Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also worth pointing out that the ELR can field one of the most representative ranges of ex-Western motive power , as the steam fleet can be supplemented by ex-BR ( WR ) diesel-hydraulics , |
| 2 | The very specimens to which Gould refers so casually in his letter , particularly those which came to be known as ‘ Darwin 's finches ’ , were to spark off one of the most controversial theories of all time . |
| 3 | Perhaps the most noted examples of this kind of structure are provided by the Henry Mountains in Utah , U S A ( Fig. 5.19 ) . |
| 4 | But it is very lately that the truly magnificent taste in gardening has flourished in these northern parts of Europe , for although in King Charles the Second 's reign there was great spirit amongst the nobility and gentry of England for planting and gardening , which spirit was greatly heighten 'd in King William 's reign , during which time most of the large gardens of England were laid out and planted , yet we find the taste at that time extended little farther than to small pieces of box-wood , finish 'd parterres and clipp 'd greens , all of which are now generally banished out of the gardens of the most polite persons of this age , who justly prefer the more extended rural designs of gardens which approach the nearest to nature . |
| 5 | March 7th was one of the most momentous days in British sport during the last 50 years and , when our English team achieved the first back-to-back Grand Slam in almost 70 years , we are snatched away to watch highlights of Scotland v France . |
| 6 | Note how blacks are invested with vastly exaggerated powers of social combination whilst the ethnic majority are reduced to minority status — ‘ just our lot from the estate ’ . |
| 7 | One of the most telling sequences in that film passed without comment . |
| 8 | When it is realized that of the fifteen largest corporations in the world in 1978 , three were car manufacturers , eight were oil companies , and one was in chemicals , it can be appreciated that the largest corporations within the most concentrated sections of international capital formation are committing more than their share of law violations . |
| 9 | As a BBC employee , Cusick received little financial return for creating one of the most memorable monsters of all time . |
| 10 | Ultimately the most memorable lines in this volume must be those penned by Bonnard to Matisse in January 1940 : ‘ When I think of you , I think of a mind cleansed of every old aesthetic convention , and it is that alone that permits a direct view of nature , the greatest joy that can befall a painter . |
| 11 | He now receded from the City , rarely appearing at the exchanges , even the Baltic , the scene of his most memorable deals in Russian tallow . |
| 12 | One of my most memorable experiences at this time was an outing organised by the magazine Studio International in october 1969 in which we toured the artists studios of the East End . |
| 13 | This has been referred to as ‘ one of the most memorable examples of classic ballad-singing of all time . ’ |
| 14 | His term as Mayor coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in English history . |
| 15 | It seems that existing residents have hardly benefited at all , as most jobs created have gone to those living outside the area , and most economic gains to international finance companies , property developers and construction companies ( see Goodwin , 1989 , for details ) . |
| 16 | Even if we admit that an element of calculation usually enters into racist practices , rather than blind hatred , it is clear that this model ignores the deeper reaches of the racist imagination , the structures of feeling and phantasy which are embedded in even the most rationalized forms of racist argument and action . |
| 17 | It is not so much the Western origin of new component technologies as their gestation in the West 's civilian sectors which must pose the most vexing questions for Soviet policy makers and their orthodoxies . |
| 18 | BARNHAM HALL was built at one of the most confusing periods of domestic architecture in England . |
| 19 | She has almost always travelled alone and has lived with very poor and very rich families , participating in the most private aspects of Arab family life . |
| 20 | The most far-reaching changes in social work , however , are likely to result from the implementation of the government 's proposals on community care . |
| 21 | For example , one of the most far-reaching subversions of narrative logic comes in Proust 's confusion of the singulative and the iterative modes . |
| 22 | I would guess that Cotton and Wilkinson , Greenwood and Earnshaw and , perhaps , Sharpe are the most widely used texts in this country . |
| 23 | These are very important staple solvents — for instance we use deuterochloroform for NMR and dichloromethane is one of the most widely used solvents in organic synthesis ’ . |
| 24 | The regard in which chiefs held their jade ornaments is shown by the way they stored them along with prized bird plumage in the elaborately carved wooden treasure boxes which rank among the most outstanding products of Maori art . |
| 25 | He beat Boris Becker , the defending champion and a player who had appeared to be relaxed and in comfortable form , and then he beat Emilio Sanchez in one of the most outstanding matches in recent history . |
| 26 | Now you consider that to be the most outstanding needs at this moment in time ? |
| 27 | Persia is seen as the spiritual , if not actual , home of rug-making and its name has become synonymous with the finest and most outstanding achievements in oriental textile art . |
| 28 | However , even though Richard Baxter may have been poor as a theologian and controversialist , he was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding pastors of all time . |
| 29 | The fact that one of the most outstanding cricketers of all time was Colin Bland , it says a lot about cricket as an athletic and gripping sport . |
| 30 | Zahedi clearly had the Shah 's ear and often made policy suggestions outside the foreign-policy area , a tactic which resulted in rather strained relations with Prime Minister Hoveyda . |