Example sentences of "[adv] with the [adj -est] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only with the greatest of difficulty that the League could be persuaded to do its job in Danzig . |
| 2 | And all apparently with the greatest of ease . |
| 3 | So I think that what he has done is to try and meet the concerns which your Lordships have have expressed er i in second reading My Lords er I did think if I might say so with the greatest of respect for the Noble Lord , Lord Harris of Greenwich whom I admire en enormously and not for er only for his views which erm depending upon what the views are er that it depends upon my extended admiration |
| 4 | So with the greatest of pleasure . |
| 5 | ‘ You are all the same , ’ I had said — reducing her from an individual to a stereotype , lumping her in with the worst of the cherry berets . |
| 6 | sing along with the best of them . |
| 7 | The international exhibition of Chinese art held at Burlington House in 1935–6 , of which David was the chief instigator and director , fulfilled his ambition of showing items from the Chinese imperial collection together with the best of western collections . |
| 8 | Their homes are often sumptuously hung , not with the finest of eurocentric defined Fine Art , or even the craftiest of Crafts Council defined craft , but with Javanese batik , Indian embroideries , West African Adire , and selected ex-colonial produce . |
| 9 | She never noticed if Alexandra was fully dressed or had stumbled straight from sleep in her night clothes but would welcome her always with the sweetest of smiles and a gentle reproof for leaving her alone . |
| 10 | The Belorussian State TV and Radio Orchestra under Boris Raisky play with great passion and understanding throughout , if not always with the greatest of precision . |
| 11 | We 'd worked from 6.30 a.m. until 8.00 p.m. with the shortest of breaks during the day . |
| 12 | News on Sunday ended up with the worst of both worlds — a paper with metropolitan Right-On concerns , produced in a city that had fallen off the edge of the Right-On world . |
| 13 | The danger was that the department would end up with the worst of both worlds — an integrated service provided in a hastily planned way , foisted on staff unprepared for the challenge and lacking the positive commitment and support that is so necessary from specialist staff and their managers . |
| 14 | A complaint by a disturbed or malicious client , an injudicious act carried out with the best of intentions , even the possibility of undue personal involvement might all have this unfortunate result . |
| 15 | Much has been said about what a Labour Government could and could not do , but I am certain that a Labour Government would set out with the best of intentions to improve the situation . |
| 16 | The inspector should not allow himself to be led , often with the best of intentions , by people proud to show off the area . |
| 17 | Although this is undoubtedly the law , it often seems to be ignored , particularly in the United States , where pointless efforts are made by doctors , albeit often with the best of intentions . |
| 18 | Or maybe she was happy at the fact that , in a few minutes , after a couple of minutes ' contact with Clara Beeding 's right mitt , she would be skipping around with the best of them . |
| 19 | One 's only logically appropriate stand when confronted with incomprehensibility is a demand for clarification ; belief , even with the best of good will , must wait upon the provision of a content to believe . |
| 20 | If one considers the difference between my father at such moments and a figure such as Mr Jack Neighbours even with the best of his technical flourishes , I believe one may begin to distinguish what it is that separates a ‘ great ’ butler from a merely competent one . |
| 21 | So you can see that , without professional help , we can make our problems worse , even with the best of intentions . |
| 22 | Even with the best of intentions it will be difficult to undo past developments . |
| 23 | As far as the build quality is concerned , you 'd expect it to be up there with the best of the Japanese instruments , and you 'll be pleased to know that Jackson have not compromised their reputation here at all ; there 's nothing in the slightest ‘ second rate ’ about the Infinity . |
| 24 | As far as teeth flags go , though , it was up there with the best of ‘ em . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'd have been up there with the best of them by now . ’ |
| 26 | When it comes to deeds of great valour performed in the cause of king and country , the name of Rune is up there with the best of them . |
| 27 | And he is no doubt that Lawrence is up there with the best of them . |
| 28 | Leicester needed the goalstart for it was the visitors who surged forward with the best of the goal chances . |