Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [prep] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the air-delivered systems , Skybolt was technically the most advanced and was seen by the RAF as the best weapon for extending the life of the V Force . |
| 2 | Colonel Hamilton told his men that the Prime Minister had described the second battle of the Marne as the greatest victory in the history of the war . |
| 3 | Ever year on the Saturday nearest the longest day some 72 golfers ( four on each tee ) commence a round of golf started by a shotgun fired at 5 a.m. ( 5.30 in 1986 ) . |
| 4 | It is essential that Russia join the IMF at the earliest opportunity , and I believe that a stabilisation fund may need to follow if Russia is to have a prospect of establishing a successful market economy . |
| 5 | Steering the RCN through the gravest provocation and confrontations — over industrial action , inadequacy of resources , management reorganisations , and the latest debacle over the implementation of a new clinical grading structure — he is strategically well placed to voice a considered opinion on the future of the profession in Britain as we enter the next decade . |
| 6 | My children 's cousins are in the US or the UK with the best education facilities open to them . |
| 7 | This leaves the US as the nearest thing the world has to a globocop , the only major power able to project its military forces on a global scale . |
| 8 | A body of Dominican nuns lived next door to the Santuario in the deepest seclusion , and participated in the Masses hidden from view behind bars . |
| 9 | The Visegrad countries stressed their wish to join the EC at the earliest opportunity and repeated their call for economic help from the EC , in particular through access to EC markets . |
| 10 | It took over from the Cortina as the best DIY car around , and its high build quality ensures public loyalty . |