Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] the [adj -est] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The frills and lace are Perhaps not in the best of taste , but fashionable nevertheless . |
| 2 | The face pace of CHANCER was another leading ingredient moving the story along briskly in the best of popular drama traditions . |
| 3 | Medical know-how means that people are living longer anyway , though not necessarily in the best of health . |
| 4 | As a young man he was cursed with a dreadful stammer , and to help combat it he became a club singer , not easy under the best of circumstances . |
| 5 | They are not always on the best of terms with the carters with whom they have to deal , and threats of actual violence do not tend to the increase of business . |
| 6 | The Belorussian State TV and Radio Orchestra under Boris Raisky play with great passion and understanding throughout , if not always with the greatest of precision . |
| 7 | With me coming from the North of England , everybody is pretty reserved up there at the best of times , so coming down to London and meeting Angie with an American accent and flitting around the room and speaking in a loud voice all the time , it was amazing . |
| 8 | As far as the build quality is concerned , you 'd expect it to be up there with the best of the Japanese instruments , and you 'll be pleased to know that Jackson have not compromised their reputation here at all ; there 's nothing in the slightest ‘ second rate ’ about the Infinity . |
| 9 | As far as teeth flags go , though , it was up there with the best of ‘ em . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'd have been up there with the best of them by now . ’ |
| 11 | When it comes to deeds of great valour performed in the cause of king and country , the name of Rune is up there with the best of them . |
| 12 | And he is no doubt that Lawrence is up there with the best of them . |
| 13 | He walked bravely over to the nearest of the shapes . |
| 14 | Nay , almost encouraged , so it seemed yet apparently within the strictest of chivalric constraints … |