Example sentences of "[adj] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most primitive of the armoured mammals are the five species of echidnas , or spiny anteaters , from Australasia . |
| 2 | Lionfish are the most gregarious of the large aquarium fish and respond well when kept in a small group , again providing an impressive display in a tank devoted to them exclusively |
| 3 | ESTEFANIA KNUTH , a former winner of the World Junior Championship , finished six shots clear of the other 31 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the French Women Juniors ' Championship , here yesterday . |
| 4 | This must be at one end of the housing , clear of the other compartments , and then you will be able to slide the glass off this compartment without sliding it off the others . |
| 5 | United move three places up the table to fifteenth , and they 're now ten points clear of the two relegation positions . |
| 6 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 7 | Broadside to the wind , Golden Girl was already drifting clear of the heavier motor yacht . |
| 8 | The sun was not yet clear of the eastward banks of cloud , and the light was colourless and amorphous from the evening 's soft rain , but clear enough to show what had brought Tutilo to his knees in the darkness , and yet remained unseen . |
| 9 | The lifeboat was scarcely controllable as she took heave head seas overall but once clear of the dangerous rocks James Douglas headed for St Abbs where one group of divers had been caught in the storm . |
| 10 | The lifeboat was struck by a large sea as she was leaving the harbour and Coxswain Wight had difficulty in manoeuvring clear of the narrow channel , before pausing to take stock of the conditions at sea and pressing on to clear off-lying rocks . |
| 11 | The 22-year-old Edgar was clear of the first three horses she rode in a World Championship final style event . |
| 12 | Julie meanwhile was filling a saucepan with water , trying to stay clear of the flaring curtains . |
| 13 | He would have steered well clear of the wilder shores of analytic enquiry . |
| 14 | The top of the head is cut by the top edge of the frame while the chin is just clear of the lower edge . |
| 15 | There is little danger from a Lionfish to yourself , so long as you keep your fingers clear of the venomous spines . |
| 16 | On the work-surface , several well-defined areas clear of the ubiquitous dust showed where items had been removed for further examination . |
| 17 | He stayed for seven years , at first steering clear of the official trade-union structure which , as a Big Flamer , he regarded as a huge sell-out . |
| 18 | Following the Braer disaster , the Government 's adviser on environmental issues also recommends that shipping is routed clear of the Western Isles and the outlying islands , including St Kilda and North Rona . |
| 19 | Specks of the blood spattered his face , then the Frenchman was falling away and his dying weight ripped his body clear of the long steel blade . |
| 20 | The tide was already clear of the inner harbour and in the near darkness the yellow sand had a ghostly unreality . |
| 21 | Diphtheria , scarlet fever , measles , and whooping cough attacked older children just when they seemed clear of the terrible hazards of infancy . |
| 22 | United still need the points to pull clear of the dropping zone . |
| 23 | Which he did , a good two feet clear of the gaping open ditch which lay on the blind side of the hedge . |
| 24 | It struck me how easy it would be to — I shook my head clear of the silly thought . |
| 25 | The six leaders were timed in 2min 43sec clear of the chasing group , and Lillywhite salvaged his yellow jersey by 25 seconds . |
| 26 | Making its money as a system design consultancy , it 's staying clear of the grave Multiflow dug for itself building machines , it says . |
| 27 | With little money in his pocket , and in fear for his life in those troubled times , he crossed the two thousand miles to the east well clear of the main highways and the great railways . |
| 28 | The seven leaders , who also included Banana rider Ben Luckwell , were five minutes clear of the main field and Kovar , who had started the day in 17th place 3mins 8secs down on Lillywhite , looked set to turn the race upside down . |
| 29 | But he vowed that even if he becomes the world 's richest sportsman , he will stay firmly clear of the bright lights that cost Tyson his freedom . |
| 30 | A much-trodden path also threads a way up-river through the trees , keeping clear of the precipitous edge , to a bridge spanning the gorge , this too revealing a frightening prospect far beneath . |