Example sentences of "[det] most [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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | That changes were possible at all even in this most sacred area of ritual meant that changes were possible elsewhere . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was through this most improbable passage of Scripture , taken home to her by the Spirit , that she in due course became a Christian . |
| 13 | In a letter to his mother he explained that ‘ seeing God had so often heard his most humble petitions , and had delivered him out of many most eminent dangers of soul and body , and had brought his family out of most desperate calamities , he should now seek to serve Him in such a calling ’ . |
| 14 | Helen Chadwick 's ‘ One Flesh ’ ( 1985 takes the form and scale of the christian altarpiece but here the image of the Madonna is fused with the material fact of birth , the placenta and umbilical cord ; and the lactating breasts , those most locatable symbols of nurture are exposed above the female child . |