Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [adj -est] of [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He is shorter than the tallest of men , yet taller and more noble than those of middle height . |
| 2 | Compaq Computer Corp 's first quarter earnings were better than the highest of Wall Street estimates and some analysts said that if it were not for a negative impact from currency translations , profits would have been a bit higher still . |
| 3 | Second , it seems on this criterion that we shall never have more than the slenderest of reasons to believe that we know something ; for in believing this we are believing that when all the truths are in , our justification will remain , and it looks as if much more is required to support that belief than is required to support an ordinary claim to know . |
| 4 | He is more than the greatest of stroke-players and he was patient enough to take advantage of Robertson 's flagging energy and win 12-15 , 9-15 , 15-5 , 15-12 , 15-8 . |
| 5 | Dear people who could hardly write for arthritis , who had to send aged husbands staggering out in the frost to find something suitable , people whom I had hardly seen and had exchanged no more than the shiest of glances were sending me pictures of daffodils , valleys , seas and mountains . |
| 6 | Without that , no talks will ever amount to more than the briefest of encounters . |
| 7 | We called at the cottage at night , and found he was very ill , and it was not till the factor assured him he was joking , and that he had swallowed none other than the best of whiskey , that he rose from bed , and Donald was himself again . |