Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE New York Times announced it is buying the Boston Globe for a record one billion dollars , making the Times the biggest newspaper company in the US north east . |
| 2 | Perhaps for many of the fans the best moment of all came at the end of the fifth Test , when Tony Greig went out and ‘ grovelled ’ before them . |
| 3 | Now we all know about the commercialization of Christmas and the pressure to spend money to give the kids the best , which often means the most expensive ! |
| 4 | Over the centuries the best Italian architects , Solari , Amadeo , Pelligrino Tibaldi ( known as Il Pellegrini ) and Richini , worked on the building , although the façade was actually finished by Carlo Amati , the final stage being completed after many years of inactivity , and only after Napoleon took an interest in the building . |
| 5 | Oh I do n't know the supermarkets the best part of an hour this time of year . |
| 6 | Originally there were only what are now called provinces , but over the years the largest cities have grown in importance and have become self-governing . |
| 7 | That was not to be and the financial problems facing USA rugby at this time were in a way mirrored on the field where the Eagles ' shortcomings , rather than any great brilliance on Canada 's part , determined the result with the 23 point margin between the teams the biggest in the 16-year history of the event . |
| 8 | While not having the sea views of nearby Gullane or Kilspindie , the course was a great challenge to one 's golf , and I found the lunches the best of any club-house in Britain . |
| 9 | ‘ We should perhaps have asked the Trees the best path to take , ’ said Floy , presently . |
| 10 | Like many a mother faced with the apparent intransigence of her child , she ignored the rebuff and gave the servants the best advice any of us could receive : ‘ Do whatever he tells you ’ ( John 2.5 ) . |
| 11 | In Lancashire and the Potteries the worst had still to come . |
| 12 | Certainly the referees seem to be blowing up very quickly and not giving the players the slightest chance to get the ball back . |
| 13 | In the Flowers the best man |
| 14 | Snodgrass was discussing with the Gnomes the best route to take and Caspar was making sure that they had packed the maps and Inchbad and Goll the Gorm and Arca Dubh were nodding and smiling and , of course , there was nothing sinister in their smiles — and there was certainly nothing in the least sinister in the way that Goibniu was looking at Fenella , thumbs hooked in his belt , his wide greedy mouth curving into a satisfied grin … |
| 15 | As soon as the election was completed and announced in the words " St Peter elects Lothar pope " , three doves flew into the place where the cardinals were assembled and when Lothar was singled out from the others the whitest of them settled on his right shoulder . |
| 16 | And you get a high tide in the seas nearest the moon and also oddly enough in the seas the furthest away . |