Example sentences of "some [prep] the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been described by some as the ugliest dogs in the world . |
| 2 | In the short term , disappointment at this result may be tempered by the knowledge that we do not yet have the burden of the large numbers of additional students already taken by some of the immediate winners in this competition . |
| 3 | Abrams attempted to account for some of the striking variations in ‘ neighbour behaviour ’ which he found in different areas . |
| 4 | Indeed , in those busy days , our servants ' hall would often witness a gathering of some of the finest professionals in England talking late into the night by the warmth of the fire . |
| 5 | The tracks of the New York Central railroad occupied some of the finest land in New York . |
| 6 | The temple is a magnificent building , with some of the finest reliefs in Egypt . |
| 7 | The glory of the island must be one of the thousand miles of sandy shoreline which rings the island , acknowledged as some of the finest beachland in Asia . |
| 8 | Rocky shores and magnificent beaches give way to some of the finest cliffs in the country — not a bad borderline for the 90 square miles of rich fertile countryside which is the Gower Peninsular . |
| 9 | CCG also operate Morgan Guaranty 's magnificent dining and entertainment centre , managed by John Roxborough , offering some of the finest cuisine in London with no fewer than nine private dining rooms . |
| 10 | Some of the finest brains in the land will be spending the lifetime of the next government trying to work out how to crack Mr Kinnock . |
| 11 | Mr Wright said after the settlement that not only his resort , which he described as ‘ the last of the Hi-de-Hi holiday camps in Great Britain ’ but also Barry Island , which had some of the finest beaches in the UK , had been vindicated . |
| 12 | Some of the finest beaches in Spain lie westwards towards Asturias . |
| 13 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising such a point , rather than displaying the ridiculous opposition that we have seen from Labour , which still seems pledged to getting rid of some of the finest schools in the state education system . |
| 14 | Last year around 220,000 race-goers visited the course , which is now acknowledged to have some of the finest facilities in racing . |
| 15 | Acres of material and miles of thread have gone into producing some of the finest quilts in the world . |
| 16 | Their slopes grow some of the finest tea in the world . |
| 17 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 18 | Sun-tanned , fit and contented , we could look back on fourteen days of carefree cruising ; four hundred miles through some of the finest scenery in the British Isles with the freedom of the hills for good measure . |
| 19 | The course will nestle among hills and will boast some of the finest scenery in the country coupled with some ideal golf terrain long flat stretches to hilly parts and natural lakes which could come into play on some holes . |
| 20 | Helen Barnett looks at some of the finest pieces in the shops |
| 21 | United Distillers distils some of the finest whiskies in Scotland and supplies Johnnie Walker whisky to my constituency , where we have the biggest bottling plant in Europe . |
| 22 | There is no particular season that gives the best ‘ air ’ , but although there may be more ‘ heavenly blue ’ in June he observed some of the finest atmosphere in September and October . |
| 23 | The Severn Trent Water Authority brought the prosecution as the water had run off into a local water course , polluting rivers which boasted some of the finest fishing in the area . |
| 24 | For the middle grader , Pillar Rock offers some of the finest climbing in Lakeland , with only four routes above E2 in difficulty . |
| 25 | On Saturday 28 September , some of the hardiest souls in London and the surrounding environs took to the footpaths of Battersea Park , got cold(s) , wet , mentally tested and later drunk as they contested the 1991 Amnesty Sponsored Quiz Quest . |
| 26 | He cites some of the outstanding performances in C&P — ‘ and we have quite a number to our credit . |
| 27 | In Sarajevo , some of the heaviest shelling in recent months erupted around the besieged city as leaders of Bosnia 's warring factions prepared for a new round of peace talks in New York . |
| 28 | He posits that some of the changing trends in baseball violence are due to the increased commercialisation of the sport . |
| 29 | Flying some of the fastest kites in the world is not an easy task , just ask 's nine year old nephew , |
| 30 | The bookcase , labelled Robert Maxwell Chairman in mother-of-pearl , contains some of the 6,000 tomes in the 29-room mansion . |