the expected norm . |
| 17 | It is believed the open-entry course is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | Adequate professional preparation is the result of the developing relationship between theory and practice . |
| 19 | The outstanding instance is the choir of Canterbury Cathedral , rebuilt by William of Sens ( so-called because of his work on that French Cathedral ) in 1175–84 . |
| 20 | It is clear that the main , though not only , point of reference for the professional course is the external profession or occupation which absorbs the majority of its graduates . |
| 21 | On the basis of some remarkably weak clinical evidence he decided that the site of emotional experience was the cingulate gyrus , which lies on the medial surface of the hemispheres . |
| 22 | Another possible measure was the average number of citations within the citation period . |
| 23 | Bell 's most important surviving building is the Customs House , King 's Lynn , built in 1683 as an exchange and sold to the customs authorities in 1718 . |
| 24 | Normally to raise funds the houses could think of selling off bills but with a general shortage of liquidity the only possible buyer is the Bank of England . |
| 25 | For the twentieth-century facts were that they were a small , oppressed , poor and exploited people , in thrall to the then all-mighty English , and their sole singularity was the Welsh language and only a quarter of them spoke that . |
| 26 | One advantage of computerized typesetting was the speed with which it could be learned . |
| 27 | The working part is the l.e.d. , D1 . |
| 28 | On the right of the political spectrum are the CDU and the CSU , in effect a single party ; on the left , the SPD ; the FDP is in the middle . |
| 29 | The triple shell was the traditional coffin for the burial vault and brick-lined grave . |
| 30 | Beautifully conditioned hair is the secret to high glamour styles . |