Example sentences of "[is] [art] [adj -est] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Don Wilson is the best of the homegrowns .
2 ‘ Our kind is the greatest of the birds that fly in this land , ’ she explained .
3 The Association of Women of El Salvador ( founded in 1979 ) , is the largest of the women 's organizations which support the FDR-FMLN :
4 Verzenay is the largest of the grands crus and is the best growth on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims .
5 Vertus , at the southern end of the Côte des Blancs , is the largest of the grands and premiers crus .
6 The lesser rorqual ( or minke , as it is called in Norway ) is the largest of the cetaceans likely to be met with in inshore water around Shetland .
7 Albireo is the faintest of the stars in the X , and is further away from the centre of the pattern , marked by Gamma ; but to compensate for this , Albireo is the loveliest double in the sky , with a golden-yellow primary and a 5.4-magnitude blue companion .
8 Sir David goes further in dismissing the scheme , saying that Granada is in no position to talk , having , as he says , a particular problem because , ‘ in many ways it is the weakest of the regions in its regional news coverage . ’
9 Étréchy is the smallest of the premiers crus , its two tiny patches of vines situated north-west of the village , on gentle south and south-west-facing slopes , at an elevation of between 170 and 180 metres .
10 This is the simplest of the systems available .
11 GAME BOY £69.99 , Nintendo THIS far outsells the rest , and yet technically is the worst of the hand-helds .
12 Banbury Lane , now in part a main motor road , is the oldest of the roads on the map , though there is little about it today to indicate its great antiquity .
13 Former Coronation Street star Jean Alexander , 64 , is the youngest of the regulars in the new series of The Last of the Summer Wine .
14 There is good reason to suppose that St.John 's is the latest of the Gospels to be written .
15 It is important because it is the easiest for the employees to rationalise .
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