Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence it is vain to go to historical consciousness for the truest meaning . |
| 2 | Here was a country striving for the noblest ideals , breaking new ground … |
| 3 | Here were young people striving for the noblest ideals . |
| 4 | The only drawback is their price — anything from about £8 per square metre for the plainest types , up to £20 per square metre , or sometimes a lot more for elaborate designs . |
| 5 | Yard-high walls of bananas waited at road turnings for the Geest lorry to collect . |
| 6 | It had been the custom from early times to name children after their godparents ; precisely because the paternal grandfather was an obvious choice to fulfil such an office for the eldest-born son , the impression we often receive — wrongly , perhaps — is that a specific Christian name was perpetuated just because it was that borne by the male-line grandparent . |
| 7 | Parties compete for the greenest mantle . |
| 8 | GARY McAllister last night vowed to make Spurs pay for the darkest moment of Leeds ' reign as champions . |
| 9 | By JOHN EDWARDS GARY McAllister last night vowed to make Spurs pay for the darkest moment of Leeds ' reign as champions . |
| 10 | I now use washes of neutral tint , indigo , Vandyke brown and Payne 's grey for the darkest colours , and when bone dry will overlay each grass in turn with a fine brush . |
| 11 | she never finished her explanations of formulae because she used to stop halfway through for the cleverest girls to give the answer . |
| 12 | For in 1918 he just missed a scholarship to Winchester College ; and in those days the scholarship at Winchester was regarded as the crown for the cleverest boys in England . |
| 13 | In Wells 's eyes and day , Saint-Jean was ‘ a lonely frontier town ’ in which , at night , the ‘ deserted streets abound in howling great dogs to whom the belated wayfarer is an occasion for the fiercest demonstrations ’ . |
| 14 | In the second half Giannini again created the best moment , first intercepting a pass , then setting up Serena for the clearest chance of the match . |
| 15 | But certainly here , for the clearest moment in Eliot 's later plays the savage and the Christian are joined in reproach of the oversophisticated city ; , though it is essential , too , to remember that that city also contains Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly whom Eliot once described as possibly ‘ a god in the machine ’ . |
| 16 | Agricultural policy which involves paying the highest prices for the fattest lamb and cattle has changed little during the last 10 years . |
| 17 | Lucy hesitated for the merest second . |
| 18 | For the merest instant , some final , irreducible unit of desire , he had glimpsed a feeling , an urge within himself he had not imagined himself capable of , but now this tiny , standard piece of information , these few letters , had switched his hopes off like some cheap light bulb . |
| 19 | She hesitated for the merest fraction of a second . |
| 20 | The Doctor looked disconcerted for the merest moment . |
| 21 | Giving awards for the cleanest kitchens and restaurants based on regular inspections . |
| 22 | When pasting your template on the piece of veneer selected for the outline — usually a dark wood — try to arrange for the thinnest parts of the design to run along the grain . |
| 23 | This , together with an ‘ Elm Shell , covered with 4lb lead , lined , ruffled , and pillow ’ would provide a creature fit for the grandest vault . |
| 24 | Wexford kept his face unmoved , but for the faintest flicker of what he hoped looked like sophisticated amusement . |
| 25 | I stood another ten or fifteen minutes , straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir . |
| 26 | Manville held his breath , listening intently for the faintest sound of life . |
| 27 | The r.m.s. noise at full resolution is 1.1 mJy per beam , and 0.5mJy is smoothed to 2'x2' for the faintest features . |
| 28 | Across the river in the northern suburb detailed information is lacking , though the known finds would suggest a second century date for the earliest occupation . |
| 29 | As for the earliest date of birth , it is theoretically possible that it could be 1855 , since the first recruits to the trade , some of whom were still working in the 1900s , were aged 18 in 1873 . |
| 30 | These names however are misleading for the earliest castings known were made by the ‘ Renaissance ’ technique . |