Example sentences of "[art] [adj -est] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allegedly Pierremont originally named Pierpont which translates as ‘ the house on the hill overlooking the Cocker Beck ’ was built in the 1830s by John Botcherby who swore that it would be the grandest villa in town and that the Peases would never own it . |
| 2 | The Caucasus , The grandest chain of ice mountains that Europe can claim : history , geography , great climbs and new challenges . |
| 3 | My father brought me up — he 'd trained me to be the nicest kind of boy , tough , self-reliant . |
| 4 | You are either the nicest guy on earth and everything you have done is wonderful . |
| 5 | The testimony also coincided with the British release of Commander Bond 's latest venture , The Living Daylights ; in one of the nicest reversals of reality , some reviewers compared Bond to North , rather than vice-versa . |
| 6 | To experience singing quite so soon was the nicest sort of welcome . |
| 7 | Mrs Gaskell , writing to an American friend in 1860 , certainly thought that those in Streatham Street were not designed to be so : ‘ There is but one sink & c for every floor ; the fireplaces were the poorest kind of parlour grate , over or by which there was not the least [ hope ] of cooking ; there was not a peg , a shelf , or a cupboard , or even a recess in which one might be cheaply made . ’ |
| 8 | Except where aridity can be countered by irrigation , low rainfall tends to monoculture and social instability or to the poorest type of cereal farming . |
| 9 | On Dec. 26 , in an address to the nation , Ukrainian Premier Leonid Kuchma announced that direct payments would be made to the poorest members of society to protect them against the worst effects of the price rises . |
| 10 | The environmental transport campaign group Transport 2000 reminded us in its recent ‘ The Rush for Roads ’ report , that some of the poorest sections of society are being asked to make sacrifices for measures designed to promote economic growth . |
| 11 | some of the poorest work in reading occurred where the organization and management of the class were weak . |
| 12 | His parents fully understood his difficulties and raised no objections when he said that he wanted to live in the poorest part of South-East London for a year , to study conditions and work in a lay capacity amongst the people . |
| 13 | Nineteen forty one was the poorest year for food production . |
| 14 | Mr Lamont insisted that the Conservatives were committed to helping the poorest families over VAT on domestic fuels . |
| 15 | Finance has always been a headache for a group whose adherents have often come from amongst the poorest strata of society . |
| 16 | In his maiden speech in parliament , Jones referred to the consequences of living in ‘ one of the poorest districts of East London , where the housing problem was of a very intense character ’ ( SE 15 March 19 ) . |
| 17 | The economic crisis of the early 1980s played a part in this decline in take-up of education , and hit the poorest sectors of society hardest , sharpening social differentiation and the concentration of wealth . |
| 18 | He stated that the impact of the measures on the poorest sectors of society would be mitigated by the implementation of a social emergency programme with the co-operation of private and religious organizations . |
| 19 | Environmentalists say illicit trade in species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) is likely to enter the EC via countries such as Italy , Greece and Spain , which have the poorest record on animal protection . |
| 20 | The study of hospital patients by Ferguson and MacPheal concluded as follows : ‘ The ex-patients who showed the heaviest mortality at early ages , the strongest tendency to relapse and the poorest record in point of early return to work were the group of unskilled labourers . ’ |
| 21 | The plant now dubiously boasts the poorest levels of productivity , quality and working conditions of any Ford factory in Europe . |
| 22 | How Oxfam is helping the poorest people of South America . |
| 23 | The system was intended to ensure that those who received help were worse off ( ‘ less eligible ’ ) than the poorest people in work . |
| 24 | The two parcels of vines belonging to Beaumont-sur-Vesle are located on a small patch of flat ground , west of the road leading out of the village towards Verzenay and , a kilometre further on , adjoining the edge of some of the poorest vineyards of Verzenay . |
| 25 | ‘ You had n't realized it was the freest way of life and so forth ? ’ |
| 26 | Bush ended his speech by returning to the Desert War theme and informing his audience that " We are still the freest nation on earth ; the kindest nation on earth ; the strongest nation on earth ; and we have always risen to the occasion . |
| 27 | The wheels are of the best construction , having wooden felloes six inches deep , with strong iron centre pieces , and the inconvenience arising from sudden concussion has been guarded against so far as possible by the finest description of buffer springs . |
| 28 | His daguerreotypes are amongst the finest relics of photography 's first decade . |
| 29 | Sheila Jordan is one of the finest singers in jazz history : Charlie Parker once referred to her ‘ million dollar ears ’ . |
| 30 | They had the finest food , the finest way of living , the most lovely gardens , the finest dress . |