Example sentences of "which is [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 Again a reflection of technological backwardness because natural disasters can be controlled with a sufficient investment of resources China is n't able to do that , there are plagues of locusts , there is widespread flooding er there are also , by contrast , periods of severe drought , particularly up in the North China Plain which is at the best of times erm a semi-arid region .
2 Today when society , and consequently education , is increasingly dominated by national , academic and statistical considerations and visual imagination is neglected , I believe that this was his great contribution , the survival of which is of the greatest importance .
3 It 's not just the playability which is of the highest standard , though — graphics are excellent with fast smooth scrolling and superb cartoon player sprites .
4 The house is built of rock-faced sandstone which is of the deepest pink , peculiar to this area , and its roofs are of patterned slate .
5 Biohome is a new sintered glass media which is to the best of our knowledge only the second available in the UK .
6 He can smell nothing , which is for the best .
7 In actions which demand the character of ordination and in which Christ himself , the author of the covenant , the bridegroom and head of the church , is represented , exercising his ministry of salvation — which is in the highest degree the case of the Eucharist — his role ( this is the original sense of the work persona ) must be taken by a man ’ ( Inter Insignores art.5 ) .
8 Leaving intellectual content aside , there is an obvious contrast between Norris 's manner , which is in the best English academic tradition , clear , cautious , attentive to evidence , moving from one conclusion to the next , and Derrida 's exuberant obfuscation .
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