Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun pl] in [art] " in BNC.
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1 | There are areas , one or two of which I will go on to elude to , which I still think are actually going to make for the greatest savings in the coming financial year and thereafter . |
2 | There is great competition by businesses , especially shops and offices , for the best sites in the city centre . |
3 | For the best results in a given situation , archaeologists and radiocarbon scientists must work together , from the planning of a sampling strategy to the interpretation of the results . |
4 | The hon. Member for Neath ( Mr. Hain ) easily won the prize for the longest words in the debate , but that does not mean that his speech had the best content . |
5 | New studies will search for the tiniest blips in the microwave background . |
6 | Once again Charles was astonished how easily Malcolm would fall for the oldest cons in the business . |
7 | Then they heard — their ears alert for the slightest changes in the grind of the traffic — a car slowing just behind them . |
8 | Surely it does not need this insulation even during the chilliest nights in the jungle ? |
9 | A man qualified enough then , to select , out of a choice of just 12 and a half million , what he regards as the best pictures in the collection . |
10 | Here , the Nicholas family held some 500–600 acres of land by the later years of the sixteenth century and ranked with the Gittinses as the largest landowners in the parish . |
11 | They 've been described by some as the ugliest dogs in the world . |
12 | Adda was exported to South Africa when her owner emigrated , forming a link between the earliest Rottweilers in the UK and the earliest Rottweilers in South Africa . |
13 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
14 | But the cynical depravity of this outrage must surely mark one of the lowest points in the IRA 's inglorious history . |
15 | But the cynical depravity of this outrage — placing a bomb that would inevitably cause massive damage to a national health service hospital and was intended to kill medical staff when it exploded and which , only by great good fortune , did not cause many more deaths and injuries — must surely mark one of the lowest points in the IRA 's inglorious history . |
16 | Essex has witnessed a significant increase in pupil exclusions in both primary and secondary schools , but still has one of the lowest rates in the region . |
17 | This is , I think , one of the nicest villages in the North York Moors , not least because the Blacksmith 's Arms sells possibly the finest pint of Bass bitter in the country . |
18 | A first-night mishap had turned into one of the funniest sketches in the whole show . |
19 | Cilla Black as she looks back at some of the funniest moments in the success of her matchmaking series . |
20 | This turns out to be in my opinion one of the funniest episodes in the novel . |
21 | By the time Don Black , lyricist of Tell Me On A Sunday and Aspects of Love , and one of the funniest men in the Western Bloc , came in to the studio to be interviewed I was a frothing heap . |
22 | Flying some of the fastest kites in the world is not an easy task , just ask 's nine year old nephew , |
23 | A cyclist is using one of the fastest bikes in the world to raise money for British Athletes taking part in the Olympic games . |
24 | Right : Sue often sews in the living room , one of the lightest rooms in the house |
25 | We 're very pleased , we put in about 18 months really hard work on this , we 've er done our development funding , we 've put in our plan which is said to be one of the best plans in the country , we worked very hard , we 're very pleased . |
26 | It is probable that the species commonly called summer or spring wheat will continue to be the favourite sort of this grain ; and although the cultivation of it may not perhaps be advisable in general over the Hebrides , yet , in consequence of various circumstances favourable to it in Islay , and especially the building of a flour mill by the enlightened and patriotic proprietor , ( which cost him £1200 ) , this valuable crop may be extended over a large portion of the best farms in the island . |
27 | She even convinced her brother , ‘ a confirmed Londoner , ’ to come up over Christmas and see ‘ one of the best pantomimes in the country ’ in the magnificent Empire Theatre . |
28 | Surprisingly derogatory for one of the best lines in the Northern Highlands . |
29 | The journey takes about 15 minutes , but once at the top you can enjoy one of the best views in the Salzkammergut . |
30 | From this point you get one of the best views in the Dales : to your right , Dentdale , Whernside , the foot of Deepdale and Dent town itself ; to your left , northern Dentdale , Frostrow and the Howgills ; while below you are spread the patched and parcelled fields of the dale which , on this June day , were coloured a green the like of which I had seen before only in Ireland . |