Example sentences of "[adv] complete [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Times called him ‘ the most complete gentleman of the cinema ’ . |
| 2 | Lord Curzon later called this the most complete surrender of a country 's resources to foreign interest that could ever be imagined , Protest within Persian was such that the Shah was compelled to avoid the concession . |
| 3 | Shearer demonstrating just why he is the most complete striker in the game today , was always at the heart of Blackburn 's best moves , and in the 55th minute he instigated an attack which culminated in Mike Hooper pulling off a desperate save to keep out a Gordon Cowans drive . |
| 4 | The present volume does not aim to replace any reference book by providing fresh research , but it will certainly stand as the most complete index on the subject . |
| 5 | The most complete report of the conference with the accepted text of the rules ( in French ) is by Pictet . |
| 6 | Napoleon described it as ‘ the most complete harbour in the world ’ and you will agree when you go ashore and walk through those narrow streets or climb to a huge citadel above the bustling town . |
| 7 | Portoferraio , the capital , was described by Napoleon as ‘ the most complete harbour in the world ’ |
| 8 | One , published in Paris in 1693 , brought together in six volumes all the treaties made since 1435 by the kings of France , while simultaneously Leibniz , the most complete intellectual of the age , tried in his Codex Juris Gentium Diplomaticus ( 1693 ) and Mantissa Codicis ( 1700 ) to provide collections which would form the legal basis for improved international relations and a more united society of states in Europe . |
| 9 | The fact is , Karajan was able to accommodate and support voices , even in the most taxing roles , in a way that other conductors with a less complete control of the orchestra find it hard to emulate . |
| 10 | Apparently complete abatement of the odour has been achieved and other nuisances such as flies and vermin caused by the burial of the waste eradicated . |
| 11 | KI.107B production versions before Bökow took over complete responsibility for the programme . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the progressively more complete operation of the system of pegged exchange rates between convertible currencies undoubtedly assisted the massive expansion of trade which occurred . |
| 13 | Wesleyans had smarted most from criticisms that their ministers were neither educated nor cultured and admitted the need for a ‘ cultivated as well as a consecrated ministry ’ , a ministry of young men of ‘ piety and culture ’ with ‘ a more thorough training … and a more complete equipment for the Ministry ’ . |
| 14 | Now , however , we elaborate the left hand part of fig 4. 1 , in order to include this more complete picture of the communication process ( restricting the diagram to written language ) , and to illustrate how fig 4.1 can be applied to the study of style , concentrating on stylistic variation as choice of equivalent encodings at each of the three linguistic levels : |
| 15 | The rationale of the accounting reform is to use accrual accounting to provide a more complete picture of the management of public resources , particularly where the financial implications of actions extend beyond a year . |
| 16 | Since the first use of writing , historical and archaeological sources of evidence have enabled a much more complete picture of the past to be compiled . |
| 17 | Additionally , a more complete picture of the settlement at Cosmeston is accessible to the public by virtue of the way the excavations have been interpreted and presented for the visitor : the ultimate goal is nothing less than a full-scale , working reconstruction of the medieval village . |
| 18 | Databases detailing the size and distribution of retail competitors can then build an even more complete picture of the market place . |
| 19 | It would be even better if that model were made explicit and tested for validity against a more complete analysis of the firm 's competitive position — the manager may , after all , be wrong . |
| 20 | But a more complete understanding of the operation of and limits to parental rights in education requires a wider examination , of how the law deals with other areas where the interests of children , parents and the state are all in particularly sharp focus . |
| 21 | This implies that much of the geographer 's hydrological endeavour is directed not towards the solution of a specific hydrological problem but towards a more complete understanding of the landscape … |
| 22 | Here , then , not only is there no contradiction between the former analysis and the more complete view of the infinitive taking into account its generalized person , but the latter actually gives a fuller understanding of the posteriorizing movement of to by specifying its starting point and its end-point : the positions occupied by the two representations of person involved . |
| 23 | Neil Kinnock has more complete control over the party than any leader since Attlee . |
| 24 | ‘ We take the view it is better to get a partly complete story with a whisper of opportunity and get it to one or two key companies quickly so they can get out there , rather than sitting back and waiting for a nicely tailored account of what is going on which , by the time we get it to them , will be history rather than opportunity , ’ he explains . |
| 25 | But the nearly complete reconstruction of the artist 's only polyptych , ‘ Study for a Pope I-VI ’ ( 1961 ) , is expected to arouse the greatest interest . |
| 26 | From the evidence of the biographical sources , this would appear to be a nearly complete list of the mevleviyet kadiliks of the time ; the only surprising omission is the kadilik of Mecca , which seems to have been a mevleviyet for some years before 963 . |
| 27 | His collection of prints included works of Italian , French , Flemish , German , and Dutch artists , and was distinguished by a nearly complete representation of the work of Marcantonio Raimondi , Wenceslaus Hollar [ q.v . ] , |
| 28 | Apart from the political overtones and undertones , Nicholson knew he was breaking new ground with one specific sex scene in which he showed full-frontal nudity and a fairly complete filming of the sex act itself , still unheard of in the movies , in spite of the musical Hair . |
| 29 | Or even complete ignorance on the Prince 's behalf ? |
| 30 | Yet this is plainly a mighty achievement , an emphatically complete portrait of the man in his age — his humiliating stint in the blacking factory , his mushrooming early fame , his obsession with the theatre , his long career as a journalist , his exacting work methods , his ferocious energy , his hallucinating imagination , his politics , his family , his friendships , his enmities ; everything is here , sifted , ordered , narrated . |