Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj -est] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise . |
| 2 | An ardent Puritan and uncompromising parliamentarian , Moyer in June 1642 was made a manager of the ‘ Sea Adventure ’ , through which the city undertook to find ships and men for the reconquest of Ireland . |
| 3 | The man who lived there showed us why this was necessary ; he produced a pair of trousers mouldered beyond recall , obviously now only suitable for the dirtiest of tasks . |
| 4 | They needed a certain amount of breaking in , but once this was done , they were comfortable , and excellent for the roughest of hill walking . |
| 5 | The area under the peak corresponding to the actin cable is about 5 times that for the largest of the peaks corresponding to cortical actin elsewhere . |
| 6 | Little did he know that , for the saddest of reasons , he was going to be thrust into the national , even international spotlight . |
| 7 | For cocktail parties , use smoked salmon butter , fresh salmon paste , sardine or tunny fish butter , potted cheese , as fillings for the smallest of small sandwiches . |
| 8 | Cluytens is a bewitching Ravel conductor with a fine ear for the subtlest of orchestral colouring , and an ability to judge speeds to perfection . |
| 9 | Either the salt would sting into a cut or raw spot on my body , bringing back bodily feeling in one fell swoop , or else , from somewhere in the bowels of building , my ears , questing for the remotest of stimuli , would pick up on the sound of a toilet being flushed , or perhaps a trolley banging against a wall . |
| 10 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 11 | Tonally there 's a lot more bottom end than I was expecting , and while it would n't pass for the finest of Martins , it 's good enough to fit into any acoustic line-up and would certainly be bright enough to handle picking and single line solos . |
| 12 | Rewriting it today would be a fitting finale for the finest of England sides . |
| 13 | The men who obey their party 's call in the House of Lords do so for the highest of motives . |
| 14 | She says : ‘ I worked for the maddest of them all , a man who had given his secretary and his assistant ulcers . |
| 15 | Schemes include Enterprise 5 's transformation of the Old Customs House and Sailor 's Home on the New Quay into yuppie flats and , something which is quite bizarre , the redevelopment of the old Bell St Tenements on the fish quay , originally built for the poorest of the poor in the 1920s , as posh flats . |
| 16 | Group travel can relieve some of these pressures but it can also result in ‘ ganging up ’ , for the silliest of reasons . |
| 17 | The pack will pull the carcass apart , competing for the best of the kill , and Fido plays tug-of-war games , hoping to win the toy . |
| 18 | Scholes 's proposal to teach the ‘ cultural text ’ as well as the ‘ literary text ’ makes good sense ; but , for the best of motives , he tends to a brisk simplification in his approach . |
| 19 | We are interested in all time and money-saving designs from farmers , workers and contractors and will award a first prize of £1,000 , two second prizes of £500 and all three third prizes of £250 for the best of the crop . |
| 20 | Ian Fleming 's Casino Royale ( 1953 ) was not a bestseller but it introduced James Bond , the agent with the number 007 , a licence to kill and a taste for the best of everything , especially girls . |
| 21 | All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects . |
| 22 | One presumes Waterloo then asked for the best of three for just qualifying for Bath is worth a minimum of £1,500 . |
| 23 | But for the best of both worlds ( smaller floats and speed of knitting ) do the first 12 rows as an intarsia and the rest with the mylar sheet ! |
| 24 | Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing . |
| 25 | In reality there is little Chris does not know , for the best of reasons — his constant personal participation at the toughest end of the game . |
| 26 | A not untypical background of an early headhunter was someone who had had general management experience and had worked in one or more functional roles , and then found themselves , for the best of reasons , on the market . |
| 27 | A significant number of the executive search consultants in the major firms have chosen , for the best of reasons , to come into this role and find it a challenging and stimulating career in itself . |
| 28 | Entitled The Gasworks , the club plans to feature new comedy from Ireland , the UK , Australia , Canada and America in a special ‘ 3 Night Stand ’ every Thursday , Friday and Saturday , with a showcase for the best of Irish talent every Sunday night . |
| 29 | PHIL Sorenti decided to launch himself off the tallest building on campus for the best of reasons . |
| 30 | Recent scholarship suggests that the tactic of anonymity may have been employed for the best of reasons . |