Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The employment profile of this group parallels that of the known sector but emphasises the fact that most had never worked or had only had a ‘ work experience ’ employment rather than lost their job because of heroin use . |
| 2 | Apart from the noisy inconvenience of the odd low-flying jet , the Palam Air Force ground offers some of the best practice facilities on the sub-continent . |
| 3 | Currently Spain 's Costa del Sol offers some of the best investment opportunities in land and property available anywhere in Europe . |
| 4 | For the middle grader , Pillar Rock offers some of the finest climbing in Lakeland , with only four routes above E2 in difficulty . |
| 5 | They have gone up somewhat since then , but Aberdovey still represents some of the best value golf in Britain . |
| 6 | There will be some lingering doubts , but the work of Woodhead and others represents some of the strongest evidence yet for this grandest of geological cycles . |
| 7 | Situated halfway between Avize and Vertus , le Mesnil-sur-Oger regularly produces some of the finest Chardonnay Champagnes . |
| 8 | Bonn promises monetary union by June 30th , but the Alliance needs two-thirds of the parliamentary vote before it can complete unification . |
| 9 | Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party . |
| 10 | While American grub generally has little of the yearning deliciousness of French cuisine , New Orleans , Floyd 's first port of call , has certain obvious attractions . |
| 11 | All too often it is this harsh environment which actually develops some of the best management , and it is noteworthy within our own company , how many of the leaders of the company have come from businesses which have had more than their fair share of struggle and adversity . |
| 12 | The service is tremendously friendly and efficient and it has some of the best ski schools in the world ( with instructors who speak English ) . |
| 13 | The proposal has already provoked widespread anger in the province , which has some of the highest fuel bills in the UK . |
| 14 | Most of these people are packed into the small area of flat land ; the coastal strip — running from the Kanto plain round Tokyo to Nagoya and then through to the Kansai plain , with its cities of Osaka , Kyoto and Kobe — has some of the highest population densities in the world . |
| 15 | Er but is my honourable aware that employment prospects in Amber valley were devastated by pit closures mainly in the nineteen seventies but that now the area , but that now the area has some of the lowest unemployment in Europe , certainly lower than in Germany and the reason is mainly due to the success of new manufacturing businesses . |
| 16 | The very word ‘ routine ’ , as mentioned earlier , highlights some of the initial teething problems of RMI systems . |
| 17 | Real concrete problems , such as the fact that Germany is the biggest trading nation in Europe , 50% more populous than France or Britain , that she holds half of the Soviet Union 's debt and has lent more money in government-guaranteed credit to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , can not be made to disappear with words . |
| 18 | The Emperor 's armour was made for him by Dwarf smiths and incorporates some of the actual armour worn by Magnus the Pious at the battle of Kislev . |
| 19 | Another study , by Mintel , a market-research company , covers some of the same ground as the academics ' book ( but costs £795 ) . |
| 20 | The two works are therefore inseparable , since the Supplement contains much of the present-day vocabulary of English , especially the terminology of the newer sciences and technology , which is inevitably not in OED , but only yields its full meaning when read in parallel with the equivalent part of the OED . |
| 21 | An HMSO booklet of the same name covers much of the same ground . |
| 22 | ‘ Heartbreak Hotel ’ has much of the spooked-out feel of ‘ Mystery Train ’ ( a Sun label epic ) , plus tons of anguish and theatre and ripping guitars , all wrapped up in a lovely , echoey treatment . |
| 23 | French ( 1982 ) specifies ‘ ten commandments ’ for renewable energy analysis which has much of the same spirit as the advice of Chambers . |
| 24 | He quoted Bruner : ‘ A curriculum ought to be built around great issues , principles and values that a society deems worthy of the continued concern of its members . ’ |
| 25 | A guide that covers three of the Soviet Union 's largest cities , packed with maps , colour illustrations and information on the history , architecture and key sites of these glorious cities . |
| 26 | Sea-lion Island has a tremendous wealth of wildlife within a comparatively small area ( the island is less than eight kilometres long by three across ) and has all of the five penguin species regularly nesting in the Falklands . |
| 27 | Ingénue , the album she released in March , has more of the evocative purity of a Judy Garland than the relentless drawl of a Dolly Parton . |
| 28 | After completing the orchestral score , Reger reworked it for two pianos , but this version for piano duet has more of the original material . |
| 29 | Many beautiful animal portraits have been submitted over the months of the competition , but it usually takes that special ‘ something ’ to create the magic of a prize-winning photograph — perhaps a bird captured in mid-flight , or the moment of sheer wonder on a child 's face as it encounters one of the several animal species now allowed to roam freely in the zoo grounds . |
| 30 | Britain , though we may not think it , has one of the smallest rubbish-per-head rates for industrialized countries in the world . |