Example sentences of "one [prep] [art] [adj -est] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It would have meant humiliation , and the end , without much chance of resurrection , of one of the shortest-lived and most disastrous party leaderships in British political history . |
2 | The four-year-old Pebbles who travelled to New York was already one of the toughest and most popular fillies of recent years . |
3 | Whereas it once had a reputation as being one of the toughest and most feared women 's prisons in Britain , it is now regarded as having gone soft by some of the prison officers . |
4 | Maybe next year , we 'll wonder why we ever liked it , but today it 's one of the queerest and most exciting things in pop . |
5 | One of the purest and most potent forms of skincare today |
6 | It was one of the worst-judged and least successful speeches of his life . |
7 | So STAY A WHILE and discover the beauty and variety of one of the greenest and most tranquil corners of England . |
8 | One of the oddest and most unforseeable side effects of the demolition of the Wall has been an epidemic of rabies among the city 's foxes . |
9 | That route I always consider one of the best and most adventurous of my climbing career ; most adventurous because this very serious route ( even by today 's standards — or perhaps especially by today 's standards ) was first attempted on sight . |
10 | The building of Winston Grange , containing the first flush lavatory in Suffolk , proved a triumph , for in 1860 the third incumbent , a Reverend Mundiford Allen , became one of the best and most loved vicars in East Anglia , and although he died and was buried here in 1910 , stories of his virtue and kindness are still rife . |
11 | For Aurillac is one of the centres for the distribution of the splendid cheese of Cantal , to my mind one of the best and most interesting in France . |
12 | Dorothy Eden , one of the best and most successful writers of romantic suspense novels , used in her earlier days to start her whole book from a name she had chosen , or that had perhaps chosen her by striking a note from the wind-harp in her mind — Seraphine , Blandina , Hariot . |
13 | His article on heraldry in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica remains one of the best and most erudite introductions to the subject : he also made a shorter contribution to Shakespeare 's England ( 1916 ) . |
14 | They were seventy two feet long , built of carvel construction in wood and were powered with Gardner engines , which are still acknowledged as being one of the best and most reliable of diesels . |
15 | Once again , many thanks for your contribution to one of the best and most memorable holidays . |
16 | One of the clearest and most influential was formulated by the linguist Roman Jakobson ( 1960 ) , and further developed by Dell Hymes ( 1962 ) . |
17 | Without doubt one of the liveliest and most sought after of the Tyrolean resorts , Kitzbuhel offers everything . |
18 | Then — just linger over your coffee and liqueurs and watch the stars come out ( maybe you 'll catch a falling one ! ) — or if you re in the mood , follow your ears ( you 'll be hard pressed not to ! ) and make your way to one of the liveliest and most action-packed nightclubs this side of Manhattan — Sango 's Place ! |
19 | One of the nicest and most original features of the game is that while Doodle can take out the enemy by simply throwing his pencils , he can also use them to draw the bonuses or weapons he needs . |
20 | Heading the line-up in the 350cc class is Steve Carter , of Bury St Edmunds , one of the fastest and most consistent riders in the country . |
21 | You can now stride out purposefully along the edge path , across Ashway Rocks ; past the blackened cross in memory of James Platt , MP for Oldham , who was accidentally killed during a grouse shoot last century ; above the mighty Dove Stone Rocks , eventually contouring along the moorland lip high above Chew Brook , which tumbles down one of the deepest and most dramatic valleys in the area . |
22 | With his calm , smooth tackling and impeccable conduct on the field , Hapgood was to become one of the ablest and most respected players ever to captain Arsenal and England . |
23 | He was regarded by Sir John Eliot [ q.v. ] as one of the ablest and most articulate critics of Charles I 's government . |
24 | While waiting they are pleasantly confronted by what must be one of the prettiest and best dressed greengrocers in the country . |
25 | He 's one of the funniest and most charming men in the business . |
26 | He had first met Sylvester during the early years of the war ; whilst in the Army he had sent him a letter ( now lost ) which Sylvester claims was one of the funniest and most brilliant he has ever received . |
27 | As well as being one of the finest and most comprehensive sets of autochromes in existence , these charming images also offers a dimension which few other travel photographs of the period can offer . |
28 | Chapter House contains one of the finest and most realistic leaf carvings in the world and the choir screen is described as the loveliest in England . |
29 | Blaenavon is probably one of the finest and most complete ironworks of the Industrial Revolution to survive in Europe . |
30 | Outside the castle gates visitors will find one of the finest and most complete circuits of town walls anywhere in Europe — over three quarters of a mile in length with 22 towers and three original gateways . |