Example sentences of "all but [art] most [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power and its delivery will be ample for all but the most fanatical power freak . |
| 2 | The metal would withstand all but the most concentrated laser fire . |
| 3 | On the other hand , you do n't produce something like this in a week and the time taken would deter all but the most committed workshop man . |
| 4 | The club night is very much part of ’ talking DJ ’ dance culture , with Pete winding the audience up , making dedications over the PA and observations that would make all but the most committed sexist cringe ’ Hello ! |
| 5 | Bruce , defending the expansion of university extra-mural work since the war , saw the future role of the WEA primarily as a student-body rather than as one with a teaching responsibility , ‘ an organisation of all adult students ’ with little or no emphasis on the working-class element : ‘ in the general interest , it would seem best … for the WEA to concentrate its attention upon the stimulation and organisation of demand … all but the most elementary pioneer work could become the responsibility of Extra-Mural Departments or local authorities ’ with the WEA left as ‘ the mouthpiece of lively , conscious student demand ’ . |
| 6 | He 'll instruct you to keep me away from all but the most harmless piece of equipment . ’ |
| 7 | The complexity of pre-trial procedure , particularly in the High Court , has been said to act not only as a deterrent to all but the most determined litigant , but also as a weapon for the recalcitrant defendant who may manipulate it so as to place the pressure of delay upon the plaintiff . |
| 8 | Thus on the one hand the liberal , free economy strategy is evidenced in the non-censorship of all but the most extreme pornography and the encouragement of commercial values in broadcasting , which is likely to mean decreased control over pornographic images , while on the other the strong state strategy is evidenced by that hard core pornography is not open to direct viewing by the public and by the appointment of censorious watchdogs over the BBC . |
| 9 | The walks take place in all but the most extreme weather conditions , so please wear suitable outdoor clothing . |
| 10 | It had kept all but the most enthusiastic golf addicts indoors . |
| 11 | Refusing all but the most exceptional interview , Auerbach himself insists on the autonomy of the work . |
| 12 | One-half of the trainees had derived more confidence from attending courses , ranging from ‘ now being able to feed lambs through a stomach tube ’ ( this from a 50-year old farmer who had had sheep for 30 years ) to ‘ the confidence to tackle all but the most difficult workshop repair jobs ’ . |
| 13 | Quite the contrary : it requires a formidable array of homeostatic devices , in order to achieve uniform information processing and hence independence from all but the most generalized set of internal reinforcement mechanisms . |
| 14 | This oxygen release will ensure that there is sufficient in all but the most overcrowded pond , throughout the day time . |
| 15 | We drove north past the gutted buildings , through God knows how many factional districts whose cultural and political differences were imperceptible to all but the most practiced eye , up to a fairly safe area called Beverly Hills . |
| 16 | The inane dialogue , mannered acting , and would-be hypnotic voice-over demand more dedication than all but the most dedicated bondage enthusiast , vomit-freak or sleaze-hound will be prepared to give . |
| 17 | One advantage of so large a hall was the inability of all but the most vocal heckler to make himself heard . |