Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her target was an excessively tall gangling gentleman , not very suitably clad for the Mediterranean in a suit of gingery wool with the trousers ending in tight bands round the calves . |
| 2 | ‘ A Christmas-shopping outing to East Kilbride was arranged for the elderly of the parish , with transport , tea and coffee laid on ’ . |
| 3 | But policies intended for the poor in general , which are politically more acceptable than those designed for specific racial groups , will aim at a big section of blacks too . |
| 4 | This national dairy breed was formed during the 1960s by the amalgamation of several red or red-and-white types after a gradual series of breed absorptions over the last 40 or 50 years . |
| 5 | The presenter drained off the last of her gin and tonic and clinked the ice in the bottom of her glass . |
| 6 | At a meeting of European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers in Dublin , Ireland , on Feb. 20 , Genscher sought to reassure those governments which had not been consulted about the two plus four agreement . |
| 7 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 8 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 9 | And you , my dear Mary , respected though your name is — you are insufficiently regarded as the first of that invaluable breed , preceeding them by at least one whole generation ! |
| 10 | Painting , 1927 , by Joan Miro , the Spanish painter regarded as the greatest of all Surrealist abstract artists . |
| 11 | Saatchi 's extremely active deaccessioning has caused a stir partly because so many major artists and dealers have a personal stake in his collection - and have , in some cases , risen to prominence as his collection has expanded -but also because his collection is almost unanimously regarded as the greatest of its kind in existence . |
| 12 | Malinowski is usually regarded as the greatest of these researchers , at least as far as his methods are concerned . |
| 13 | This book established Kitto as a writer , and in the following years , he wrote a number of books — many of them based on the Scripture , including the work which is still regarded as the best of its kind , Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature . |
| 14 | Alas , Castle Master , though widely regarded as the best of the Freescape games , suffers from the similar snail-paced somnambulance as its soporific stablemates . |
| 15 | Many databases include terms from controlled indexing languages and also support searching on the text of the record , thus offering what might be regarded as the best of both worlds . |
| 16 | It 's widely regarded as the best in town and is within strolling distance of the city centre and Maschsee . |
| 17 | This latter region produces a type referred to as rasht silk , which is generally regarded as the best in the world . |
| 18 | The main area for the manufacture of fine broadcloths was the southern Cotswolds , notably in the Stroud valley , where there was not only a supply of high-quality local wool — Cotswold wool was generally regarded as the best in England — but also quantities of fuller 's earth and available water power ( 65 , pp.153–6 ; 84 , p.309 ) . |
| 19 | I nearly died laughing when Alfonso , a community leader from one of the barrios was describing how his community is regarded as the lowest of the low , and the people often referred to as ‘ the underclass ’ . |
| 20 | According to Philo of Alexandria , a first-century Graeco-Judaic philosopher who wrote many works that still survive , including commentaries on the Old Testament , fifty was regarded as the holiest of numbers and ‘ the principle of the generation of the universe ’ ( De vita contemplativa , 65 ) . |
| 21 | Similarly , the standard can be regarded as the ultimate in the development of a supra-local norm of language . |
| 22 | Its new pesticide proposals are regarded as the strictest in the world : " organic " and " biodynamic " farmers are to be seen as pioneers pointing to new chemical-free techniques for the rest of the agricultural community . |
| 23 | It is regarded as the finest of the Cambridge college bridges ; an achievement to which the architect may have been spurred by the old St. John 's bridge , a masterpiece by Wren , barely 20 yards downstream . |
| 24 | The Arch of Titus , Rome ( A.D. 81 ) is generally regarded as the finest of the extant triumphal arches , particularly of the single arched design . |
| 25 | Scottish salmon is regarded as the finest in the world . |
| 26 | With those words the TV comedian announced the end of an 18-year marriage which many regarded as the strongest in showbusiness . |
| 27 | It is significant that the Prussian army , the most successful and admired of the age , used a heavy musket which was generally regarded as the worst in Europe . |
| 28 | The human rights situation in Guatemala , a major stumbling block in the peace negotiations , was regarded as the worst in the region . |
| 29 | So he is caught between the two of them , embarrassed to welcome his guest and unable to say more on the phone . |
| 30 | As she sat facing him , rigidly upright , he saw that her chair was one designed for the disabled with a button in the armrest to raise the seat when she wanted help in rising . |