Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj -est] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But certainly here , for the clearest moment in Eliot 's later plays the savage and the Christian are joined in reproach of the oversophisticated city ; , though it is essential , too , to remember that that city also contains Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly whom Eliot once described as possibly ‘ a god in the machine ’ . |
| 2 | The best treaty will aim for the smallest loss in world welfare . |
| 3 | ‘ For the nicest day in my whole life . ’ |
| 4 | Fenella retrieved her plate , keeping an eye out for the fastest claw in the East End . |
| 5 | Derbyshire 's 22-year-old batsman Chris Adams , who now holds the record for the fastest century in the county 's history , is another with hopes of a place in the Australian sun this winter . |
| 6 | Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire not only won several first prizes in the North-Eastern Railway 's own competition , but it also won a prize of £10 offered by a London weekly paper for the prettiest station in Britain . |
| 7 | Jonathan Tan , a sixthform student at Manchester Grammar School , won the 1991 RSC award for the highest mark in the GCE A-level chemistry examination set by the JMB . |
| 8 | It was this alleged inability to set the record straight which increasingly became the central focus of Republican attacks on the degree to which Clinton 's character was suitable for the highest office in the country . |
| 9 | Top cash are on offer to professional and amateur players with £150 added for the highest break in the competition by bookmaker Joe Suckling . |
| 10 | ‘ Brighty ’ earned the Golden Boot award for the highest scorer in Division Two in 1987–88 , in which he hit 24 goals , and his efforts in the following promotion term , in which he played in every match , took him into the select group of men who have netted over 50 League goals for our club . |
| 11 | Amid predictions that the emergency meeting could be the SED 's last party congress , the Communists have accepted ‘ full responsibility for the deepest crisis in the history of the GDR ’ . |
| 12 | Since the Minister is so concerned about the gold belonging to the Baltic states , will he see justice done for the poorest country in Europe , Albania , whose gold is in the Bank of England and was stolen from that country four decades ago ? |
| 13 | Paul Beck , Ackers Trust Canoe Club Chairman , receives the Stand Club Trophy for the greatest participation in the Strand Touring Awards scheme for the second successive year . |
| 14 | Unless something is done , dealer margins will continue in free fall and the customers will continue to shop around for the best price in the belief that service is universally lousy , and that 's in nobody 's interest . |
| 15 | R.L. Soale 's ‘ Peace Perfect Peace ’ ( above ) , is a more typical entry to the marquetry classes , and won the Jack Fletcher Trophy for the best piece in the Secondary category , for marquetarians who have never won an award . |
| 16 | Deport Peter Schmichael for having an out of date work permit , let Scumtona and Hughes run off to the Cayman Islands for a peaceful life together , Ryans potty training to let him down at home games as well as away , Lee Sharpe to OD on E and think he 's playing for the best team in the country . |
| 17 | The award for the best dog in the Alton and District Canine Society 's show at the Drill Hall went to an Old English sheepdog , Bleakdown Major , shown by Mr. T. Cass of Shalden . |
| 18 | He awarded the trophy for the best exhibit in the show to Marian Cresswell for an orange clivia pot plant . |
| 19 | The Summers Challenge Cup for the best exhibit in the show , a beautiful arrangement of spring flowers in a basket , was won by Mrs. J. Ayling . |
| 20 | There will also be an award for the best garden in town . |
| 21 | For the best midfielder in the country I 'd be looking closer to 5–6 mil especially if he went to Rangers or abroad — but personally I would n't sell him , so going on past experience that means Wilko will get rid of him before the end of the season . |
| 22 | You could win tickets for the biggest weekend in the air show calender . |
| 23 | The picture , measured by the statistics , has not changed significantly since the Budget a month ago , but consumers who had braced themselves for the biggest cut in living standards ever imposed at a single stroke suddenly find themselves spared . |
| 24 | Courageous Carina Hamlet prepares for the latest operation in 10 years of surgery , comforted by her mother Margaret Picture : TEGWYN ROBERTS |
| 25 | And what a sauce.The secret ingredient for the latest taste in cheese . |
| 26 | In 1984 , queues formed outside privately-run hairdressers for the latest fashion in ‘ perms ’ . |
| 27 | On May 30 , amid tight security , Bhutto visited Hyderabad where she blamed both the MQM and the Sindhi nationalist Jiye Sind movement for the latest upsurge in violence , accusing them of seeking a " reign of terror " in Sind . |
| 28 | WE 'RE off to Paris for the richest race in Europe , the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday October 4 . |
| 29 | Surely she had n't almost fallen for the oldest trick in the book ! |
| 30 | ‘ You — ’ he began , and searched his memory for the worst word in the Trob tongue ; the happy little beTrobi did n't really know how to swear properly . |