Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was inexperienced and little known before he was propelled into the highest office by his friends ' ambition for him and by the deadlock between Long and Chamberlain in 1911 . |
| 2 | The lack of progress in these talks , which were due to resume on Sept. 5 , was highlighted by the latest projection , released on July 16 , from the administration 's Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) that the budget deficit would be $168,800 million for fiscal 1991 ( beginning in October 1990 ) . |
| 3 | During his stay in Istanbul he was treated with the greatest respect by his former students , among whom are mentioned three important muderrises of the city , two from the Sahn and one from the Murad Pasa medrese . |
| 4 | If astrology was limited to the latest fad of providing newspaper horoscopes for the family 's ‘ pampered pooch ’ , it would be comical . |
| 5 | The highest , Park Mill , was situated on the lowest lake , but now remains in name alone ; however , the other two mills , farther down the valley , fared somewhat better . |
| 6 | In 1769 the Golden Madonna , unofficial symbol of the city , was placed on the highest spire of the Duomo . |
| 7 | The Board held that , on the somewhat complex facts of the particular case , it mattered not whether the subsequent promise was regarded as the best evidence of the benefit intended to be conferred or as the positive bargain , the benefit on the faith of which the promise was given . |
| 8 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 9 | Ramsey turned to study law , which then was regarded as the best training for a future politician . |
| 10 | Kirtana was regarded as the poorest man in the village — but he was fiercely proud and once he had lost his land still refused to work on someone else 's . |
| 11 | She was filled with the greatest apprehension about the next couple of days . |
| 12 | Sir John died at Lowther 15 September 1637 , and was succeeded by the eldest son , John , later Sir John Lowther of Lowther , first baronet ( created 1638 ) . |
| 13 | Even in China where the working of jade was carried to the highest pitch of sophistication the lapidaries continued to rely on abrasion for working their material . |
| 14 | David MacLehose , director of the Confederation of British Industry in Scotland , said a fall in unemployment was always welcome , especially when it was matched with the highest increase in notified vacancies at job centres for two years . |
| 15 | This was met by the loudest burst of approval yet , followed by warm and sustained applause . |
| 16 | Only one test proved sensitive to the effects of gradually reduced sleep — the Rapid Alternation Test — where an increase in the number of long responses , or lapses , was noticed at the lowest sleep levels . |
| 17 | But … this was an argument that was applied with the greatest selectivity ; it was essentially a stick to beat the aristocracy … |
| 18 | Refuse collection was seen as the best service , pleasing 85% . |
| 19 | Total care within a segregated institutional setting was seen as the best answer to the social and individual problems arising from mental disorder . |
| 20 | Similarly , residential care has been preferred at some times more than others , so until the eighteenth century in the Netherlands and Flanders the foster family was seen as the best place for orphans , foundlings , and abandoned children and has long been extensively used to care for needy children in Scotland ( Packman , 1975 ; Pinchbeck and Hewitt , 1973 ; Pyck et al . , |
| 21 | An attack on July 9 in the Andean community of Santa Barbara was seen as the clearest evidence yet of military involvement in extra-judicial killings , allegedly sanctioned by the Armed Forces Joint Command as part of " special intelligence operations " against the guerrillas . |
| 22 | In each of the areas of major concern for the NVALA , there appeared to them to be influential individuals whose determination to ‘ push back the frontiers of permissiveness ’ was seen as the greatest threat to traditional Christian morality . |
| 23 | This was done upon the eldest son attaining the age of 21 years . |
| 24 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 25 | The allocation was decided at the highest level of government , and radio broadcasting had long been low on the list of priorities . |
| 26 | The cow disappeared and never returned , and the evil one was turned into the tallest stone in the circle . |
| 27 | I , being regarded as the principal guest , was presented with the greatest delicacy , which appeared to be a part of the breast . |
| 28 | The Royalbion Hospitality Unit was the biggest of them all and was sited in the best position . |
| 29 | While in Athens she had got her hall-porter to place a successful bet for her on a horse called Beethoven , and I am sure she was acting on the best information that was to be had . |
| 30 | Having placed these matters on record in its minutes , the London committee proceeded to its own business : ( i ) a prize of 10 guineas was offered for the best description of not more than 20 cases of glanders ; ( ii ) the circularisation of honorary and subscribing members , asking for their ‘ communications on the veterinary art ’ . |