Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] the [adj -est] and " in BNC.

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1 It was Dick Graham who paired Brian with Alan Stephenson to form probably the earliest and certainly one of the most effective central defensive partnerships at the Palace .
2 Grief brings out the best and the worst in all of us , I 've discovered .
3 Its two solar rings will give it power for fifteen years to send back the closest and clearest pictures of the universe ever seen .
4 And next Wednesday sees probably the biggest and most cosmopolitan trade wine show ever staged in the province .
5 ‘ Mrs Glegg had doubtless the glossiest and crispest curls in her drawers , as well as curls in various degrees of fuzzy laxness . ’
6 ‘ This competition brings out the best and the worst in fashion students .
7 The British education system contains both the best and the worst — from atrocious elitism to brilliant inventiveness in curriculum development .
8 Whatever expectations his parents had of him , Valentin grew up the best-balanced and the least ambitious of their children .
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