Example sentences of "be the [adj -est] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , that inspired teacher Bernard of Clairvaux , who later on founded the Cistercian Order , knew well the innermost hearts of the army when he preached a sermon containing what must surely be the earliest ever advertising campaign . |
| 2 | AT LEAST three records will be established in today 's 138th University Boat Race — Cambridge 's Dirk Bangert will become the first German to row in the race , Andy Probert , their 38-year-old cox , will be the oldest ever competitor and Oxford 's Boris Mavra will be the first Yugoslav Blue . |
| 3 | A former Ministry of Defence worker , has been found guilty of accepting one and a half million pounds in backhanders from arms companies , in what 's thought to be the biggest ever corruption case . |
| 4 | The Barcelona Olympics were the largest ever summer games , with more than 10,000 competitors and 5,000 officials . |
| 5 | And so you were the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes ? |
| 6 | And so you were the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes ? |
| 7 | It 's the biggest ever bag alright ? |
| 8 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years . |
| 9 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years , I 'm the only one who 's ever been Mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century , erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nineteen , I was on polling stations and so on . |