Example sentences of "the [adj -est] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old Union station had been in a rambling neo-Romanesque style , but the new one was to match the grandest of the American Beaux-Arts school , and in some ways surpass them . |
| 2 | It is the poorest of the three countries and suffers from inadequate social services , political repression and an economy heavily dependent on the export of one crop — bananas — controlled mainly by foreign companies . |
| 3 | Growth in the richer regions will be assisted by the development of the poorer regions of Europe — just as , on a global scale , it is essential to end the ‘ reverse transfers ’ of wealth from the poorest to the richest countries of the world , if the world economy as a whole is to prosper . |
| 4 | It was the largest of the Roman basilicas until its destruction in 1823 . |
| 5 | The largest of the lower castes was the Vahumpura , which numbered perhaps six per cent of the Sinhalese population . |
| 6 | The group will be one of the largest of the new consortia now emerging in Lloyd 's and will insure up to $10m for each risk , with a ceiling of $25m for catastrophes in one zone . |
| 7 | Science and Engineering is the largest of the eight Faculties in the University both in terms of student and staff numbers and in the size of its research budget . |
| 8 | This Company was not only the largest of the four groups , it was actually the largest railway system with the exception of state systems in the whole world , with a route mileage of 7,790 , ( excluding Irish Lines ) . |
| 9 | At present , Dr Ting is running L3 , the largest of the four experiments on LEP , the biggest accelerator at CERN , Europe 's particle physics laboratory near Geneva . |
| 10 | Although the largest of the 11 suits called for the immediate repayment of $1,200 million , bankers were reported on March 13 to be viewing the move as a defensive and not as a provocative act . |
| 11 | It 's the largest of the twelve islands in the Dodecanese , it 's the major eastern outpost of Greece , it 's stunningly beautiful and one of the most idyllic places in the Med . |
| 12 | Guy urged the horse over to the largest of the mean shelters and dismounted . |
| 13 | The largest of the nine stones into which it was shaped , the largest Star of Africa ( 530.2 carats ) , was mounted at the head of the Sceptre with the Cross , the second , a cushion-shaped stone of 317.4 carats , was incorporated in the front of the Imperial State Crown ( see Frontispiece ) , displacing the Stuart sapphire , and the third and fourth were mounted in the consort 's crown . |
| 14 | She was brought in when it was discovered that the largest of the two rings , in Penzance , had contact with other rings throughout the country and many of the perpetrators had been in prison . |
| 15 | In any case the flunkey , y'pripio , was moving again , leading us to the largest of the cloud-soft couches , where a man was reclining . |
| 16 | This is the largest of the wholesale markets , and its existence has revolutionized banking business . |
| 17 | The largest of the three newcomers was in front and the other two followed him , as though under orders . |
| 18 | The latest figures from the Home Office show that the largest of the 60 seizures of the drug made up to the end of June this year was 40 grammes in Nottingham . |
| 19 | In Germany the parliamentary faction of the largest of the ruling parties , the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , on Feb. 12 voted to make its approval of the treaty dependent on the passage of an amendment to the country 's Basic Law ( constitution ) to restrict the right of asylum . |
| 20 | The man holding Connelly 's arm pushed it forward , forcing it down onto the largest of the electric rings , holding it there . |
| 21 | This is because the barn is often the largest of the non-domestic buildings of the farmstead and the large volume which it encloses offers many options for the creation of a comfortable and characterful dwelling . |
| 22 | The way was now wide enough for two people to walk abreast and the largest of the loose stones had been thrown aside . |
| 23 | Some of the Sicilian interiors glow with rich colour like the greatest of the Byzantine ones . |
| 24 | By far the greatest of the new houses was Cowdray , built over several generations by the Earl of Southampton , Sir Anthony Browne and Viscount Montague . |
| 25 | Their neighbour , Germany , was the greatest of the new nations . |
| 26 | At least in Britain , the greatest of the imperial powers , this development was visible to some observers relatively early in the century . |
| 27 | At the greatest of the Roman baths , like those of Caracalla , a large central concourse led out to the various facilities . |
| 28 | One day he had asked his parents if the Wrath eagles were the greatest of the golden eagles , and after a long pause his mother said , ‘ No eagle is greater than another , all of us are the same wherever we come from and whatever kind we are . |
| 29 | Retrospectively the greatest of the early physiologists is Claude Bernard , whose work provides the basis of all modern physiology and biochemistry , and who , moreover , wrote one of the finest analyses of the processes of science ever written in his Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine ( 1865 ) . |
| 30 | The greatest of the picturesque stations had dominated their cities . |