Example sentences of "[adj] of the three " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | Ironically , A Yank at Oxford is the least British of the three films produced by MGM in Britain . |
| 3 | The three-year package , for loans of up to 90 per cent of the property value or purchase price , is fixed at 6.99 per cent and is the most popular of the three fixed rate packages . |
| 4 | Michael , at a push , will admit to being the most sensible of the three ; Andy , Mr Agreeable and Fyfe , Mr Invisible ( ‘ I was sitting in a cab with someone from the record company and they turned round to Andy and said ‘ Where 's your drummer ? ’ ) |
| 5 | Coincidence is the least interesting of the three relationships ; it is also the most common . |
| 6 | But our conclusion is that in fact the south east sector is the er least harmful of the three , but the south west sector is the next least harmful and that in fact , somewhat surprisingly I must admit , that the north east sector is actually the worst of those three . |
| 7 | It is the least dimensionally stable of the three types for two reasons . |
| 8 | DIDEROT ( 1713–84 ) is the most solid of the three great intellectuals of 18th-century France ; he is also the least known . |
| 9 | AT a public election meeting held in St Luke 's Church Hall , Ferryhill , on Sunday , March 29 , I asked the following of the three candidates . |
| 10 | The central of the three portals is sculptured in a masterly manner with birds above the capitals ( 417 and PLATE 47 ) and with columns supported on the backs of crouching ( rather worn ) lions . |
| 11 | Apart from wartime damage , Worms Cathedral is the least altered of the three in that it retains its Romanesque plan and general layout ( 323 ) . |
| 12 | From 1316 to 1319 Audley was one of a small group of courtiers , including Roger Damory [ q.v. ] and Hugh Despenser junior [ q.v. ] , husbands of the other two Gloucester co-heiresses , who kept a tight grip on Edward II 's patronage and favour ; though he was perhaps the least prominent of the three . |
| 13 | Henry was the most appropriate of the three to carry on as miller as he had served his apprenticeship at Healings in Tewkesbury . |
| 14 | She held up her hands for silence then pointed at Garry , the most honest of the three . |
| 15 | Interpretation is the heading which is the most wide-ranging of the three elements , including questions of form or style , but perhaps additionally considering the work 's historical background , and technical , thematic or other questions , including the artist 's biography . |
| 16 | Of the three German principals , the Crown Prince was now all for ending the whole Verdun offensive ; Falkenhayn had lost interest and could be wafted either way by the prevailing wind ; there remained only Knobelsdorf , the most subordinate of the three , who in his conversion to Falkenhayn 's ‘ bleeding white ’ dogma had become more Catholic than the Pope , and who supported continuation at all costs . |
| 17 | The most startling of the three veneer section , to my mind , was ‘ Caught on the turn ’ by A. Smith . |
| 18 | The most ambitious of the three catalogues is that from Brussels , which includes art from Pole to Pole . |
| 19 | In the end , the Board announced that Luxulyan , described as the most promising of the three sites , had been ruled out because it was ‘ on high ground and would visually dominate the area ’ . |
| 20 | Given the strength of American college golf , with its state subsidies in the form of golf scholarships , the Walker Cup has always looked the least likely of the three team competitions to be won by Great Britain and Ireland . |
| 21 | Hungarian chess players say that Judit is the most aggressive and inspirational of the three , and the most like her father , with a will of iron . |
| 22 | They have nearly always fallen foul of the three enemies : of localism , of the drift to authoritarian government , and of the failure to deal with the succession issue . |
| 23 | This instrument of control , however , is the least effective of the three because , in contrast to the good old days , parts of the press are refusing to be browbeaten . |
| 24 | Nigel Mott made sure of the three points two minutes from time , and he could see Milton going back to the top of the table this evening . |
| 25 | On the face of it , the most useful of the three latest guides is The timetable of technology ( Michael Joseph , pp 240 , £12.95 ) . |
| 26 | Ken Marsh 's The way the new technology works ( Century , pp 240. £6.95 ) is potentially the most useful of the three , because of its narrower field . |
| 27 | Biographical time , the most complex of the three , the most various in the chronotopal forms it takes , and the most influential on later developments of the novel , places character at its centre , organizing space and time around it , variously tracing time as a spiritual or intellectual journey through a symbolic landscape , unfolding character through a series of acts and deeds , or tracing character through the different components of domestic and public life — family life , conduct in war , memorable sayings . |
| 28 | All but six of the 20 most senior posts in the Army ( the most powerful of the three armed services ) were held by Class 5 graduates . |
| 29 | Split Screen This is , for my money , the most intuitive of the three modes . |
| 30 | The casting of an actress to play Susan was the most problematic of the three companion characters . |