Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the five years between 1982-87 Third World countries as a group , including the most impoverished and crisis-ridden in Africa , sent us $220 billion more than we sent them 3 ( see box ) . |
| 2 | The group seems to have been given only the most broad and general of aims . |
| 3 | Unfortunately for the Dwarfs and for the Empire the reigning Emperor was Dieter IV , the Elector Count of Stirland , perhaps the most ineffective and self serving individual ever to sit upon the Imperial throne . |
| 4 | We came together as a group almost by accident , but there was a convergence of our experiences and a symmetry to our ideas which made the first few months of our existence one of the most stimulating and electrifying of my life . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most mysterious and complex of all navigational feats begins in the Sargasso Sea , that near-stagnant patch of warm water in the western Atlantic between Bermuda and the West Indies . |
| 6 | Only the most daring and expert are now allowed to attempt the journey . |
| 7 | At the end of 1986 , John Peel described that year 's Festive 50 — his audience 's annual poll of favourite records — as the most staid and conservative since 1975 , the nadir of progressive rock . |
| 8 | The image is of an aggressive radical tilting against many of the most powerful and conservative ( even Tory ) interests in British society . |
| 9 | Even in Leeds , occasionally suggested as one of the most powerful and well-organized of fascist centres , there were actually only 100 to 200 fascists . |
| 10 | Then he said : ‘ I hope I am not trespassing over a duty ascribed to someone else present here , but then I had heard no proposals for anyone to give a toast in thanks to our host , the most honourable and kind Lord Darlington . ’ |
| 11 | It is therefore not surprising to find the most nomadic and village groups produce predominantly geometric schemes , while the more sophisticated workshop groups of the major urban centres tend to show off their skills by weaving sensuous , curvilinear schemes . |
| 12 | These were the most savage and primitive of a generally savage race . |
| 13 | Although this is linked to their supposedly oriental appearance , the term evokes a sense of fear and loathing which conveys a grossly false impression of some of the most affectionate and kind people present in our society . |
| 14 | The most skilled and literate combined the keenest sense of grievance with the ability to articulate their aspirations . |
| 15 | The most simple and primitive in contemporary use , these looms have changed little since their inception several millennia ago ; they consist of four wooden beams which are laid out flat and secured by pegs driven into the ground . |
| 16 | The red crow was the most malicious and cutting , and was equally proficient at taunting either of the elderly pair . |
| 17 | We offer a free consultancy service to advise on the most appropriate and cost effective ways of meeting your money transmission needs . |
| 18 | Sometimes the most doting and caring of parents can so overwhelm their child with protectiveness and a stifling form of love that they do not allow that child to develop . |
| 19 | Nature 's battles rarely erupt into war , yet they contain some of the most intricate and complex of defensive and predatorial designs . |
| 20 | The past is still a foreign country , but we have been shown round it by the most genial and expert of guides . |
| 21 | EDWARD Bawden , one of the most prolific and perfectionist graphic artists of the century , has died aged 86 . |
| 22 | Endoscopic injection , however , is still the most convenient and cost effective means for the arrest of peptic ulcer haemorrhage . |
| 23 | In the Acts of Thomas , there is the following quotation : ‘ Twin brother of Christ , apostle of the Most High and fellow initiate into the hidden word of Christ , who dost receive his secret sayings … ’ |
| 24 | Quartz and calcite are perhaps the most common but chlorite , clay minerals , hematite , dolomite , siderite , aragonite , phosphates and evaporite minerals ( particularly halite ) also occur as cements , as do zeolites , particularly in volcanogenic sediments ( Table 5.1 ) . |
| 25 | This solution , which he regarded as amongst the most valuable and characteristic of all his works ( Hume 1981 p 165 ) and which had originally been suggested to him by his brother as the plan for a large house to be occupied by workmen ( Stephen , 1900 p 201 ) , he published in pamphlets entitled Panopticon or the Inspection House and Panopticon Postscripts Parts 1 and 11 . |
| 26 | For the fourth time of asking , what will be the impact on 15 Para of the change from battalion to company status , where will the battallion headquarters be , why is it being taken out of Scotland , and , at a time when the Secretary of State says that flexibility and mobility are the key attributes of Britain 's Army , why are we making major reductions in a force which is the most flexible and mobile in the British Army ? |
| 27 | If Muldowney 's is the most adventurous and forward-looking , Holloway 's is the one I feel I can take to my heart . |
| 28 | You slavishly follow the most conservative and conformist musical movements ever manufactured . |
| 29 | The most expansive and forward-looking of the three is the last in D , with its tragic minor-key slow movement . |
| 30 | The old Nurburgring was one of the most notorious and testing of racing circuits . |