Example sentences of "in [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 A father-figure in the deepest sense of the word .
2 Thus what I called Crime and Punishment 's apocalyptic naturalism is its most vital link with The Possessed ; I mean , when Dostoevsky read about that gang murder in the Moscow Record his mind 's eye was caught not by a bizarre and therefore very newsworthy incident but by the seed of a foul commonplace : the seed in eternity , in the deepest realism , though also in the mere mundane future , for Dostoevsky did imagine a time when only the most spectacular acts of terrorism would get headline treatment .
3 But the whole affair of Airbus and its new cousin lies in the deepest shadow that menaces Europe 's single-market project : the old-world urge to subsidise , to protect jobs and to create national champions remains depressingly intact .
4 Pupils learn to read , in the deepest sense of that word , by reading widely and often .
5 In the deepest dark , all you are
6 He had hidden himself then in the deepest hole he could find because the lightning and the thunder alarmed him .
7 Three days later , dressed in the deepest black which suited her so well , she walked circumspectly by her husband 's side to see the groom buried in the graveyard adjoining the pretty little village church .
8 A third god said it should be hidden in the deepest and darkest abyss ; and another suggested the dark side of the moon .
9 If Labour can not win when the country is in the deepest recession since the war and the Tories have ditched their greatest electoral asset , can it have any hope of ever again forming a government ?
10 Cut adrift from sustaining love , and dwelling in the deepest bowels of evil , the divine Logos , the person of Jesus , chose this moment of absolute sin and forgottenness to die .
11 McGinley rates the 11% growth in like-for-like sales ‘ a pretty good performance in the deepest recession I 've ever seen . ’
12 With these qualities they well be fully prepared for the big trial , but they must also know themselves in the deepest sense — ‘ to be in touch ’ , as Scott frequently mentions , ‘ with that critical inner voice . ’
13 The Treeman had kept them safe in the deepest wildwoods while war raged .
14 As for the Crown of Sorcery , it was recovered and taken back to Altdorf by the Grand Theogonist of Sigmar who placed it in the deepest vault of the Temple to be guarded for eternity by powerful spells and iron locks .
15 It also ensured that Patrick was in the deepest shadow and not immediately visible from the street .
16 Sometimes it was known as the Char because of its sign — a crude but unmistakable painting of that fish found only in the deepest lakes — Buttermere being one — and already considered a fashionable delicacy in London .
17 Away at the far feet of the mountains there was a thin dust of ruby lights in the deepest shadows .
18 in the deepest recesses of my heart , how truly I could love him , honour him and obey him . ’
19 Temperatures at the bottom , down to 15 m in the deepest , fall to about 1°C in winter .
20 ‘ He it was who stood in the deepest Sorcery Chamber of tara and read from the Book of the Academy of Necromancers the incantation .
21 Stella is a wild card both in the deepest recesses of Serena 's own mind and in the domain of middlemen , for Stella is the only character in the novel who is exempt from this status : ‘ Stella was in effect her own middleman , alone in the world , selling her personality , and very badly ’ ( 30 ) .
22 A body of Dominican nuns lived next door to the Santuario in the deepest seclusion , and participated in the Masses hidden from view behind bars .
23 Rain took the seat she had sat in before , in the deepest shadow the room afforded .
24 The deity was hidden in the deepest recesses of the temple .
25 Then spring again , and with the greening of the land the creature gave birth to birds before waiting in the deepest thicket for the call of the Men who were hunting and gathering from the forest .
26 Powerful people , people in the highest echelons , people in the deepest sympathy with Hitler .
27 I think he 's a part time milkman some where in the deepest bowls ( sp ? ) of the north of England .
28 I turned to find that somebody had capsized in the shallowest part of the river .
29 Compare the description of the agony in In the Same boat ( a story the end of which is truer to the experience than i– the end of The Brushwood Boy ) : ‘ Suppose you were a violin string — vibrating — and someone put his finger on you ’ with the image of the ‘ banjo string drawn tight ’ for the breaking wave in The finest Story in the World .
30 But , in the finest traditions of BR , the service was inevitably subject to a series of unavoidable delays .
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