Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] earth " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer — as long as you are stinking rich — lies in the ultimate gift guide , Robb Report magazine 's annual list of the most exclusive presents on earth . |
| 2 | And all the while the shadow of the Bomb grew longer as the most powerful nations on earth stockpiled enough megatonnes to blow up the world fifty times over . |
| 3 | Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan has launched an appeal for a centre to rescue orphaned and injured Mediterranean monk seals , whose numbers have collapsed in recent years to the point where they are , according to the Prince , " one of the most forgotten creatures on earth " . |
| 4 | Yet recently Dr Hsu of Zurich has suggested that they record what must have been one of the most spectacular incidents in earth history . |
| 5 | Hugh Arbuthnot took time off from his duties to tour the countryside , and decided that apart from its inhabitants , it was one of the most beautiful places on earth . |
| 6 | The manhood of England has been largely alienated from the organised Churches because we have been so absorbed by the interests of the individual soul as to neglect the woes of society , and so preoccupied with the delights of heaven as to overlook some of the most urgent duties of earth . |
| 7 | We have a lot of dogs , and some of the most wonderful skiers on earth — Bjaaland here is the best in Norway ! |
| 8 | Lovers are the most sensitive animals on earth , though often the strength of their feelings warps their interpretation of the signals they receive . |
| 9 | They are among the most remarkable creatures on earth . |
| 10 | But he argues that Canadians have one of the most consumer-orientated societies on earth . |
| 11 | WATER is one of the most commonplace compounds on Earth . |
| 12 | As the fifties proceeded , a succession of coups , countercoups , wars , revolutions and civil disorders made the Middle East one of the most volatile areas on earth , a place that in the words of one historian , " reverberated with the sound of crashing throne . " |
| 13 | And though it 's one of the most abundant elements on earth , not much hydrogen is chemically free . |
| 14 | It took a little time , but er , eventually he got it , and now I 'm delighted to say he 's one of the most organised managers on earth . |
| 15 | As well as generators of rising dividends , the new water companies are custodians of one of the most vital resources on earth . |
| 16 | As well as generators of rising dividends , the new water companies are custodians of one of the most vital resources on earth . |
| 17 | The Sonoran desert of Arizona is one of the least hospitable places on earth . |