Example sentences of "[adj] as the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he believes the Labour vote is firmer than that of the Conservatives , the cautious conclusion in his camp is that , in the range of possibilities , a Labour majority government has a slight edge over Labour as the largest party in a hung parliament . |
| 2 | Therefore , perhaps Labour as the largest anti-Protection party , should be allowed to govern . |
| 3 | Davies still looks to Labour as the likeliest carrier for such ideas . |
| 4 | Yamaichi economist Neil MacKinnon said : ‘ The polls suggest we will have a hung parliament , with Labour as the biggest party . |
| 5 | Seeming to be merely speckles and punctures at first , actually they were tall as the highest trees . |
| 6 | But he has already said to employees and investors that the option he finds most attractive is keeping IBM intact as the biggest , and hopefully mightiest , firm in its industry . |
| 7 | ‘ I still regard my win in last year 's Derby on Dr Devious as the greatest , thrill of my racing career , ’ he told me . |
| 8 | Is pure as the whitest chalk . |
| 9 | Wayne Williams took the top scorer 's award and David Flinn was the chosen as the best young player . |
| 10 | A few short years ago he stood unrivalled as the best player in the country , but a series of niggling injuries left him kicking his heels in frustration . |
| 11 | When he got called up he was good as the best of them . |
| 12 | These factors are particularly important as the best preventative maintenance service in the world can be seen as less than satisfactory , if oily , unkempt , poorly dressed engineers are given to camping out in your hotel lift lobby without warning and taking lifts out of service just as you are receiving a large influx of guests . |
| 13 | he turned down Baskerville , then renowned as the greatest printer in England , and bought traditional Caslon instead . |
| 14 | But as she shifted her gaze back to his eyes — eyes as brightly blue as the bluest summer sky and such a startling contrast with his almost-black hair — that momentary tremor inside her was extinguished . |
| 15 | The Isle of Anglesey boasts one of the finest collections of prehistoric remains in Wales , and in Beaumaris , the medieval castle his acknowledged as the best of its kind in Britain . |