Example sentences of "[noun] ever [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , about a million years ago some species of primate — the forerunners of human beings — seemed to select out larger brains in one of the most explosive periods of evolutionary change ever to occur on Earth . |
| 2 | This Coal Industry Bill must be one of the shortest of its sort ever to come before Parliament . |
| 3 | Topping the bill will be the ugliest band ever to get to No 1 — Dr And The Medics ! |
| 4 | Supersaurus was probably the biggest creature ever to walk on Earth . |
| 5 | THE only Football Supporters candidate ever to stand for Parliament has issued his touchline manifesto to the North-East 's election candidates . |
| 6 | America was conceived in vision as one of the greatest dreams of men ; it was to be the first nation ever to escape from oppression and the freed spirit would bring forth a splendid nation . |
| 7 | The former Lord Chief Justice , Lord Lane , called his green paper ‘ one of the most sinister documents ever to emanate from Government ’ . |
| 8 | The Lord Chief Justice , Lord Lane , referred to the first paper on the profession as ‘ one of the most sinister documents ever to emanate from Government ’ . |