Example sentences of "[prep] the foremost " in BNC.
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| 1 | Palestine disappeared from the map and Arab nationalism over the next twenty years emphasized the recovery of Palestine as the foremost duty of every Arab state . |
| 2 | The Northern Ireland Small Business Institute ( NISBI ) mission is to be identified as the foremost source of small business management development in Northern Ireland and to maintain , through its activities in this field , a standard of excellence comparable to the best available training/development performance criteria in the UK and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 3 | Guitarist 's Readers ' Ads have taken over as the foremost private buying , selling , swapping and personnel advertising service around . |
| 4 | Touting France as the foremost software preserve in Europe , a bunch of French companies and research and development institutes under the aegis of the French Scientific Mission will be in Silicon Valley June 23–24 trolling for partnership opportunities including joint research and development agreements , joint patent development , licensing and strategic alliance . |
| 5 | As the foremost dictionary of the world 's leading language , the OED commands a position unrivalled by any other work of reference . |
| 6 | With the Swiss themselves it is a great favourite as one of the most varied and beautiful walking areas in the country ; in addition when it comes to food , the country towns and inns of the Emmental enjoy an exceptional reputation even for Switzerland , a reputation that one tends to link with the Emmental farming communities ' repute as the foremost pioneers of Swiss agriculture . |
| 7 | For many Arabs the invasion of Kuwait confirmed Saddam as the foremost pan-Arab nationalist leader and the first Arab ruler since Egypt 's Abdel Gamal Nasser who was fully prepared to stand up to the USA . |
| 8 | Acknowledged as the foremost in the industry , the unit employs over 90 scientists , engineers , laboratory technicians and support staff and provides international services covering process support , quality support , analysis , environmental and regulatory advice , overseas operational support and new product development . |
| 9 | In 1992 31 per cent listed the environment as the foremost social responsibility of business , up from 24 per cent in 1991 . |
| 10 | Keele University acknowledged Michael Akehurst 's position as one of the foremost international lawyers of his time by awarding him a personal chair in February 1989 . |
| 11 | Tillyard , one of the foremost Milton scholars of his day , had suggested that we can only fully understand Paradise Lost when we understand the man who wrote it . |
| 12 | Though indeed he had been a civil servant , Chambers was one of the foremost literary scholars in England . |
| 13 | In 1731 a friend , Ambrosius Beurer , introduced young Ehret to the celebrated Dr Christopher Jacob Trew of Nürnberg , another physician-botanist , whose encouragement enabled Ehret to develop into one of the foremost botanical illustrators of the eighteenth century . |
| 14 | Indeed , Catholic theories of federalism are quite explicitly anti-liberal : a glance at the writings of one of the foremost theorists of federalism , Denis de Rougemont , shows the depth of this feeling . |
| 15 | Fry , perhaps consciously , was echoing the views of the foremost artistic panjandrum of a previous age . |
| 16 | A graphic description of this theme has been given by one of the foremost experts on the Maya , J. E. S. Thompson : |
| 17 | one of the foremost and oldest scientific societies in the world ( est. 1660 ) . |
| 18 | Mr Sampson was , in his day , one of the foremost cricketers in England , and worthily upheld the credit of his native town ’ |
| 19 | Forty years on , the Theatre Collection is a leading research centre for the study of drama and theatre history and has achieved an international reputation as one of the foremost collections of its kind in Great Britain . |
| 20 | We have already noted that he interprets the Gītā as a call to action and it is not without significance that he has been described as one of the foremost activist theoreticians and as a karmayogin . |
| 21 | One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder . |
| 22 | It is still in the madeira trade , and Noël Cossart was one of the foremost experts on madeira wine . |
| 23 | In relation to the adornments quoted by Bradshaw , Professor Elkin , one of the foremost researchers into Aboriginal culture , was told that the name for these was ‘ taramala ’ . |
| 24 | Who better than one of the foremost earls of Scotland , at the very gateway to his own territories of the Merse and Lothian ? ’ |
| 25 | to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area , or |
| 26 | to pass ahead of the foremost part of a stationary vehicle on the same side of the crossing as the approaching vehicle , the stationary vehicle having stopped to accord precedence to a foot passenger |
| 27 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area ’ This phrase means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass ahead of a slower moving motor vehicle travelling in the same direction . |
| 28 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of a stationary vehicle on the same side of the crossing as the approaching vehicle , the stationary vehicle having stopped to accord precedence to a foot passenger ’ This phrase is the alternative offence to point number 6 and means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass a stationary vehicle as opposed to a moving motor vehicle in point 6 . |
| 29 | The Christie Hospital is one of the foremost cancer treatment hospitals in the country , and Nigel was admitted the day after Boxing Day and given four X-ray therapy treatments . |
| 30 | Facilities which will make the NIA one of the foremost sporting venues in the world . |