Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Augustus John 's ‘ leonine personality ’ was well known , as was Wilson Steer 's total life devotion to his ‘ absorbing passion for painting , ’ 12 or Sickert 's arrogant self-belief — all artists Walker admired as the best and aligned herself with . |
| 2 | Visitors to a major stamp fair in Brackenhoe School , Marton Road , Middlesbrough , today will have a chance to win a copy of a Victorian Penny Black regarded as the oldest in the world in a raffle . |
| 3 | Signor Gismondi insists on the strictest privacy . ’ |
| 4 | Oh I think there 's no doubt about that and also their their their wages were low in the beginning you know and and their their their hard work that they 've put into it for the last you know I mean it had it I mean David Price says at the best of times is not easy to run a quarry you know you know and they they ha all work in a quarry so it had to be a cooperation and you know the management said you come up with us and and they were n't complaining actually about the wages it was quite good wages for . |
| 5 | Nigel Day pictured with the latest creation , a seven-note steam whistle . |
| 6 | Dr Cathy Read with the latest medical news , views and research |
| 7 | Dr Cathy Read with the latest on the health front , from help for hay fever to odour-absorbent paint |
| 8 | Local ace Mick Broadley led by the nearest of margins beating Brian O'Keefe 19.6.0 to 19.5.0 off adjoining pegs . |
| 9 | Aunt Lilian and Aunt Kit walked into the nearest shop whenever their clothes became too shabby and bought the first thing that fitted them ; if they debated , it would only be about a garment 's staying power . |
| 10 | Courageous Carina Hamlet prepares for the latest operation in 10 years of surgery , comforted by her mother Margaret Picture : TEGWYN ROBERTS |
| 11 | Rodney Marsh and Alan Parry commentate on the biggest thing in Boston since the Tea Party . |
| 12 | At first the hedges were no more than double rows of seedlings protected by a rail on one side or both , but after twenty years the thorns had grown high enough to be cut and laid , a practice which William Marshall describes as the latest improvement in his Rural Economy of the Midland Counties in 1790 . |
| 13 | Hedge your bets with a foreign currency fund : Martin Baker reports on the best ways for investors to make the most of a falling pound |
| 14 | Isobel Cunningham reports on the latest controversy over the use of the whip on racehorses in the wake of a new clampdown |
| 15 | With that in mind , the college plans to invite President Clinton to visit at the earliest opportunity . |
| 16 | EDWIN POUNCEY sifts through the latest crate of weirdness from the States , including The Cramps , Green On Red and a farmhand singing the psychedelic blues |
| 17 | Is he aware that next week my hon. Friend the Member for Motherwell , South ( Dr. Bray ) will visit the United States to look at the latest technological developments in steel production — thin slab casting ? |
| 18 | In 1979 , the Tories under Mrs Thatcher won with the largest swing to any party in any post-war election . |
| 19 | Geraldine Norman looks at the latest developments |
| 20 | " Now King Darzin ruled over the biggest and richest of the animal cities in the world at that time . |
| 21 | As well as Winemark 's specially selected own label wines , several of which were awarded medals , a broad range of wines was entered ranging from the humblest Vin de Pays to the grandest Grand Crus and the Red Wine of the Year — Albor Rioja Tinto 1991 , a firm wine coated with black cherry aromas and flavours and lots of fruit echoing in the finish . |
| 22 | St Pancras typifies on the grandest scale the tendency for big city stations to be fronted by hotels . |
| 23 | Kate Shapland advises on the faintest complexion washes and complementary bare-faced eye and lip colours |
| 24 | Peter Walker advises on the latest court ruling on how much information the liquidators can give the police |
| 25 | This month Cathy Bryan looks at the best buys in sandpits and paddling pools |
| 26 | But Sally Gunnell reflected on the costliest defeat of her career and insisted : ‘ That race was n't about money . ’ |
| 27 | In the speech Shevardnadze called for the broadest possible democratisation of political and economic life , including greater autonomy for enterprises and the election of management . |
| 28 | James Boyd reports on the latest developments for yachtsmen including the mooring situation and onshore facilities . |