Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] the [adj -est] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By concentrating on only the fastest of fast-moving consumer goods , they keep their stock at a minimum — often selling it before having to pay suppliers . |
| 2 | Inadequacies of design soon reveal themselves in even the simplest of hand-dug water wells . |
| 3 | Major Bugler was just about the best of these on the level — winning a competitive handicap at Ascot in October . |
| 4 | Just about the best of these over timber , he made a successful debut over fences at Carlisle and further improvement seems likely over today 's longer trip . |
| 5 | Again , contra Lawrence , it is obvious that for Eliot the idea that modern western society should adopt savage customs is seen as ludicrous and reprehensible , since he believed that not even the lowest of civilized people could adapt themselves to such society without deteriorating and frequently also corrupting the natives . |
| 6 | It 's not quite the smallest of all the seeds , but nevertheless it 's small enough to make a proverbial point like tall as a house , or small as a mouse , small as a grain of mustard seed . |
| 7 | On the one hand , it can be seen as a discipline , indeed perhaps the oldest of all disciplines , with its own core of sometimes highly technical activities which are peculiar to it , and the normal organizational manifestations of departments , chairs , courses , degrees , and so on . |
| 8 | ‘ And is n't that just the worst of all ? ’ he asked with a bitter smile . |
| 9 | Not that even the staunchest of experimental Calvinists could allow the doctrine of assurance or perseverance to make them complacent about their own salvation . |