Example sentences of "[prep] be the [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is said to be the most photographed village in Norway .
2 The national trails , including paths like the Pennine Way , the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and the West Highland Way , tend to be the best known routes and deserve a rest after the summer of pounding they had .
3 Mark rose from his chair fully aware that politicians believed themselves to be the best informed people in the world , which made them a very sceptical audience for any speaker .
4 Various scientists have pioneered contact lens research but a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci is widely believed to be the earliest known reference to the principle of a contact lens ( Fig. 3 ) .
5 ‘ You 're gon na be the best lookin' cowboy in the whole parade , ’ his bible-bashing granny tells him when he is a child .
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