Example sentences of "[det] be the [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the traditional and still most widely-used way of making your characters speak . |
| 2 | This is the best and most evenly-balanced Uncle Vanya I 've ever seen . |
| 3 | To my mind this is the best and most subtle of all English potted meat inventions . |
| 4 | This is the political and ideological basis of their analysis of literacy which , by a sleight of hand , is presented as the ‘ neutral ’ , ‘ objective ’ findings of the scientist , appropriately couched in the technical language of their academic discipline . |
| 5 | This is the clearest and most concise account of the rejection of fussy Victorian historicism . |
| 6 | Buckingham Palace stresses that this is the one and only way to paint a Monarch . |
| 7 | This is the first and greatest commandment . |
| 8 | If visiting or entertaining friends is difficult , this is the first and most important problem to be tackled , because maintaining ( or restoring ) this particular activity will do more than almost anything else to keep life in balance . |
| 9 | This is the first and largest of the famed Cinque Terre towns wonderfully perched in the hills above its beaches . |
| 10 | This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it . |
| 11 | This is the first and last time anything like battle conditions have been seen at RAF Kemble . |
| 12 | This is the second and final article on the life and work of William Carey whose vision inspired the creation of the Baptist Missionary Society . |
| 13 | This is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind and does address the very real problems people have to cope with in the event of a major disaster . ’ |
| 14 | FHSAs and prescribing This is the fifth and final article in a series of articles on the future of family health services authorities |
| 15 | This is the vital and trouble-torn time following the dawn of civilisation . |
| 16 | This is the wild and tasteless world of The Hitman And Her , the vibrantly garish , unashamedly downmarket youth TV programme that is storming up the ratings chart with its gloriously OTT presentation of provincial culture . |
| 17 | This is the latest and most daring in a sequence of dramatic stairs designed by Jiricna . |
| 18 | This is the scientific and technological side of the mind . |
| 19 | It is accepted in the musical business that this is the easiest and best way to secure your copyright . |
| 20 | This is the true and basic pathology of cholera . |
| 21 | mountain biking is next … its the Malvern Classic at Eastnor Castle this week … this is the biggest and best festival of the lot … and over the years has produced some breathtaking moments … |
| 22 | mountain biking is next … its the Malvern Classic at Eastnor Castle this week … this is the biggest and best festival of the lot … and over the years has produced some breathtaking moments … |
| 23 | This is the fast and furious world of grasstrack racing … the event a competition on the outskirts of Oxford that 's attracted the best and bravest in Britain … for the grand prize of Masters champion nineteen ninety two . |
| 24 | Taken as a single body of water , between its source and where its waters reach the sea at Marienburg as the Reik , this is the longest and most substantial river system in the Old World . |
| 25 | It is submitted that this is the strict and correct approach to severance . |
| 26 | We had eaten a good dinner — among other things a golden bolster of an omelette bursting its seams with truffles — and drunk some excellent red wine of Cahors and afterwards a glass of that remarkable eau-de-vie of plums called Vieille Prune which is one of the great Dordogne products — another is the odd and delicious walnut oil with which , if you are lucky , you may get your salad dressed . |
| 27 | This was the first and only news that we had ever had that Thomas 's aircraft had crashed in a built-up area , let alone on a house , and that seven French people had been killed . |
| 28 | This was the first and only certainty , that he had fallen foul of Isambard , and was now in captivity . |
| 29 | This was the one and only secret he kept to himself , this secret of his passionate and sudden , spasmodic affinity for men he saw . |
| 30 | This was the one and only time her smile was missing . |