Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj -est] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 2 | Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise . |
| 3 | Alistair , Wendy and Anna come in for the worst of it . |
| 4 | The man holding Connelly 's arm pushed it forward , forcing it down onto the largest of the electric rings , holding it there . |
| 5 | The guys at New Deal filled us in with the latest on Harrow skatepark . |
| 6 | ‘ You are all the same , ’ I had said — reducing her from an individual to a stereotype , lumping her in with the worst of the cherry berets . |
| 7 | sing along with the best of them . |
| 8 | While murmurs of hope return to the streets of Cardiff , Australian prepare for their 16th international against Wales with coach Bob Dwyer admits : ‘ A win here would go down alongside the best of our achievements while I have been in charge . ’ |
| 9 | I had it down to the finest of details . |
| 10 | Thankfully there were no injuries and he and Ave Barlow managed to make it down to the best of the mountain safely . |
| 11 | Lewis taking over from the greatest at the pavilion er Lawrence and er , first time we 've seen Lawrence this morning , and on the subject of frustration Victor which you were just airing then , did you by any chance see Tony Locke at er Old Trafford when Laker took his . |
| 12 | I 'm here for one reason — to do a job , and I mean to carry it through to the best of my ability , with or without your approval . |
| 13 | He walked bravely over to the nearest of the shapes . |
| 14 | Guy urged the horse over to the largest of the mean shelters and dismounted . |
| 15 | Griffin eventually scraped through by the narrowest of margins and now faces a semi-final tomorrow . |
| 16 | There were no relatives to travel with her to the grave , only strangers to see her off on the darkest of journeys . |
| 17 | Robert Dunlop says its a good team and on Easter friday he 'll be up against the best in the world … he 's a positive man and hopes to be British champion this year |
| 18 | How does the performance measure up against the best in the world ? |
| 19 | ‘ It would be naive to think that all a Labour government has to do is increase revenue support , encourage greater investment and Britain 's railway system would automatically catch up with the best in Europe , ’ he said . |
| 20 | News on Sunday ended up with the worst of both worlds — a paper with metropolitan Right-On concerns , produced in a city that had fallen off the edge of the Right-On world . |
| 21 | The danger was that the department would end up with the worst of both worlds — an integrated service provided in a hastily planned way , foisted on staff unprepared for the challenge and lacking the positive commitment and support that is so necessary from specialist staff and their managers . |
| 22 | Well let's catch up with the latest from the Manor ground , I think Nick Harris is back in the press box now . |
| 23 | When comedy work has been thin on the ground , Allen has carved out a healthy career as a straight actor , popping up in the unlikeliest of places : as a minion of fictitious Prime Minister Harry Perkins in A Very British Coup , as an impeccably sleazy reporter in Scandal and most recently as permarandy Rex , the dyspeptic boss of Lyne Electronics in the BBC 's Making Out . |
| 24 | The little booklet , which is turning up in the oddest of places , tells us for instance that ‘ Butter is a natural product — alternatives are different . ’ |
| 25 | SINEAD O'Connor grew up in the worst of environments and knows religion causes many of society 's problems . |
| 26 | Just nip round to the supermarket now and stock up on the latest in buffet catering . |
| 27 | The study , ‘ Made in Britain : the true state of British manufacturing industry ’ , is a joint project by IBM Consulting Group and London Business School to test whether British manufacturers measure up to the best in the world . |
| 28 | He did n't feel up to the mildest of rebuffs from her ; he seemed to have gone back to a relationship like an adolescent infatuation , reading rejection in the most innocent of her actions . |
| 29 | I can hardly stand up at the best of times — which is n't surprising when the only ice I 'm interested in is in my Scotch on the rocks ! |
| 30 | LASMO employees around the world could be linked up by the latest in high-tech communications as early as next year . |