Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 22 And in his review of O'Keeffe 's 1924 show , critic Virgil Barker had maintained that O'Keeffe 's emotions were balanced by her intellect : ‘ Miss O'Keeffe 's pictures embody intelligent passionateness. ’ 23 But from the beginning , most critics had responded to her art ( and continued to do so ) primarily in agreement with the position maintained by the Stieglitz circle , a position restated without equivocation by Rosenfeld in 1924 , when he wrote that O'Keeffe was ‘ one who shows no traces of intellectualisation and has a mind born of profoundest feeling . ’ |
| 2 | Summing up his goodwill mission , Benavides said that the sharp differences between the two sides would only be overcome by a political decision made at highest level . |
| 3 | No instruments , no ornaments , the dynamics never rising above the level of quiet conversation ; everything done through the musical enunciation of the words , the five singers working in closest accord . |
| 4 | How much greater then the difficulty of conveying the mystery in words , and to an age reluctant to contemplate those experiences where the pathos of our animal nature stands in greatest tension with the highest aspirations of the soul ! |
| 5 | Also , the bomb consisted of best quality commercial explosive a substance which loyalist bomb makers seldom had in quantity . |
| 6 | As chairman Sir Peter Thompson explains in his statement , ‘ With the spotlight on corporate governance following the report of the Cadbury Committee , we have felt it right to make a statement on how the group complies with best practice in this area . ’ |
| 7 | Her wariness turned to deepest mistrust . |
| 8 | The maximum transport occurs in the breaker zone , where wave action is strong and continuous and where the lifting of particles by waves allows the current to operate to fullest effect . |
| 9 | Moreover , the ‘ transition to democracy ’ has occurred at exactly the time when the international economic crisis was making its presence felt with greatest intensity . |
| 10 | Her tightly tailored strapless dress matched her lips exactly , as did the shoes that even Belinda recognised as highest quality Italian leather , the kind of leather with a fine grain that was almost like satin to the touch . |
| 11 | And flying into trouble ? … doctors warn of latest pub craze dangers . |
| 12 | Durability has at all times been a main attribute of the materials held in highest regard and it is precisely the most durable things that have most chance of surviving . |
| 13 | Though nothing as yet had touched his flesh , he was a titbit trapped in stiffest aspic . |
| 14 | CHEQUERS : Will appreciate this trip judged on latest outing when headway from rear last two furlongs , nearest at finish , 2l 3rd to Roar On Tour with TALENTED TING ( rec 10lb ) every chance quarter mile out , kept on , 4th btn 3l ( Doncaster 7f , Gd ) . |
| 15 | The postcard he wrote to Hanns at the end of the tour reveals John plunged into deepest gloom : ‘ My dear — The past weeks have been like an unforgettable nightmare . |
| 16 | Golf : Woosnam unnerved by latest loss of form |
| 17 | Guests came from around the world — Peter 's brother Jim flew from Zimbabwe to act as best man and his other brothers and sisters came from Australia . |
| 18 | Labour lead over Tories confirmed by latest poll |