Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the three T vittatus is the largest and the most-readily available to the hobbyist , and best suited to the community tank . |
| 2 | The Master Level Index is the main entry point to the entire system , below which there are up to three levels of functional refinement . |
| 3 | As with the purchase of a share , the maximum loss that can be suffered by anyone who buys a futures contract is the initial price of the asset ( S t ) , since negative share prices are not possible . |
| 4 | In November 1991 the CME 's eurodollar futures contract was the first one to exceed the one million contracts open interest , i.e. number of contracts outstanding . |
| 5 | NCR Corp is the latest port of call for Computer Associates International Inc with its CA-Unicenter systems management offering which is now up and running on NCR 's System 3000s under Unix System V.4 . |
| 6 | If we assume that these institutional arrangements remain unchanged , then money income is the main determinant . |
| 7 | Windsor Park is the perfect stage for me . |
| 8 | The first problem is encountered when the sub-assemblies use common parts ; say part PS is the same as part PI . |
| 9 | Our competition and ‘ opposition ’ in Moose Jaw was the resident staff writer of the Regina Leader-Post who managed his paper 's local bureau . |
| 10 | Income support is the main source of state social security for non-employed lone mothers and most lone mothers will spend at least some time , and often lengthy periods , in receipt of income support . |
| 11 | A rough but convenient measure of sentence complexity is the average number of words per sentence : that is , we have first to determine the complexity of each sentence by counting the words , and then to derive from this an overall measure of complexity . |
| 12 | If you accept that unanimity is a near Impossibility , and that a majority decision is the next best thing , you also have to accept , as a general rule , that you will abide by a majority decision when it turns out that you are among the minority . |
| 13 | Almost difficult to believe , but Beighton station level crossing was the first on the GCR out of London . |
| 14 | The primary reason for the failure of the CAFFE trial was the enormous skilled effort needed to prepare the flow charts . |
| 15 | During our Pre-Campaign Wave in March defence was the main issue on television , the main issue stressed by the Conservative Party , and second only to unemployment as Labour 's main issue . |
| 16 | In the second case money was the prime factor , both its getting and spending ; it created an artificial environment . |
| 17 | It is said that the north Norfolk coast is the best place in England to see birds of passage — and to meet well-known bird watchers . |
| 18 | One possible obstacle to an OEM deal is the narrow margin that such a low-end product would entail . |
| 19 | It is the conventional critic 's wisdom that internal incoherence , chaotic heterogeneity and category confusion are the exclusive province of the tabloids and confirm powerlessness by denying the readership access to useful knowledge ( ie , the truth ) . |
| 20 | The electronic billboard with its tacky Stardust effect was the ultimate nothing , an entity written entirely in light . |
| 21 | On the west coast is the pretty port of Porto Azzurro , and on the south , Marina di Campo , popular for its beaches . |
| 22 | Pharmaceuticals ( above ) run a £5bn trading surplus and the UK electronics industry is the 4th largest in the world |
| 23 | We might think that majority rule is the fairest workable decision procedure in politics , but we know that the majority will sometimes , perhaps often , make unjust decisions about the rights of individuals . |
| 24 | PROFITS at Harland & Wolff , the privatised Belfast shipbuilder where the majority shareholder is the Norwegian Fred Olsen group , slumped to £2.1m during 1991 compared with £11.7m in the 18 months previously , after provisions of £4m for redundancies and for its Trassey Shipping associate . |
| 25 | Better than expected , the February current-account deficit was £1.4 billion ; the trade deficit figure was the same — net invisibles vanished . |
| 26 | Visiting gardens and afternoon tea are the perfect complement for one another , so it is no coincidence that the Trust will be publishing The National Trust Book of Tea-time recipes on 18 April at £7.95 . |
| 27 | Appearing on the tape proved too much of a millstone for most bands and The Wedding Present were the only ones that carried on developing at a reasonable pace . |
| 28 | Also echoed in the British research literature is the unsatisfactory nature of many admissions to care in Flanders and the Netherlands ( see Packman et al . , |
| 29 | David Park was the last man out of Knockshinnoch . |
| 30 | One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder . |