Example sentences of "was [num] [prep] the worst [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The sound of not-so-distant drums brought disharmony to Trinidad Crescent , Poole , Dorset , in what an environmental health officer said was one of the worst cases of noise pollution he had dealt with in 12 years .
2 three and a half Kevin , that was one of the worst investments you have ever made .
3 The sound of the door to the Robemaker 's Workshops closing , was one of the worst sounds Nuadu had ever heard .
4 It was one of the worst sounds Sabine had ever heard .
5 Allegations of atrocities committed by Kurdish separatists included the massacre of 21 villagers on the Turkish-Iraqi border in November 1989 , which was one of the worst incidents of its kind since 1987 .
6 It was one of the worst things .
7 One , that working with Frantz and Weymouth was one of the worst things that could have happened to The Mondays , and two , that they 've still got it assuming they 're produced by someone that understands them .
8 It was one of the worst days for RAF casualties .
9 It was one of the worst trips I ever made in Venturous and it was my last .
10 It was one of the worst examples of the American penchant for using foreign affairs to win elections .
11 ‘ That was one of the worst starts of my career , ’ said Mansell .
12 Ian Martin , the director of the human rights organization Amnesty International , stated on July 8 during a three-day visit that Peru was one of the worst abusers of human rights in Latin America .
13 The police say it was one of the worst attacks that they 've seen on a horse .
14 To introduce a bagman was one of the worst crimes in hunting 's social calendar .
15 Their inmates were , therefore , throughout their school life totally cut off from normality and ordinary life , which was one of the worst drawbacks of the asylum system .
16 It was one of the worst years ever for the construction industry and many a card this Christmas carried a message that 1992 was a good year to see the back of and the hope that in 1993 things may start to look brighter .
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