Example sentences of "[det] [adv] [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a profile on that most useful item of kitchen equipment — the cake tin , and we also put wholemeal bread through its paces for Tried and Tasted . |
| 2 | When we turn to that most distinctive feature of cave organisms , regressive evolution , we can not decide whether it is caused by selection or genetic drift ; nor can we settle whether allozymic variation is due to selection or drift . |
| 3 | The question of images in churches was further addressed by two sets of injunctions issued by Cromwell in 1536 and 1538 , but even here the reforms did not go as far as some iconophobes would have liked , as they drew back from condemning all images and denounced only those that encouraged ‘ superstition and hypocrisy ’ and ‘ that most detestable sin of idolatry ’ . |
| 4 | The different reactions to the military adventures of James III and James IV owe much to that most fundamental aspect of rule , the ability to evoke enthusiasm and affection — love , as contemporaries would have said ; the former failed to inspire what the latter clearly got in such great measure that the Scots were willing to countenance the idea of a crusade against the Turks , and in 1513 were even prepared to break the habit of more than a century , of avoiding major pitched battles with the English . |
| 5 | What action is being taken by South Wales Electricity and the other companies on that most important aspect of energy efficiency ? |
| 6 | The clear and obvious course for America is to legalise cocaine so the trade can be controlled , but there is no way that we shall ever persuade the airheads in Congress of that most obvious piece of wisdom . |
| 7 | We have already seen that the options market is symmetrical in that only one form of contract is needed , either calls or puts . |
| 8 | I think , therefore we are extremely fortunate , that so many people of distinction and talent are willing to give up time to serve on the Executive of the N C V O to work with the honourary officers and the Director and her team , to ensure that N C V O maintain such a central role in watching over our interests and in promoting the concerns of the people of this country , that we are all so active about . |
| 9 | Given that so many kinds of pollution are avoidable , it really is high time that we all did something to bring an end to this needless damage . |
| 10 | There were , indeed , large subsidies still being paid to state-owned industries such as British Leyland , Rolls Royce , and the coal and steel industries , even by that apparently doctrinaire minister of Trade and Industry , Sir Keith Joseph . |
| 11 | Lanfranc could only hope that the papal Curia would come to recognize the substantial strength of this papally inspired practice of primacy going back to the seventh century . |
| 12 | As long as he lived Nizan clung to this fundamentally manichean view of existence . |
| 13 | There were some rather good pieces of furniture and china . |
| 14 | I must , therefore , introduce some rather harsh facts of life which we may choose to ignore but from which we can not escape . |
| 15 | At ‘ Children 's Gallup and Entry of the Parents ’ , the strings are deliciously precise in their rhythms and the brass is good humoured ; ‘ The Arrival of Drosselmeyer ’ brings beautifully polished articulation from the violins with the flutes chirping ; later in ‘ The Grandfather 's Dance ’ there are some most stylish touches of rubato , semi-pauses in the line , which are quite perfectly timed , again with the strings dancing with the utmost daintiness . |
| 16 | The appearance of MPG Note 3 in 1988 sought to strengthen this approach , pushing resolution of the inherent conflict between opencasting and the environment in favour of this most destructive form of development . |
| 17 | That changes were possible at all even in this most sacred area of ritual meant that changes were possible elsewhere . |
| 18 | With this most delicious version of summer pudding- raspberries and redcurrants make the next best — you need a jug of good rich cream of pouring consistency . |
| 19 | A second difficulty with this most obvious method of testing is that , even if a preponderance of Protestants were to emerge , it would not follow that it was their religious convictions that supplied the motivation for their science . |
| 20 | It was through this most improbable passage of Scripture , taken home to her by the Spirit , that she in due course became a Christian . |
| 21 | The object of this rather clumsy piece of administration is to place some check on the expenditure of local money on the arts — and also to provide a further checkpoint on students who have already received educational grants for other careers . |
| 22 | A voice from the press benches said loudly of this rather elementary point of honour : ‘ Thank God somebody at last had the guts to say it . ’ |
| 23 | You may wonder how this rather high-falutin' talk of vector spaces is related to the simpler language of wave mechanics as it was presented in the last chapter . |
| 24 | Leaving aside this rather striking example of language shift , what can we say about the role of JC for young black Londoners ? |
| 25 | This rather authoritarian form of elitism was usually defended by an appeal to the ‘ sensitive ’ or ‘ discriminating ’ reader ; anyone who read closely and intelligently enough would be bound to agree with Leavis 's judgement . |
| 26 | This merely formal manner of presentation is no longer adequate in the study of the total social capital and of the value of its products . |
| 27 | Another somewhat larger sliver of flesh , the lancelet , also has one . |
| 28 | But within this apparently uniform pattern of land use were a number of local variations , including those pertaining to land transfer . |
| 29 | This apparently simple concept of cause and effect will be at the root of much of our early work on narrative in drama . |
| 30 | This stresses , once more , the need to be extremely careful with the basic definitions used in this apparently simple form of analysis , and to ensure that one 's policy deductions are consistent with one 's definitions and assumptions . |