Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these countries , West Germany as the highest consumption of spirits at about 8 litres a year , Portugal the lowest at 2 litres . |
| 2 | In the second half Giannini again created the best moment , first intercepting a pass , then setting up Serena for the clearest chance of the match . |
| 3 | Colonel Hamilton told his men that the Prime Minister had described the second battle of the Marne as the greatest victory in the history of the war . |
| 4 | AUSSIE cricket legend Bill O'Reilly , rated by Sir Donald Bradman as the best bowler he ever faced , has died aged 86 . |
| 5 | Of the air-delivered systems , Skybolt was technically the most advanced and was seen by the RAF as the best weapon for extending the life of the V Force . |
| 6 | INTERVIEW / The merchant 's tale : Playwright Arnold Wesker tells Paul Arnott about the latest production of his jinxed Shylock |
| 7 | He is helped by some good performances , too , especially from Danny Webb as the cleverest and most conscience-racked of the sales force . |
| 8 | Back in the thirteenth century , Marco Polo described Bukhara as the finest city in all Persia and Tabriz as the most splendid city in the province ( of Iraq ) , neither of which corresponds to our contemporary understanding . |
| 9 | Everyone knows about the Ford Motor Company 's Edsel as the biggest new car failure in automotive history . |
| 10 | The decision is seen in Vilnius as the biggest step yet on the road to the complete independence of Lithuania , although Mr Brazauskas was careful to draw a distinction between party and state relations . |
| 11 | In 1989 , however , Greece had replaced Portugal as the poorest EC country in terms of GNP per capita . |
| 12 | Mrs Thatcher is still seen in the United States as the staunchest of its allies . |
| 13 | They appeared soon afterwards in the United States as the biggest institutions ever built , incarcerating as many as 10,000 people . |
| 14 | Housed at present in the Mirbach Palace , they were made in the seventeenth century at the Mortlake factory , near London , by Flemish workers , under the patronage of Charles I. The idea of a national establishment for weaving tapestries came to King James from Henry IV of France and in 1619 he sent to Flanders for the best weavers . |
| 15 | Both Schwarzenegger as the nicest of guys and De Vito as a sneaky crook are surprisingly convincing and delightfully funny . |
| 16 | On the American side the decisive development had been the loss of confidence in the radical regime of Mohammed Mussadeq as the best defence of Iran against communism . |
| 17 | The surface temperatures range from below 3000 degrees Celsius for the coolest red stars up to well over 50000 degrees for the very energetic stars which are white or bluish . |
| 18 | Ever year on the Saturday nearest the longest day some 72 golfers ( four on each tee ) commence a round of golf started by a shotgun fired at 5 a.m. ( 5.30 in 1986 ) . |
| 19 | During the past decade , the zealous attempt to rid public buildings in the United States of the flimsiest traces of asbestos , and the personal damage claims that have simultaneously multiplied , have been financed to a substantial degree by the people at Lloyd 's . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , it was a jubilant team which returned from the match venue on the River Sorria in Portugal with the highest ever placing for an Irish team in this event . |
| 21 | A comedy of errors as Collegians tried to clear from a defensive line out presented McCall with the simplest of scores . |
| 22 | So sixty-four dealers packed the cavernous 7th Regiment Armory on Park Avenue with the best of Soho and 57th Street , giving less experienced or timid buyers easy access to everything from Old Master drawings to contemporary sculpture . |
| 23 | ( Dates compiled and researched by Robert Rudhall with the best information available at the time of going to press . |
| 24 | Harold 's secret was well guarded and the Cabinet gathered at No. 10 on the following Tuesday without the slightest inkling of the dramatic news they were to hear . |
| 25 | That was Courtaulds ' buoyant message to the market when it launched Tencel on the latest stage of its pioneering journey in December . |
| 26 | The next day we ghosted into Makassar on the faintest breeze . |
| 27 | Cheques have to arrive at the registrars by Thursday 10 September so post them by next Tuesday at the earliest . |
| 28 | ‘ Certainly , there 's no point in you going back to New York , before Tuesday at the earliest . |
| 29 | We expect to conclude a sale of the Princess of Wales hospital at RAF Ely at the earliest opportunity commensurate with our responsibility to maximise disposal receipts . |
| 30 | A main aim of that rescheduling had been to allow Gorbachev at the earliest opportunity to push through reforms and install a more sympathetic central committee . |