Example sentences of "[be] the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around forty of these drawings have been known for years from books and exhibitions , but as things are , I am the only person in the world at the moment to have complete knowledge of what that collection was in its entirety . |
| 2 | In addition to what Nicholas er recounted about my brother , I believe that I am the only minister in the government , possibly the only member of parliament who has ever worked for the Save The Children Fund . |
| 3 | I am the only child of elderly parents and I suppose when I was young they were over-protective and old-fashioned . |
| 4 | They 'll always be in the record books that I am the only man at any weight who 's ever won three Lonsdale belts outright . |
| 5 | I am the only Member of this House who knows Dr. James McDaid — |
| 6 | As he can see , I am the only Member of Parliament from the northern region who is here apart from , I think , one Labour Member of Parliament who is a Whip . |
| 7 | ‘ I understand people associating me with bands I 've worked on as an engineer , but I do n't understand why I am the only engineer in the world who 's expected to be discriminating about the bands he 's worked with … ’ |
| 8 | When you awaken in the morning hush I am the uplifting rush Of quiet birds encircled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night . |
| 9 | I am the political equivalent of curry . |
| 10 | ‘ I am the right side of the Consul-General 's brain . |
| 11 | It was never catalogued ; I am the first person outside the Unit ever to know what it was doing … |
| 12 | I am the first musician in my family . |
| 13 | I am the proud owner of a Series III Lightweight . |
| 14 | I am the proud owner of a 1988 Land Rover 2.5 Turbo Diesel . |
| 15 | I am the proud owner of a One Ten County 1989 model . |
| 16 | I am the ultimate source of meaning of all " existential facts " ; all such facts , in the final analysis , turn out to be explicable in terms of facts about my own existence . |
| 17 | I am the delighted winner of the Outdoor Action Splash competition and I 'd just like to say that Andy Middleton and his colleagues gave us a great time on our week 's holiday at the Twr-y-Felin outdoor centre . |
| 18 | I am the great grandson of the founder of what is now the greatest , one of the greatest in , in Leningrad . |
| 19 | She heard them clinking , and she thought : ‘ I 'm here in these lovely gardens because I am the Best Child in the World . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But the King says I am the best horseman in his army . |
| 21 | I am the sole survivor of my family . |
| 22 | I am the sole author of this book , although Monsieur Francois Bergot has agreed to write the introduction . |
| 23 | Sir , — I am the General Secretary of The Bankruptcy Association of Great Britain and Ireland and I am writing to express my continuing concern over the catastrophic numbers of people going bankrupt in business — many of them businesses of long standing . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm Ron Barton and I 'll have you know that I am the Roving Correspondent of the True Brit , the newspaper with an even bigger circulation than the Sun , and I never laid a finger on , or up , the lady . |
| 25 | Darling darling , I feel that I am the luckiest man on earth and I want you to know that I know I am . |
| 26 | Despite his misfortunes Maskell once reflected : ‘ I am the luckiest chap in the world . |
| 27 | Certainly if I had been doing all the restoration work myself it would n't have cost me so much because I am the cheapest worker in this outfit . |
| 28 | That 's Doctor Rock oh good I like him I really am the big fan of his . |
| 29 | Sometimes they confuse me with the hon. Member for Walthamstow ( Mr. Summerson ) — I am the hon. Member for Wanstead and Woodford , and unemployment in my constituency has not risen to quite the extent that he suggests . |
| 30 | I am the youngest member of the new youth team at Dehon House . |