Example sentences of "[noun] the [adj] [noun] ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was the Psittacidae the first volume ever to concentrate on a single species , it was , as Lear himself maintained , ‘ the first complete volume of coloured drawings of birds on so large a scale published in England , as far as I know — unless Audubon 's were previously engraved . ’ |
| 2 | We hate doing this because it could be handy information in the event the other party ever accuses us of a transgression . |
| 3 | Smith expressed his typically extreme view that the appointment of Coleman was the greatest calamity the veterinary profession ever experienced . |
| 4 | ‘ At my time of life there 's more pleasure to be had from the rear view of a pair of Levis than in all the Martinis the old rascal ever painted . |
| 5 | The teams made Darlington the first club ever to collect medals in the championship in the same season . |
| 6 | On one hand the public demands ever more complex and advanced technology while at the same time mistrusting and denigrating the scientific/technological base that helps to produce today 's high standard of living in the developed world . |