Example sentences of "[be] [num] [prep] the [adj -est] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're one of the largest producers in Europe , and with Christmas a coming , it 's harvest time . |
| 2 | But , without trying to flatter you , you 're one of the ablest accountants in the City . |
| 3 | Right you 've done the answers to question one Dominic , excellent , well done , you 're one of the best students in the class . |
| 4 | ‘ Naylor tells me you 're one of the best executives in your particular line , ’ Cicely Hepwood , a neat and gentle woman , remarked at one point during the meal . |
| 5 | Miss Taylor , I think everybody is talking about your appearance but I think you 're one of the greatest actresses in the world and I 've enjoyed a lot of your films . |
| 6 | He was said to be one of the highest-placed spies unmasked by Soviet intelligence in recent years . |
| 7 | Scrutinising this familiar object revealed some untidy details in the first movement : the performers have not quite solved the problem of what must be one of the cruellest openings for an orchestra ever devised . |
| 8 | As the director of child services , Jim Harding , said : ‘ For abuse to take place in an institution where a child has been sent for protection must be one of the cruellest experiences you can dish out to any human being . ’ |
| 9 | It must be one of the funniest speeches ever written for an actress , and needs a bubbly , light touch . |
| 10 | It turned out to be one of the windiest days of the year for the delicate process of winching the three ton cross to the west end of the cathedral nave . |
| 11 | The diversity of the Welsh economy will be one of the greatest benefits to Wales in the years that lie ahead . |
| 12 | Certainly what Devon Loch heard at that moment was not a noise which he had heard before , and it was some noise — a raucous surge of patriotic fervour as the Royal horse galloped to certain victory in front of his owner the Queen Mother and her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret , a rapturous climax befitting what was about to be one of the greatest moments of racing history . |
| 13 | This must be one of the greatest afflictions parents or a marriage partner may be called upon to endure . |
| 14 | This can be one of the greatest difficulties to overcome if you take on an adult dog which has had several previous homes , and has gained a reputation for snappy behaviour . |
| 15 | In financial and administrative terms the reform proved to be one of the greatest successes of the 1860s . |
| 16 | Being alone for two months will be one of the greatest challenges , he admits . |
| 17 | Finding a way to include both the Scandinavian and the Višegrad states will be one of the greatest challenges ever to have been faced by the EEC . |
| 18 | Breaking out of that isolation may be one of the greatest challenges now facing our imagination . |
| 19 | To foster in pupils a love of literature , to encourage their awareness of its unique relationship to human experience and to promote in them a sense of excitement in the power and potential of language can be one of the greatest joys of the English teacher . |
| 20 | It may be predicted with confidence that he will one day be one of the greatest masters of his art . |
| 21 | ‘ Monet in the '90s ’ is likely to be one of the greatest exhibitions of the decade . |
| 22 | Zig Zag was written by John Greenwood , considered in brass band circles to be one of the greatest composers of his kind . |
| 23 | Yesterday ( August 9 ) was supposed to be one of the greatest nights of my life . |
| 24 | I understand that it is possible , even at this late stage , that the review itself could be overturned by the refusal of France to agree the new allocation of seats and we 've already had an exchange on that , Mr Deputy Speaker , which indicates that whatever we decide today might actually be overthrown and overturned completely by the inability of the French to ratify their part of the arrangement , er the minister referred to it as a massive inconvenience , I suggest that if we have to resort to going back to the old boundaries to fight these elections and indeed the problems that that will cause for the selection of candidates as well , that that will be one of the greatest understatements that even this house has heard . |
| 25 | It could turn out to be one of the stickiest issues facing the parties , but for once , everyone is having their cake and eating it too . |
| 26 | Another ludicrous character in this chapter is the cheshire cat , who I personally find to be one of the nicest characters . |
| 27 | That was typical of Sam : although he was acknowledged to be one of the finest seamen in the village , he was still young , and reluctant to delegate the steering to members of his crew . |
| 28 | The climax came with a Jubilee Rally in the Guildhall , Cambridge , organised by the District Office and attended by over six hundred people : ‘ universally agreed to be one of the finest meetings that the District has ever seen ’ , according to the Bulletin of the Fenland Federation . |
| 29 | Bodnant Gardens — Considered to be one of the finest gardens in Britain , Bodnant has a magnificent collection of rhododendrons , camelias , magnolias and conifers . |
| 30 | There are difficulties at present , particularly with regard to paintwork and shelves in the new basement , but , once complete , it will be one of the finest buildings built in this country this century . |