Example sentences of "is [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four circles are not presented as dealing with quite separate topics , such that to move from one to another would be in any sense a change of subject , but rather as four equally fundamental and interlocking dimensions of the same ground-motif that runs throughout : that Jesus Christ is the actualisation and realisation in time and history of God 's eternal decision to be God for and with man ; he is himself the everlasting covenant of God with us , and in that covenant the meaning and purpose of the created universe itself is contained ; and in him too lies the uncovering and overcoming of man 's estrangement from God by the divine ‘ No ! ’ of the cross which leads on to the ‘ Yes ! ’ of the resurrection . |
| 2 | Willy Russell 's Liverpool-based woman-at-play film has more than a passing resemblance to Letter to Brezhnev but is none the worse for that . |
| 3 | ‘ The Real ’ rides a Hendrix riff and is none the worse for it . |
| 4 | After removing ten to fifteen worms from the upturned roots the piece of lawn is returned to its original position , patted down firmly and is none the worse within a week or two . |
| 5 | It is difficult , given Korngold 's Hollywood output , not to imagine this as a mighty movie score , but it is none the worse for that , and those existing admirers of Korngold 's music should get great pleasure from this . |
| 6 | As a whole the reading calls to mind that of Del Monaco ( Karajan/Decca ) , and is none the worse for that , but misses the better manners of Pavarotti ( Solti/Decca ) and Domingo ( Maazel/EMI ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Truth to material ’ , like any other passionately held belief , can inspire good work , but it is no more a necessary than it is a sufficient condition , and Greek art is none the worse for being innocent of the notion . |
| 8 | He is none the worse for it . ’ |
| 9 | John Searle has compared the computational view of mind to an Englishman who has no understanding of Chinese processing Chinese symbols according to rules which correspond to the grammar of Chinese : what he deals with may be meaningful Chinese sentences , but he is none the wiser . |
| 10 | the wife is none the wiser , She 's got us |
| 11 | Following a full day of debate on the Loyal Address and two days on the Second Reading of the Bill , the country is none the wiser about what the Labour party proposes on local government finance , save in one crucial respect : we now know that it is committed to ending all control on local authority expenditure . |
| 12 | This close attention is itself the major motivator and reward . |
| 13 | It is not possible at present to decide whether the Cys 177 sulfhydryl group is itself the ultimate recipient of the methyl group or whether it is required for catalysis of automethylation of the enzyme at some other site . |
| 14 | Secondly , because the reserves in question , notes and coin and balances at the Bank of England , are liabilities of the Bank of England , then the Bank is itself the sole supplier of such reserves . |
| 15 | It recognises ( a recognition reflected in such celebrated instances as the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Case of the Sheriff of Middlesex ( 1840 ) 11 A & E 273 ) that each House is itself the final authority as to the propriety of any particular method of carrying out its functions , and beyond the reach of judicial control in so doing . |
| 16 | In this way , casting ceases to be just an intermediary stage in the act of creation but is itself the finished product of that act . |
| 17 | The formal disruption is itself the visible manifestation of the political demand . |
| 18 | Not surprisingly , this indeterminacy is itself the main characteristic of ‘ hysterical ’ discourse which is never willing to assert anything definitively ( Irigaray 1966:29–30 , 1967:67–8 ) . |
| 19 | It is itself the English mind , the element in which we live and work . |
| 20 | It is you the Great Spirits want . ’ |
| 21 | Is she the right person to do it from a Catholic school ? |
| 22 | Is she the right colour ? |
| 23 | ‘ Is she the black girl you were looking for ? ’ |
| 24 | Is she the only one who 's going to be around at Christmas ? |
| 25 | You 've got hers but is she the only one to be at your 's ? |
| 26 | because is she the only one there is she or |
| 27 | Is she the first woman to have a baby ? |
| 28 | Is she the original one then . |
| 29 | Is she the original one then ? |
| 30 | Is she the evil mother , who tries to prevent her daughter Pamina from discovering her true father , Sarastro , and entering the Temple of Wisdom ? |