Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] the [adj -est] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , however , we examine passive resonators , which are perhaps the simplest of all optical systems , and indeed , in one limit , reduce to a one-dimensional noninvertible map , and thus possess a period-doubling route to chaos . |
| 2 | I will add simply that locked rooms are only the purest of all sorts of " impossible crimes ' . |
| 3 | There are only the smallest of delicately dropped clues as to how and why they ended up with the social skills of a herd of rhinos . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not the bravest of men , I 'll be honest I did not like Sir Ralph using me as a page boy but he distrusted the others . ’ |
| 5 | Palace though are not the easiest of opponents . |
| 6 | Tabitha Zu , The Hinnies and The Cuckoos are Stollercoaster 's featured bands and , to be honest , they 're not the best of the new bunch . |
| 7 | Well we 're not the best of friends , she just takes the piss . |
| 8 | The land boundaries are probably the easiest of all . |
| 9 | Dally goes as far as to state that it indicates a bad prognosis for the disease , but I am glad to be able to report that although my jealousy continued into my adolescence , including the anorexic period , it did not deter my recovery , and that my sisters and I are now the best of friends . |
| 10 | Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) . |
| 11 | You 've got shelter , food , and although I 'm not the easiest of companions at least you 're not facing your problem alone . ’ |
| 12 | By the time you 've finished , if you are n't the best of mates and invited down for a vair long weekend in the cuntrair , I can only say — Air nair . |
| 13 | But compressed ZIP files are n't the easiest of things to handle on a day-to-day basis . |