Example sentences of "one [prep] the shortest " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar incongruous matching of the very tall girl with one of the shortest boys in MacMillan 's Elite Syncopations reveals that he , too , understands that old music-hall and pantomime practices are a wonderful source of inspiration if a British audience is to laugh and enjoy the occasion as the dancers do . |
| 2 | ‘ What Difference … ’ , always a single and a throwback to very early rehearsals , achieved instant recognition for being one of the shortest singles in history . |
| 3 | In the same field as Iota ( 4.7 ) lies the rapid variable SX Phœnicis , which has a period of only 79 minutes — one of the shortest known . |
| 4 | Must be one of the shortest speech I 've ever done . |
| 5 | This Coal Industry Bill must be one of the shortest of its sort ever to come before Parliament . |
| 6 | I think that the Minister has set a record in the House by making what was probably one of the longest Second Reading speeches for one of the shortest Bills . |
| 7 | It may have been one of the shortest epics on record — just seven minutes — but you wo n't hear any Armagh supporters claiming they were short-changed ! |
| 8 | One of the shortest reigns in Scottish political history has come to an abdrupt end . |
| 9 | Liam Herbert , one of the shortest players on the pitch , rose above the defenders and placed a fine header past keeper Duncan Green to make it one nil . |