Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is arguably the earliest military effigy in England and can be dated to around 1200 by the helmet which has eye slits but no breathing holes . |
| 2 | Having lost their captain , Zbigniew Boniek , arguably the greatest of Polish footballers , to Juventus , Widzew saw Dziekanowski as a replacement and so , at 21 , ‘ Jacki ’ was transferred in 1984 for 21m zlotys , a record between Polish clubs , amounting at that time to some £200,000 . |
| 3 | Davies , though a useful club cricketer , could hardly be compared with Fry , but he can boast an achievement that eluded arguably the greatest of all-round English sportsmen . |
| 4 | Martina Navratilova is arguably the greatest woman tennis player of all time . |
| 5 | Since The Band Wagon is arguably the greatest — as well as most typical — of all musicals ( if we exclude The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach , 1968 , as non-eligible and demote Singin' in the Rain , 1952 , to second place ) , one can only wish there were more of it . |
| 6 | Although she once said ‘ I 've always thought that it was a mistake to think too much about games or sports , ’ she died , 27 June 1960 , in a nursing home in Sway , Hampshire , arguably the greatest all-round sportswoman England has ever produced . |
| 7 | Arguably the greatest American architect of the twentieth century , but not a name I 've heard you drop into casual conversation before . ’ |
| 8 | Consider , insists Wade , the office of Secretary of State with the smallest budget of the Cabinet Departments yet arguably the greatest status in the system ( Wade 1979 , p. 354 ) . |
| 9 | Philip Tataurangi is 21 and a demon putter , arguably the boldest and best amateur golf has seen for ten years . |
| 10 | And one who has arguably the toughest brief of all the carvers at the palace . |
| 11 | The two men , arguably the fastest finishers in the world , unleashed their 40mph sprints in the last 400 metres of the 131-mile race , leaving the rest of the field to watch . |
| 12 | Injected , catalysed , with 24-valves apiece and an individual coil on each plug to speed the spark , the 2-litre 150bhp and the 2.5-litre 192bhp engines enhance the company 's reputation for building arguably the smoothest ‘ 6 ’ s in the business . |
| 13 | He is particularly good with young players and will have to weigh up that security against taking arguably the best job in English cricket . ’ |
| 14 | The navigator was a young sergeant named Mike Sadler who had emigrated to Rhodesia before the war and who was arguably the best at finding his way around the Libyan desert . |
| 15 | The third qualifying round altered the seeding in such a way that arguably the best sides in the tournament , Namibia and Zimbabwe , found themselves playing each other in the quarter-finals . |
| 16 | It was at TMcL that he first met his one and only ‘ accountancy ’ hero , James Dowling , the then senior partner — ‘ one of the finest men I have ever met and arguably the best accountant Scotland has ever seen ’ . |
| 17 | That 's how the test pilot summed up the first post-restoration flight in Dick Hansen 's Kittyhawk I. Once displayed on top of a filling station , the P-40 is now arguably the best there is . |
| 18 | However , nobody has recorded the progress of the likes of Peter M'kata , Eric Majola , Solomon Mhlaba , Gassiem Jabaar , Bomza Nkohla , Salie Fredericks , Ronnie Louw , Cissie Damons , Lenny Mathews or Desmond Kramer , although virtually all of them were players of note , arguably the best of their generation . |
| 19 | Some fine and competitive rallying in which was arguably the best match of the three days , saw her come very close to Audra Keller , a 19 year old form Tennessee who was playing in her third consecutive Maureen Connolly Cup event . |
| 20 | On one hand you have arguably the best defensive troops in the game — High Elf archers armed with long bows protected by the extremely formidable High Elf infantry . |
| 21 | Teclis is a truly formidable mage ; arguably the best in the world . |
| 22 | Disembarking at certain points from a leisurely cruise , your guide , Bernie Dunn , arguably the best guide in Amsterdam will take you through Amsterdam 's most enchanting neighbourhoods by foot . |
| 23 | The knowledge that the barrier between the patient and surgeon has remained intact throughout the procedure is arguably the best reassurance for surgeons and theatre nurses regarding protection . |
| 24 | ALL IN THE FAMILY William Randolph Hearst Jr had arguably the best seat at the twentieth century . |
| 25 | Data can be collected over the AppleTalk network ( arguably the best local area network for small groups of PCs ) or through one or other of the 5.25″ disk interfaces . |
| 26 | John Upson who trains near Towcester wo n't hear of defeat for Zeta 's Lad who has won five chases this season and whose success last time out in the Racing Post Chaser at Kempton was arguably the best National trial so far . |
| 27 | Hodkinson , arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in Britain , has agreed a five-fight deal with ITV worth ‘ in excess ’ of seven figures , beginning with his £250,000 mandatory title defence against Mexico 's dangerous Goya Vargas at Dublin 's National Stadium on April 28 . |
| 28 | And McGurk , the smallest man on the field at 5′ 7″ , scored the winning point with just three minutes left of arguably the best championship game of the year . |
| 29 | JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL , still arguably the best player in the world without a major title to his name , today radiated confidence about European prospects in the US Open at Baltusrol . |
| 30 | But Drysdale 's claim to fame now is not freckles , specs and white chocolate but arguably the sweetest left foot in the First Division . |