Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Policy discussions at ministerial level appeared to focus mainly on the hoary old issues of which agency should take lead responsibility , ’ but finally , in 1989 , the government took a decision which was considered unthinkable only a year earlier , that is , that local authority social services departments should be given lead responsibility for community care and for all services including mental health , but with some additional controls added in the latter case , the single most controversial of Griffiths ' proposals . |
| 2 | This has always been the most controversial of Toscanini 's NBC opera recordings . |
| 3 | She felt rather sorry for Sarah 's rejects and often tried , unsuccessfully , to be asked out by them . |
| 4 | The most acute of Derry 's housing problems was the Springtown Camp . |
| 5 | Lancaster proved himself one of the most outstanding of Edward 's commanders , and he and his men not only covered themselves with glory but also substantially enriched themselves . |
| 6 | There is Something very physical as well as verbally strong about Steven 's plays . |
| 7 | And it is this recourse to the Saussurean model which gives rise to the most innovative of structuralism 's extensions of the linguistic analogy : poetics . |
| 8 | One of the most endearing of Russell 's characteristics was his courage . |
| 9 | Spaak and Beyen were bitterly upset by Britain 's action . |
| 10 | Drawn largely from the Ecole Polytechnique , the most prestigious of France 's ‘ Grandes Ecoles ’ , the army engineers form a unique and cohesive corps throughout their careers that lead almost inevitably to the highest posts within the Ministry of Defence , the DGA ( Délégation Générale pour l'Armament , created in 1961 ( and , increasingly , to leadership positions throughout the nationalised and private sectors of the arms industry and to important civilian posts as well . |
| 11 | I say rightly so because Herbert Spencer 's theory of evolution was fundamentally different from Darwin 's , even though it 's often confused with it . |
| 12 | What is strikingly different in Moore 's treatment of practical ethics from that of the classical utilitarians is the lack of any reforming zeal . |
| 13 | One of the most demanding of Harris 's standard contract terms involves the vendor 's commitment to provide , under escrow if necessary , a copy of the product 's source code with the purchase . |
| 14 | In some ways it is the loftiest , most visionary of Beethoven 's symphonies and as such it needs a visionary to conduct it . |
| 15 | These recits are the most interesting of Guedron 's works ; it was he who was responsible for introducing them in place of spoken dialogue , thereby taking the ballet de cour a significant step nearer to opera , particularly in the Ballet de la Délivrance de Renaud ( 1617 ) ( see also p. 322 , n. 44 ) and Ballet du Roy sur L'Adventure de Tancrède en la forest enchantée ( 1619 ) . |
| 16 | The first to come , and one of the most interesting from Pumfrey 's point of view , was Tom Tedder , who sprawled easily in his chair , seemed as little tensed up as it is possible to be when involved in a murder case , and told them all they needed to know about the teachers ' attitude to the school 's star pupil . |
| 17 | Within the past month he has tried re-walking some of the most popular of Wainwright 's routes . |
| 18 | Simon Peter , of course , is the best known and probably the most popular of Jesus 's original entourage — the one whom tradition has established as virtually synonymous with Christianity itself . |
| 19 | Lothlórien has won many hearts , and even the most censorious of Tolkien 's critics have accordingly been ready to grant him the ability to create nice settings . |
| 20 | ‘ That is so , ’ Sims said , smiling — apparently grateful for S-S 's help . |
| 21 | Ye fields , ye scenes so dear to Lubin 's eye , |
| 22 | The cumulative effect of these direct revelations of his intentions is to make us highly alert to Iago 's language when he is with other people . |
| 23 | How ironic that she felt so alive in Piers 's company , the one man who could shrug her off as carelessly as he would shrug off a few flecks of sand from his T-shirt . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , the mouse embryo has proved less tolerant to explantation in vitro , during gastrulation and organogenesis , than has the rat ( 18,19 ) . |
| 25 | He was less tolerant of Romania 's cheating the USSR than Brezhnev had been . |
| 26 | One subject is obviously dear to Schofield 's heart — the captaincy of Great Britain and Leeds . |
| 27 | Robert stood alone and waited ; he was patiently expectant of Nicandra 's disappointment when she should see him . |
| 28 | MI6 was greatly upset by Churchill 's decision to create Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) , which it saw as infringing upon its sacred duties . |
| 29 | Marc put his hands in his pockets , apparently unruffled by Peter 's doggedness . |
| 30 | The example of Ronald Reagan is , however notably less supportive of King 's thesis . |