Example sentences of "one of [art] [adj -est] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One of the cruellest things people can do to a horse is to keep it by itself without contact with another horse .
2 His Excellency has been one of the best Ambassadors Spain has ever sent us , and his very dear wife has given him so much support .
3 In The Possessed he becomes Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky ( hereafter Stepan ) , Peter 's father and one of the best things Dostoevsky ever did .
4 This project was identified by the recent Price Waterhouse study as one of the best opportunities BGS had to exploit its data and expertise .
5 The new 3.6-litre engine , of flat-six configuration like its predecessor but otherwise totally new , also ensures the Carrera 4 is one of the fastest sports cars in the world in a straight line .
6 One of the most prestigious units , No. 32 , on the Priestgate bridge , had attracted six applications despite carrying one of the highest rents £30,000 .
7 Crenshaw , long regarded as one of the finest putters golf has seen , moved in front of Davis Love with a three-under-69 after making three critical putts each from about 15 feet near the end of his round .
8 Jenkins is revealed as a master , unarguably one of the finest composers Britain has produced .
9 This must be one of the greatest afflictions parents or a marriage partner may be called upon to endure .
10 Shortly afterwards , another golfing-designed stamp was issued in memory of Mildred " Babe " Zaharias , one of the greatest women golfers the game has known , and a founder/charter member of the American Ladies ' Professional Golfing Association .
11 One of the greatest difficulties Denis has faced over the years — and it has increased as the world has turned to harassing the smoker — has been how to keep awake through the after-dinner speeches without the benefit of a cigarette .
12 If parents really want to help their children , with reading specifically , I feel that Margaret Donaldson , who is and educational psychologist in Edinburgh , is correct when she points out that one of the greatest difficulties children have when they go to school is that many of them do n't understand what kind of activity reading is .
13 If parents really want to help their children , with reading specifically , I feel that Margaret Donaldson , who is and educational psychologist in Edinburgh , is correct when she points out that one of the greatest difficulties children have when they go to school is that many of them do n't understand what kind of activity reading is .
14 One of the greatest temptations Jesus ever faced was when the devil said to him , ‘ Here are the Kingdoms of the world ; they can be yours if you worship me . ’
15 It seemed churlish at this point to mention that Eitzel had come all the way from San Francisco and is one of the greatest songwriters humanity has ever known .
16 THOUSANDS of classroom teachers in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales are being underpaid by up to £2,500 annually because of a government error , one of the largest teachers unions claimed yesterday .
17 Jardine Wines & Spirits , a joint venture between United Distillers , Moët Hennessy and Jardine Matheson , is one of the largest spirits operations in Japan .
18 One of the largest televisions Kate had ever seen dominated one side of the room , its VCR with a cassette just waiting to play .
19 The matron was one of the biggest women Elinor had ever seen ; her neck seemed sunk between strong shoulders , and her red hands hung from beefy arms .
20 The sound of the door to the Robemaker 's Workshops closing , was one of the worst sounds Nuadu had ever heard .
21 one of wo one of the worst ones cars ever made I mean they do make rubbish , but that 's one of the worst ones !
22 This has to be one of the slickest cars Japan has yet made .
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