Example sentences of "the [adj] and [adv] powerful [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From here , the grim Hazar Ustan or Thousand Pillared Palace , Tughluk ruled the largest and most powerful empire India had known since the time of Ashoka , one and a half millennia previously . |
| 2 | These revenues , unknown and incalculable though they are , helped to make the Duke one of the greatest and most powerful princes in Western Europe . |
| 3 | Neile 's particular contribution was the provision of the longest and most powerful telescopes that had been produced in England for Ward 's observatory at Wadham , and these were used by Wren in developing his theory of Saturn 's rings . |
| 4 | Few people seriously questioned the practical advantages and moral justification of hereditary monarchy as a system of government , particularly in the larger and more powerful States . |
| 5 | The melodies of Zarewitsch were some of the loveliest and most powerful Lehar had ever written . |
| 6 | The first and most powerful image projector today is television . |
| 7 | The first and most powerful emotion was pride in what this moment meant for so many millions , and especially for their leaders , who had succeeded in making this return after 22 years of isolation conditional on the genuine opening up of cricket to all South Africans . |
| 8 | Safdarjung was the richest and most powerful man in India ; in all but name he had become an independent ruler . |
| 9 | The local diocese has appealed to the water authority to do something about it ; but something as elemental as the ever-moving Severn is beyond the resources of even the richest and most powerful water authority . |
| 10 | Years ago Moran loaned McQuaid money when he had started in the cattle business but now McQuaid was the richer and more powerful man and they saw little of one another . |
| 11 | Fresh from the indulgence of driving the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever built over several hundred kilometres of demanding roads , I was about to set off on a journey that would take me from one end of Europe to the other . |
| 12 | After personal contact , television is the fastest and most powerful way of winning people . |
| 13 | What is important is the idea that the newest and most powerful media , namely ads , might be used to beneficial ends . |
| 14 | METAL GURUS Hartke 1155 & 210 Bass Combos Following on from Hartke 's 3500 head reviewed recently comes the new and equally powerful combo series … |
| 15 | The new and more powerful roles offered to women in the world of work may diminish their powerlessness before men and change the way working couples relate . |
| 16 | New home office regulations mean that by pooling their resources the new East Midlands Air Support Unit can afford the latest and most powerful model on the market . |