Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider , insists Wade , the office of Secretary of State with the smallest budget of the Cabinet Departments yet arguably the greatest status in the system ( Wade 1979 , p. 354 ) . |
| 2 | Martina Navratilova is arguably the greatest woman tennis player of all time . |
| 3 | And one who has arguably the toughest brief of all the carvers at the palace . |
| 4 | The knowledge that the barrier between the patient and surgeon has remained intact throughout the procedure is arguably the best reassurance for surgeons and theatre nurses regarding protection . |
| 5 | And McGurk , the smallest man on the field at 5′ 7″ , scored the winning point with just three minutes left of arguably the best championship game of the year . |
| 6 | He is particularly good with young players and will have to weigh up that security against taking arguably the best job in English cricket . ’ |
| 7 | JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL , still arguably the best player in the world without a major title to his name , today radiated confidence about European prospects in the US Open at Baltusrol . |
| 8 | It was at TMcL that he first met his one and only ‘ accountancy ’ hero , James Dowling , the then senior partner — ‘ one of the finest men I have ever met and arguably the best accountant Scotland has ever seen ’ . |
| 9 | Disembarking at certain points from a leisurely cruise , your guide , Bernie Dunn , arguably the best guide in Amsterdam will take you through Amsterdam 's most enchanting neighbourhoods by foot . |
| 10 | Some fine and competitive rallying in which was arguably the best match of the three days , saw her come very close to Audra Keller , a 19 year old form Tennessee who was playing in her third consecutive Maureen Connolly Cup event . |
| 11 | ALL IN THE FAMILY William Randolph Hearst Jr had arguably the best seat at the twentieth century . |
| 12 | Many walkers cross its famous ‘ Bad Step ’ just above the waters of Loch Scavaig , but few scramble up its slabs and buttresses to take in the view of Coruisk and its magnificent amphitheatre of black , jagged peaks — arguably the finest viewpoint of Skye . |
| 13 | The sermons in which it is presented are arguably the finest contribution to moral philosophy in English . |
| 14 | Finally , remember you have what is arguably the finest army in the Known World under your command . |
| 15 | CAME 'S BEAUTY stems from being built in the palest of pale Portland stone , arguably the finest building stone in Britain , quarried over the down a few miles towards the sea . |
| 16 | It finished the year with the launch of the Twingo , arguably the biggest breakthrough in small car design since the Mini . |
| 17 | If you would like to continue working , arguably the easiest solution if your employer is agreeable is for you to remain where you are and to defer your pension . |
| 18 | England , arguably the strongest team on show , gave Ireland a rough passage , but lost to Scotland — the only team Ireland beat . |
| 19 | GRAMM-Rudman-Hollings , the US deficit reduction law , is arguably the worst piece of legislation passed by Congress in the past decade . |
| 20 | Sally-Anne Tunstall , beloved daughter of Senator Jared Tunstall , arguably the richest man in the USA , and his dear wife Mary , niece of Orrin Tunstall , the American ambassador , society beauty , heiress , spoiled child of fortune , who had once thought that the world was her ball to play with , sat on her bed in an East End attic , dressed in her skivvy 's clothing , grieving because she could not consummate her love for a poor doctor who had renounced the world over which she had once reigned . |
| 21 | As the Denmark Farm experiment shows , it is not too late to restore our countryside — arguably the richest aspect of our national heritage — and recreate a living countryside with a rich biological diversity . |
| 22 | Beyond this , character- ization rarely goes further than the creation of characters sufficient for the roles they play within the fabliau ; there is very rarely the slightest pretence at verisimilitude in the form of feigning that the characters have experiences beyond or after those of the narrative given . |
| 23 | They are numerically the largest group of people at risk , they present the most complex problems and their needs have the most impact on families and communities . |
| 24 | As always , the United States is numerically the strongest country , as they have two leagues of their own from which to produce finalists . |
| 25 | This seemed like a Falangist revival , for it was the first session that had been held since 1945 and Franco asserted that it was " necessary that the National Council should recover the role which corresponds to it in the political tasks , because it is hierarchically the highest body in the Movement , whose duty it is to ensure the purity of the organization and the continuity of the doctrine " .18 But many of those present , including the Vice-Secretary of FET , Diego Salas Pombo , detected behind the smokescreen of verbiage a lack of genuine commitment to Arrese 's plan for a Falange-dominated future . |
| 26 | Right the best thing to do |
| 27 | In bulk output , Great Britain was outstandingly the biggest producer of textiles , for example . |
| 28 | According to Ācārya Kripalani the Rāma invoked by Gandhi with his dying breath was not the historical Rāma or the mythological Rāma , but rather the highest Self . |
| 29 | People who are used to having responsible jobs at home or in the office and who are known to be good managers and organizers can not understand why suddenly the simplest task seems to be beyond them , and this makes them feel out of control and very unsafe . |
| 30 | ( iii ) Ending of the court order period — In practice , problems are now beginning to appear when one of the specified events happens ( eg the youngest child attaining 18 years ) , for many court orders have provided who should pay outgoings and mortgage payments during the " trust period " but made no provision thereafter during the period whilst the house is being sold . |