Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am one of the greatest writers of the century . |
| 2 | Normally I am one of the happiest people in the team . |
| 3 | ‘ Somebody printed that I am one of the richest women in England . |
| 4 | I 'm one of the best marksmen in Europe , and you are possibly the biggest grouse in Europe . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm one of the best people |
| 6 | For another , his is one of the largest sheep farms in the area and one of the few where the ewes are lambed outdoors . |
| 7 | However , this issue can be looked at positively : perhaps someone may do something about their abuse as a result of Mr Rose 's coming forward — telling someone is one of the hardest things a victim can do . |
| 8 | As I believe I was one of the earliest users in the country of county wartime incident archives from 1949 onwards , here are some East Anglian pointers . |
| 9 | Oh it was a horse-drawn , horse-drawn , there were no cars on the road in those days , I think I was one of the earliest to get knocked down by a car actually in Walsall , I was er , when we lived in Street he came down Street and immediately opposite there was a Co-op shop opposite Birds the fruitiers , and mother sent me down to the Co-op and the old trams used to run along the Pleck to Darlaston , Wednesbury and that way on and I ran across the road , past the Co-op the tram and a car must have just bumped into me and he knocked me down , a terrible commotion amongst the folks and could n't have hurt them much , because I got up and ran off , ran off home , so they were restricted in you see and the speed they could go in the car , but the car , the tram car was stopped at the bottom of Street , almost opposite the Co-op and er I must have just run across the road run into the car and more or less bounced off it I should think . |
| 10 | I come off that plane at Gatwick and I was one of the luckiest fellas to be in the called Cohen . |
| 11 | Myself I never worried about I was one of the biggest scruffs you 've ever seen in your life actually . |
| 12 | I attended my father 's prep school where I was one of the worst-behaved pupils , constantly talking after lights-out and fooling around in class . |
| 13 | ‘ I was one of the richest people in the country , and I had to go to the bank to borrow money to buy my house , ’ recalls Koch . |
| 14 | His was one of the richest families in the world . |
| 15 | Among the extant Hotteterre instruments there are only three transverse flutes , all of which are representative of the earliest three-piece model , and are stamped ‘ Hotteterre ’ with an anchor below . |
| 16 | ‘ I notice he made no mention of London Transport 's 30-year-old double deckers which are some of the oldest and most reliable in the country . ’ |
| 17 | Industrial sabotage has been a neglected area of research , despite its being one of the commonest forms of worker resistance . |
| 18 | Which is back-slapping of the highest order . |
| 19 | Revisions to the individual components of the shortage are not made , but generally it is the estimate for exchequer transactions which is subject to the greatest uncertainty . |
| 20 | Because of their heavy running costs , the big companies have a built-in disposition towards the type of popular music which is capable of the widest-possible appeal . |
| 21 | This copy by Thomas Hamilton of the Temple of Theseus in Athens , which is one of the finest classical buildings in Edinburgh , was designated as the home of a Scottish assembly as far back as the late Seventies . |
| 22 | The emphasis is on aromatherapy massage which is one of the finest techniques available for soothing the detrimental effects of stress . |
| 23 | With the strength of CAMRA as a consumer movement , I welcome the return of the Party Seven into the off-sales world , which is one of the largest sections of the industry , as the large breweries are forcing the £2 pint upon tenant landlords and others , and people turn elsewhere to seek their alcoholic enjoyment . |
| 24 | Such a fort would also have supervised the native population centre on Credenhill , which is one of the largest sites in the area , with univallate defences enclosing c. 20 ha ( 50 acres ) . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend has vividly described the features of the Croydon education and training service , which is one of the largest services for adults in the London area . |
| 26 | The second city is Santa Cruz in Bolivia , which is one of the fastest growing cities in South America . |
| 27 | The junior Dog is a very small constellation , but is unmistakable because of the presence of Procyon , which is one of the nearest of the bright stars ; it is 11½ light-years away , and is the equal of 11 Suns . |
| 28 | Pure Mailly wines can be purchased from the local co-opérative ( on the left as you enter the village on the D26 from Rilly ) which is one of the best co-ops in Champagne . |
| 29 | Is he aware that there will be general satisfaction with the help that he has given to St. Asaph business park , which is one of the best developments to have emerged in Rhuddlan for a long time ? |
| 30 | The Foyle — which is one of the richest salmon fisheries in Europe — is being plundered by poachers who use large nets dragged behind boats to catch the fish . |