Example sentences of "are [adv] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , however , we examine passive resonators , which are perhaps the simplest of all optical systems , and indeed , in one limit , reduce to a one-dimensional noninvertible map , and thus possess a period-doubling route to chaos . |
| 2 | I will add simply that locked rooms are only the purest of all sorts of " impossible crimes ' . |
| 3 | There are only the smallest of delicately dropped clues as to how and why they ended up with the social skills of a herd of rhinos . |
| 4 | Palace though are not the easiest of opponents . |
| 5 | ‘ These two ventures , along with the expected announcement of first gas from one of our recent discoveries in Colombia , are just the first of many exciting projects we expect to see come to fruition over the next year or so , ’ Chris told Pipeline . |
| 6 | The general SVQs which we are introducing from August 1992 are just the first of a proposed series of new general SVQs . |
| 7 | Palafox and Romana are thus the first of a long succession of generals who claimed that the army officers embodied the general will of the nation , perverted by a selfish clique of unpopular politicians . |
| 8 | The land boundaries are probably the easiest of all . |
| 9 | Dally goes as far as to state that it indicates a bad prognosis for the disease , but I am glad to be able to report that although my jealousy continued into my adolescence , including the anorexic period , it did not deter my recovery , and that my sisters and I are now the best of friends . |
| 10 | Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) . |
| 11 | By the time you 've finished , if you are n't the best of mates and invited down for a vair long weekend in the cuntrair , I can only say — Air nair . |
| 12 | But compressed ZIP files are n't the easiest of things to handle on a day-to-day basis . |