Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teclis is a truly formidable mage ; arguably the best in the world . |
| 2 | Somehow , the aircraft had not been adequately lashed down on the low loader and as the lorry moved forward the Firefly rolled off its trestles on to the bed of the lorry damaging the undersides of the aircraft in the process , the aircraft was then reloaded and secured and thankfully the reset of the trip to Duxford was uneventful . |
| 3 | This is presumably the first in a series of large format paperbacks , with a fairly substantial text giving a concise summary of campaign history backed up by numerous black and white photographs from government sources ; and pages of coloured artwork mostly devoted to uniformed figures , with a few showing aircraft , armour and artillery . |
| 4 | As she disposes of quality adult players , with apparent ease , this 15-year old displays a remarkable poise that will see her well-equipped to take on the best in the world . |
| 5 | hoping to dominate … the world of athletics this weekend is Gloucester hammer thrower Lorraine Shaw … she 's UK champion … the first from the city 's club ever to win a senior outdoor title … this weekend Lorraine takes on the best in the world as she competes in the AAA championships in Birmingham … the amazing thing is that up until this year she was a discus thrower … |
| 6 | He still wants to take on the best in the world , but the best do not seem to want him . |
| 7 | The late unlamented Field Marshal Goering once said that when he heard the word " Culture " , he reached for his gun ; I feel rather the same about the phrase " continuous sedimentation " . |
| 8 | When I left twenty minutes later I felt I had come off with rather the worst of the bargain but another of my father 's aphorisms came to mind : shnorrers no choosers . |
| 9 | In psycholinguistics , an item 's meaning , it is said , can be analysed into a number of semantic markers — components or features also found in the meanings of other items , eg the -ly of an adverb such as clearly — and a distinguisher , which is the residue of meaning after the markers have been deducted ( clear ) . |
| 10 | North sat down beside him and whispered , ‘ Max has shut down the resupply of the pilots . ’ |
| 11 | Other pranks included a chair which , when sat upon , pinned down the unwary with a pair of mechanical arms : another was a slipper placed upon the floor which , when kicked , caused a weird and ghostly apparition to arise . |
| 12 | He washed down the last of the bread with a mouthful of tea and stood up . |
| 13 | Already weak and exposed where Midnight was concerned , this unexpected consideration broke down the last of the barriers Jess had constructed against the old woman . |
| 14 | Expertly , the gardener pinned down the last of the net with a wire stake . |
| 15 | Throwing down the last of the whisky with a shudder , she switched off the bedside lamp and burrowed down beneath the covers , already aware that the alcohol was having an effect , sending tentacles of warmth through her veins . |
| 16 | The crowd cheered us in of course , but it 's not the same as coming down the last as the winner for sure . |
| 17 | As he strode down the 18th in the morning alongside Parry , the pair looking like the leaders of the Lilliput Open , he appeared every inch of his 64 ( to Parry 's 66 ) a champion . |
| 18 | Of the many martial arts that exist in Asia today , the Korean method of unarmed combat called taekwondo is perhaps the newest on the scene . |
| 19 | In Western Australia too , magnificent reefs of this age are developed , perhaps the best in the world , notably in the splendid sections of the Windjana Gorge ( plate 1.12 ) . |
| 20 | These are selected children from the schools — often perhaps the best in the class — that have been put forward . |
| 21 | He argued , historically , that he knew ‘ of no period in which the police have had such a loud and didactic public presence , … [ or ] when they have offered themselves as a distinct interest as one of the great ‘ institutions ’ and perhaps the first in the realm ’ . |
| 22 | The squashed beetle , perhaps the smallest in the world , is only just over eight feet long . |
| 23 | His name was Andrew Curval and he was an experimental geneticist ; perhaps the greatest of the age . |
| 24 | ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , perhaps the finest of the Conversation Poems , is a meditation on Coleridge 's own childhood , and a passionate expression of hope for Hartley 's future . |
| 25 | Whereas in Yorkshire the penetration and usage is very low perhaps the lowest in the country erm where there is still very much a heritage of , Well what 's wrong with what 's in t' tap lad ? |
| 26 | The urban motorway of Newcastle-upon-Tyne is perhaps the ultimate in the drive to destroy totally the historic landscape of towns for the sake of short-term convenience and gain . |
| 27 | Meanwhile perhaps the earliest of the inhibitor experiments was made by Wesley Dingman and Michael Sporn , in Rochester , New York , in 1963 . |
| 28 | However , there are 20 pieces ( eight corners and 12 edges ) to restore and a piece may be in many different positions with respect to its home position , so such a method will involve solving many subproblems ( 239 to be exact ) and this is not a very human strategy , though it is perhaps the easiest for a computer . |
| 29 | It was going to be a clear day , perhaps the hottest of the year so far . |
| 30 | The craftsmanship may not be long-lasting , but they are cheap — perhaps the cheapest in the world . |