Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] of [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most controversial of all the legacies the eighteenth-century reformers bequeathed to their successors was the subordination of the Church as a political , economic , educational , and charitable institution to the supremacy of the State . |
| 2 | the most trying of all the Open courses . |
| 3 | This attempt to assert baronial control of the king 's officers , reminiscent both of the Provisions of Oxford and the Ordinances , was the most far-reaching of all the demands made during the crisis of 1339–41 . |
| 4 | What turned out to be the most far-reaching of all the post-emancipation measures of Alexander II derived , ironically , from the government 's concern for the gentry . |
| 5 | In the developing world measles is the most devastating of all the six major childhood diseases — killing more than two million children a year . |
| 6 | It should be properly representative of all the sectors at risk ; 3 . |
| 7 | One of the most striking of all the mission stations was opened by the Santa Fe at Albuquerque , New Mexico , in 1910 . |
| 8 | Auriga is one of the most striking of all the constellations of the northern hemisphere . |
| 9 | But perhaps the most striking of all the devices are the frequent self-conscious comments made by the author , laying bare his devices precisely by pointing out the differences between fabula and syuzhet , as , for example , in the following : In Tristram Shandy ( and in the O. Henry stories discussed in another essay by Eikhenbaum ) the devices are laid bare to such an extent that there remains hardly any motivation for the much diminished fabula . |
| 10 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 11 | The restructuring of the UK Refining and Chemicals businesses was the most extensive of all the rationalisation remits , but has now been brought to a successful conclusion . |
| 12 | The most celebrated of all the northern constellations is distinctive even though it contains no star as bright as the first magnitude . |
| 13 | It was in deficit in its trade with the outside world , calculated in Soviet domestic prices , but with its oil and other resources expressed in world market prices it was the only republic to have a positive balance in its trade with non-Soviet partners ; and it was the most economically self-sufficient of all the republics . |
| 14 | He was the most remarkable and most interesting of all the ‘ enlightened despots ’ . |
| 15 | Against all expectations , the S2 Coupe has become the most popular of all the Coupes , accounting for a quarter of total production . |
| 16 | The most popular of all the operas . |
| 17 | Nonetheless I am puzzled that , according to an NOP poll , the Post Office is the most popular of all the public utilities with a satisfaction rate of 78 per cent , while the least popular was British Telecom with just 60 per cent . |
| 18 | Following her 1991 appearances at Nottingham , Wimbledon and the Midland Bank Championships at Brighton at the end of last year , we can confirm that Steffi Graf is the most popular of all the foreign players , according to Tennis World readers . |
| 19 | This is deservedly the most popular of all the famous sea stacks . |
| 20 | In 1931 came What Shall We Have Today , ( 5s. and in paper covers 35. ) , the most popular of all the Boulestin books , containing a large selection of recipes plus a sample luncheon and dinner menu for each month of the year . |
| 21 | The most sumptuous of all the decorations was undoubtedly a huge Chinese Ming-dynasty celadon porcelain vase embellished with elaborate and highly wrought ormolu mounts incorporating ring-toothed lions ' heads of around 1760 . |
| 22 | There were , it seems , only fifty-three competitors who entered all three parts of the competition , and only twenty-one of all the submissions came from foreign architects . |
| 23 | You were extremely fond of all the MacKay men — and they all let you wrap them round your little finger . |
| 24 | This book is mainly about research carried out in London — home of Britain 's largest Caribbean community , though not necessarily typical of all the Caribbean communities in Britain . |
| 25 | She was suddenly tired of all the evasion , her own included ; she had also had her fill of conversational shock tactics . |
| 26 | While certain parts of the Convention almost certainly constitute customary international law , that is not necessarily true of all the provisions from which the United States might wish to benefit . |
| 27 | Erm but again you see you could , you would , you would n't want to be a person who was only aware of all the good things and the bright things and the light things and the enjoyable things and were never aware of the others . |
| 28 | The language is accessible mid-European , direct and diatonic , confident — perhaps most of all the buoyant theme and variations that form the last movement . |
| 29 | The most dangerous of all the spiders is the black widow , a small species that is common throughout America and which responds to vibrations of its web by rushing out and biting what it considers to be its next meal . |
| 30 | Although he performed valiantly as a navigator in that most dangerous of all the branches of the armed forces , the Royal Flying Corps , in 1915 , and during his service sustained a serious leg injury , there is little evidence that he experienced the full horrors of trench warfare . |