Example sentences of "with [adv] the [adj -est] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I left twenty minutes later I felt I had come off with rather the worst of the bargain but another of my father 's aphorisms came to mind : shnorrers no choosers . |
| 2 | The bedroom door opens with only the softest of creaks . |
| 3 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 4 | His voice was pleasant and well-modulated , with only the faintest of Nottingham accents . |
| 5 | This is a small , oval shaped wrasse , with only the largest of male specimens growing up to 14 centimetres in length . |
| 6 | She laughed and playfully tugged at his hair and he responded by penetrating her completely with only the slightest of movements . |
| 7 | WITH just the smallest of the 23 starters in the Whitbread Round the World Race , the 51-foot La Poste , due last into Punta del Este , Uruguay , at midnight tonight , crews are preparing for the second leg , writes Stuart Alexander . |
| 8 | Both of hope that they include ideas to inspire and encourage those with even the smallest of gardens to create their own interesting , colourful features . ’ |
| 9 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 10 | An open form , with even the tiniest of openings , invites entry and permits a continuity of inside and outside space . |