Example sentences of "among the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A multiplicity of stations would appear in each Latin American capital of importance , some of them among the grandest anywhere . |
| 2 | They require little or no pruning or other attention , being remarkably resistant to disease , and are among the hardiest of all roses , thriving in conditions that would frighten the life out of most others . |
| 3 | Ravens Corvus corax and snowy owls Nyctea scandiaca ( Watson , 1957 ) are among the hardiest residents ; snowy owls have been reported as far north as 82N on Ellesmere Island in winter ( Gessaman , 1978 ) . |
| 4 | The Persian or English walnut ( Juglans regia ) is among the noblest of the hardwoods . |
| 5 | In this respect it is among the noblest as it is the vastest moral spectacle in history . |
| 6 | This is a devastating commentary on the state of a relationship that was among the greatest — some would argue the greatest — in international rugby . |
| 7 | The tunnels , track arrangements , and loop lines were regarded as among the greatest engineering marvels of the age , and more engineers flocked to see them than any other contemporary achievement , even including the Panama Canal . |
| 8 | With the exception of a few short magazine contributions and the revision of the serial The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved for publication in book form , it brought to an end a career in prose fiction which had seen the publication of 14 novels and some 40 stories , and earned Hardy a place among the greatest 19th-century novelists . |
| 9 | It is hard to be inactive when fell-walking , in Michael 's case , and swimming in mine have been among the greatest of pleasures . |
| 10 | It is perhaps surprising that Dempsey is ranked among the greatest champions of all time when he was artificially protected from the challenge of black opponents . |
| 11 | Among the greatest migrants were the British , who populated Canada , Australia , New Zealand and large parts of Africa , often without so much as a ’ by your leave ’ to the local population . |
| 12 | Among the greatest losers were the country 's banks which , after recent years of high asset growth , saw the value of their share holdings greatly reduced . |
| 13 | The independent Phoenix Cinema in Oxford is set to play to packed houses over the next few weeks with a film that 's bound to be listed among the greatest successes of British Cinema in recent years . |
| 14 | The three quartets in the programme are all among the greatest and they were all composed in Vienna within forty years — Haydn ( 1788 ) , Beethoven ( 1807 ) , Schubert ( 1826 ) . |
| 15 | It comes close to shaming some of its own stable-mates , too , and they are among the swiftest in their class . |
| 16 | Hawkmoths , which are among the swiftest insect flyers capable of speeds of 50 kph , have reduced their hind wings very considerably in size and latched them on to the long narrow fore-wings with a curved bristle . |
| 17 | The islands , which were largely uninhabited and ranged in size from 20 to 80 hectares , were among the smallest of Greece 's approximately 3,700 islands . |
| 18 | For one seasoned Whitehall figure involved in the build-up to the Falklands War , in the conflict itself and its aftermath , among the starkest lessons of the greatest trauma of the Thatcher period was the way in which the shortcomings of contemporary Cabinet government were thrown into sharp relief . |
| 19 | Among the main tropical diseases leishmaniasis was among the fastest-spreading parasite-inflicted infection , in 1990 , affecting 12,000,000 people in 80 countries ; there were 200 million people suffering from bilharzia and over 2,000 million exposed to the risk of malaria . |
| 20 | For several decades they have been studying superbly preserved fossils from the rocks of the Burgess shale , found in the Canadian Rockies , which are among the earliest fossils of complicated organisms . |
| 21 | Leapor 's poems on rural landscape are among the earliest to register the conflicts associated with the enclosure movement . |
| 22 | Among the earliest souvenirs to be hawked to the victorious Allied troops who marched into Beirut on 8 October 1917 was a horrific picture postcard , old copies of which can still be found in the antiquarian bookshop that sells the David Roberts lithographs on Makhoul Street . |
| 23 | Among the earliest stories children hear are those in which groups of creatures live together and put relationships to the test . |
| 24 | IBM is among the earliest customers . |
| 25 | Henry , Arnost , and Gundulf were among the earliest of his correspondents . |
| 26 | Among the earliest works are the remarkable ‘ Adoration of the Shepherds ’ from the Metropolitan ; ‘ Paul and Barnabas ’ from St Petersburg , and ‘ Meleager and Atlanta ’ from the Antwerp museum 's own collection . |
| 27 | Doctors and clergymen were among the earliest birth controllers in the middle class . |
| 28 | The theme of twin brothers is among the most resonant , and among the earliest , of all cultural/religious motifs . |
| 29 | Plants like these are very likely to have been among the earliest forms to colonise the moist margins of the land , but so far no fossil relics of undoubted mosses have been discovered from this early period . |
| 30 | Among the earliest purchases for the collection was a poignant portrayal of St John the Evangelist by Simone Martini , dated 1320 , which is one of only four works by this master in Britain — another of which is owned by the Art Gallery at Chamberlain Square . |