Example sentences of "[adj -est] [coord] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest and generally the commonest white-rumped brown wader , very variable in size . |
| 2 | He also operated a small fleet of ships , issued the largest and arguably the finest British token coinage , purchased the two-member pocket borough of Great Marlow , for which he was MP from 1790 , and built there Temple House , designed by Samuel Wyatt [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | Sparrow-sized buntings and redpolls , weighing 30–35 g , are the smallest and perhaps the hardiest of polar birds . |
| 4 | As chairman of probably the oldest and certainly the noisiest of the Institute 's technical committees , I am able to reassure such doubters ; indeed , the Technical Advisory Committee 's advice is still the foundation of most Institute responses on accounting and auditing matters . |
| 5 | Despite that , there are many cases when hill climbing is the best or perhaps the only practical approach : |
| 6 | As you will appreciate , the best and possibly the only time to carry out such projects is the spring/ early summer period , partly because of the weather , partly because volunteers tend not to be available in the summer . |
| 7 | There , contrary to expectation , primary schools are of the two to three teacher type even in the heavily populated Punjab province , partly because of the village concept of life and partly because the community structure makes this the best and perhaps the only acceptable form of organisation . |
| 8 | ‘ Many sub-units of companies simply can not be measured by revenue , contributions to profits , or costs related to output units … for a department of this kind , the best and perhaps the only measure of performance is achievement of predetermined programmes within budgets . ’ |
| 9 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 10 | He therefore considered them of a tradition quite different from that form of conservatism — so admirably defined by Russell Kirk in his study Eliot and his Age ( 1971 , 1984 ) — which , as Eliot said to me more than once , was the best and perhaps the only defence against the extremes of Communism and Fascism . |
| 11 | For one thing there have been too many of them already ( Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine in America , perhaps the best and almost the only vehicle for the crime short story , no longer looks as new Holmes tales , as I know to my cost . ) |
| 12 | The latest and perhaps the final pronouncement on the so-called Walhein direction was made by Lord Lane C.J. presiding in a court of five judges in Reg. v. Watson [ 1988 ] Q.B . |