Example sentences of "is [adv] the [adj -est] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now in the firelight there is only the best of music to play . |
| 2 | In practice , it is only the largest of building societies which can offer a real competitive challenge . |
| 3 | While for education there is a major department of state , the Department of Education and Sciences which is responsible for national policy and the relationship between the centre and the local authorities , the personal social services is only the smallest of the three policy concerns of the Department of Health and Social Security . |
| 4 | From there it is only the briefest of staggers to Route 66 or Blackett 's , in Bondgate , for a final beer before hitting the clubs . |
| 5 | That is perhaps the weakest of all the indicators on which the Government seek to rely . |
| 6 | Thus postnominal position does go hand in hand with a notion of emphasis , but only of one particular type , which is perhaps the weakest of those that might be considered . |
| 7 | Traditionally a compact , blocky , short-legged but relatively fine-boned beast , it fattens readily and matures early : it is perhaps the quickest of all breeds to convert pasture into prime beef . |
| 8 | It may seem extravagant to invoke such a range of processes in order to explain the effects of what is perhaps the simplest of training procedures ; , but in fact the list is as yet incomplete . |
| 9 | They are rare , and are luminous supergiants ; R Coronæ itself is much the brightest of them , and is on the fringe of naked-eye visibility when at maximum . |
| 10 | A line extended from Alnitak , the uppermost star of the Belt , through Saiph ( Kappa Orionis ) will show the way to Canopus in Carina , which is much the brightest of all the stars apart from Sirius . |
| 11 | Any binoculars will give a superb view of this huge system , which is much the brightest of the really large external galaxies . |
| 12 | For a start , it is not the hardiest of perennials ; not surprisingly considering that it hails from Uruguay . |
| 13 | ‘ Although he is not the best of our cooks , ma'am . |
| 14 | At the best of times , the industry is very competitive , but this is not the best of times . |
| 15 | It is not the best of assignments , says one experienced blue-beret wearer , but it is still better than Lebanon . |
| 16 | Newsome is not the best of defenders i agree . |
| 17 | fjortoft has not scored a single goal in the premiership yet ( he kept them coming at a very steady rate at rapid vienna ( under manager Hans Krankl — one of my favorite strikers — favorite striker of all times has to be Der Bomber , Gerd Muller , who scored something like 60 goals in 50 internationals ! did he in fact score against us in our 2–0 defeat vs Bayern Munich ? ) ) — i guess Fjortoft has problems adjusting to the english play and swindon is not the best of teams anyway . |
| 18 | My agent is not the brightest of creatures , though like many middlemen in most trades he is usually able to hide this big hole in his mind with his trendy patter and strategic placing of the latest fashionable phrase or concept . |
| 19 | The real Kilfinnan Fall is worth a special visit but it is elusive and is not the safest of access — hence the neglect . |
| 20 | " You will understand that this is not the happiest of occasions for me . |
| 21 | Sorry Chair , this is not the easiest of documents |
| 22 | For instance , the subject in : ( 20 ) the tallest rioter is carrying an effigy of you , Excellency is not the tallest of all rioters in the world , let alone of all possible rioters , but just the tallest in the mob outside the embassy right now . |
| 23 | Griffiths trains just three horses at Nantgaredig , Carmarthen , and Norton 's Coin is easily the best of them , supplying the permit holder with all his three wins last season . |
| 24 | Commenting on more ghastly figures ( see opposite ) Philips Electronics NV chairman Jan Timmer said the Dutch multinational 's performance in 1992 's fourth quarter , which is normally the strongest of the year as people buy electronic toys for Christmas , was very disappointing , and that no let-up in price erosion had so far been seen for 1993 . |
| 25 | It is just the latest of many ignorant assaults that are damaging a national asset envied around the world . |
| 26 | Perlman is usually the slickest of violinists , but here he seems to cultivate a rasping sound that emphasises the work 's macabre portrait of Stalin 's Russia in the late 1940s . |
| 27 | It was to be the source of seemingly endless conflict for centuries to come , and it is still the greatest of all impediments to human progress . |
| 28 | This is hardly the best of reasons for planting , and not the right attitude . |
| 29 | When it comes to mysteries about the distribution of creatures of the Oriental Region , the local nature of that of the gharial is possibly the greatest of them all . |
| 30 | The scenery on route to Manarola is stunning , and from there it is a 20 minute walk to Riomaggiore — which is probably the prettiest of the five villages . |