Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [adj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most useful is probably a choice of law clause ( see cl 15 of Precedent 1 , and cl 1.4 of Precedent 2 ) . |
| 2 | The most informative is undoubtedly that caused by Gundovald 's claim to the throne , since Gregory of Tours not only allocates a considerable amount of space to the rebellion itself , but also provides evidence in the ensuing books of the Histories which illuminates the nature of the " pretender's ' following . |
| 3 | The most outstanding are possibly Monotones , Gloria and Afternoon of a Faun . |
| 4 | The most famous is probably the delightful half-timbered Dunrobin , on the Highland line to Wick . |
| 5 | It showed most obviously in certain political institutions , above all the sovereign state and representative government , in some central ideas , of which the most potent were ultimately drawn from Christianity or the Enlightenment , and in a powerful technology , based on experimental science . |
| 6 | The most accurate is probably the book , The Annals of James Macrae , by J. Talbot Wheeler , published in Madras in 1862 . |
| 7 | One of the most beautiful is probably that of Odette in the Act II pas de deux of Swan Lake when , overcoming her fear at being captured , she turns her head and deliberately looks into Siegfried 's eyes . |
| 8 | The most basic is simply to clear space on the shelves to make room for new additions to stock . |
| 9 | The most popular is briefly to pressure-cook the nuts . |
| 10 | The most popular was undoubtedly the stripping policewoman or traffic warden — always good for a laugh among London 's paranoia-ravaged motorists . |
| 11 | Of all the Simons populating the New Testament , the most important is unquestionably Simon Peter , the most famous of Jesus 's disciples and the one on whom Jesus allegedly founds his church . |
| 12 | Although the debate over whether the pre- or the postsynaptic changes are the most important is still raging as I write , it is likely to turn out , as is sometimes but not always the case in science , that both camps are more or less right . |
| 13 | There have been diverse strands in recent conservative thought — among them nationalism ( recently revived particularly in populist and neo-fascist movements ) and traditionalism ( which is directed precisely against rationalism ) — but one of the most important is still that which asserts the superiority , in terms of rationality , efficiency and the promotion of individual liberty , of the capitalist economic system over the planned economy of socialism . |
| 14 | There are 29 locks on the canal , the most interesting being here at Banavie , where the so-called Neptune Locks form the largest ‘ staircase ’ in Britain , consisting of 8 locks . |
| 15 | The best are excellent , and the most modest are never less than attractive . |
| 16 | The most northerly was apparently undivided , though only its southern ditch lay within the excavated area . |
| 17 | Amongst the most salient are perhaps the following : |
| 18 | Of the ‘ kinship defenders ’ , the most notable is probably Holman , whose position is outlined in his pamphlet Inequality in Child Care and elsewhere . |
| 19 | There are some pieces — the most notable is usually known as " On music and words " — which were apparently meant for the book and later rejected , but which fall within the scope of BT , and so have no bearing on the question . |
| 20 | Some of the most enthusiastic were quite skilled workers . |
| 21 | The most significant is probably the persistence of past misunderstandings . |
| 22 | In the absence of herbivores ( fish and urchins among them ) , the palatable species grow less when epiphytic , though the less palatable are little retarded . |
| 23 | The less skilled are more likely to assume that they understand the other person 's point of view and that the other person has the same basic information . |
| 24 | Women 's response to poverty and unemployment remains an enigma , and whilst the inequality which leads to civil war between men on the streets is called a riot , the battles at home between unequals , in which the less powerful are also the losers , is dismissed as ‘ domestic violence ’ . |
| 25 | Although differences were to be found — especially comparing the arts and sciences — the highly creative were frequently described in similar terms as : sceptical , aloof , radical , self-sufficient , independent , bohemian , often introverted and usually more open to experience . |
| 26 | membership of the Junior Tykes Club for the under 14's is just £9 and includes free entry to all home Sunday League matches . |
| 27 | Of the two oil-production systems , the more prolific was undoubtedly Iran 's . |
| 28 | The weeding out of the congenitally unfit was only a secondary process , less important than the pressure encouraging most individuals to become fitter . |
| 29 | But then the severely discursive is ultimately inadequate , as she knows , which is why mankind needs ever more fictions to live by , why there have to be new novels as well as old . |
| 30 | Thus we frequently have a pattern where a relatively difficult examination is set to conform to the entry standards someone hopes may be achieved , where a large number of candidates do very badly on it and some of the least bewildered are then selected for further education . |