Example sentences of "[adj] in the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One wonders whether this can be the same nation which had gained for itself the reputation of being a stolid , pipe-sucking manhood , unmoved by panic or excitement , and reliable in the tightest of places . |
| 2 | ‘ No , I do n't find that funny in the slightest . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not possessive in the slightest ! ’ |
| 4 | Indeed , ; second , while there are connections between at least some elementary general training and the advanced forms of professional training , and while access to these advanced forms , for those who want it , is still relatively open , the form of division between ‘ artist ’ and ‘ public ’ need not be at all of a damaging kind ; it is often in practice a willing and serious interchange between professionals and those interested in the highest development of these/skills . |
| 5 | With sections touching on the Spanish Luftwaffe and Training for War , this book will be snapped up by all those interested in the largest and most colourful fleet of warbirds in the world . |
| 6 | Howard might well have experienced some kind of contemporary equivalent , and therefore , have been interested in the latest turn of events in Texas . |
| 7 | The two previous BT issues have proved popular with Northern Ireland investors , many of whom will be interested in the latest flotation which will be the biggest-ever privatisation issue . |
| 8 | Bedford is by turns hilarious and ironic in the best sense : compassionate and yet clear-eyed . |
| 9 | Something might be true although at the same time harmful and dangerous in the highest degree ; indeed it could pertain to the fundamental nature of existence that a complete knowledge of it might destroy one — so that the strength of a spirit could be measured by how much ‘ truth ’ it could take , more clearly , to what degree it needed it attenuated , veiled , sweetened , blunted and falsified . |
| 10 | It is difficult to understand how such selectivity can be justified , in view of the fact that these studies and their results are quite incompatible with the major theoretical thrust of the book , which is complexly cognitive in the best Binet tradition . |
| 11 | It is notable , however , that although titled nobles were very prominent in the highest ranks in the college it still had to make extensive use of commoners , since even in the 1750s it was impossible to find enough dvoryane ( members of the privileged landowning class ) with an adequate knowledge of foreign languages . |
| 12 | It was improbable in the highest degree that , with his example before her , she would ever resemble him or adopt any of his opinions . |
| 13 | However personal and household crime in Merseyside appears from the survey to be most pervasive in the poorest areas of the count : there is more of it and the effect is most severe . |
| 14 | But British Rail failed to obtain an interim injunction against the NUR , the court holding that the union was likely in the highest degree to be able to show that their , ballot was valid . |
| 15 | Its daring conception , ideal in the highest sense of the word , is based on the purest truth , and wrought out with the concentrated knowledge of a life , its colour is almost perfect , not one false or morbid hue in any part or line , and so modulated that every square inch of canvas is a perfect composition ; its drawing is as accurate as fearless ; the ship buoyant , bending , and full of motion ; its tones as true as they are wonderful ; and the whole picture dedicated to the most sublime of subjects and impressions … the power , majesty and deathfulness of the open , deep , illimitable sea . |
| 16 | Cover and bake in a preheated 200°C/ 400°F/Gas 6 oven , until just opaque in the thickest part , about 15 minutes . |
| 17 | WITH TWO days of campaigning left in the closest election for 20 years , the biggest opinion poll of the campaign indicated last night that Labour was on course to become the largest single party in a hung parliament . |
| 18 | Recognising that while there is a place for carefully programmed input , we endeavour to emphasise active independent learning through direct experience : for example through business enterprise , designing products for and in local companies , work experience , residential experience , community experience , family placements , recreational activities , which we hope will be recreative in the fullest sense . |
| 19 | He used to be fond of quoting this rhyme : There is so much bad in the best of us And so much good in the worst of us , That it ill becomes the rest of us , To think evil of any one of us . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank you for your concern , but I do n't feel awkward in the slightest . |
| 21 | They have the characteristic of never running dry in the longest drought or freezing in the coldest frost . |
| 22 | Typical trilobites of several kinds are present in the earliest Cambrian rocks ; they must have had late Precambrian ancestors , but of these nothing is known . |
| 23 | In CITY OF JOY ( Cert 12 ; General ) , director Roland Joffe tries to bring home the pride and dignity of people existing in the meanest of mean streets . |
| 24 | A PROMINENT law firm has made seven staff redundant in the latest of a wave of job cuts sweeping the legal profession . |
| 25 | If you are eligible to say that , anyone over the age of forty will be impressed in the nicest possible way . |
| 26 | She did n't look unwilling in the slightest . |
| 27 | More than 13,000 Serbs , Croats and Moslems are involved in the fiercest fighting since the war in Bosnia began . |
| 28 | Even Wat Tyler , the most famous of these , does not seem to have been involved in the earliest disturbances in Kent , as he is not mentioned in indictments dealing with disorder in Canterbury on 10 and 11 June , when the leader was John Hales of Malling . |
| 29 | Four hundred prisoners were involved in the worst prison rioting since Strangeways . |
| 30 | When someone eats a snack while mentally absorbed in other things — perhaps a mother grabbing her own meal in between attempts to coax food down a baby , or a viewer eating a TV snack while totally involved in the latest beastly plots of ‘ J.R . ’ |