Example sentences of "has been [verb] the [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 Once sample preparation has been completed the simplest analyses may be performed on the largest particles .
2 A dermatology hospital which has been called the best in the country has opened in Oxford .
3 The United Nations General Assembly has been called the nearest thing to a world parliament .
4 He was elected — in absentia — as chairman of the clandestine bishop 's conference established in November 1989 , as a gesture of respect from the leaders of what has been called the largest illegal religious group .
5 ‘ It has been called the quickest personal growth experience you can have .
6 The tip , which has been called the biggest in Europe , receives more than a million tonnes of waste every year , nearly two thirds of it toxic .
7 It has been given the lowest efficiency target in the country by the Government 's new Passenger 's Charter .
8 Retailers have effectively redefined ‘ debt ’ as ‘ credit ’ — a move which has been dubbed the greatest marketing coup of all time by the National Association of Citzens Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) .
9 Retailers have effectively redefined ‘ debt ’ as ‘ credit ’ — a move which has been dubbed the greatest marketing coup of all time by the National Association of Citzens Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) .
10 THE Bank 's Cashline network has been named the busiest in Britain with each of the 770 machines paying out an average £4.5 million a year .
11 Brintons company has been manufacturing the finest quality of woven carpets for over 200 years , and it is a private company which specializes in producing Axminster and Wilton carpets in which enters a high percentage of wool / .
12 Endoscopic ultrasound has been considered the best procedure for assessing the preoperative staging of oesophageal carcinoma but few studies have considered its efficacy in evaluating the response to chemo or radiotherapy .
13 She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th .
14 Trevor 's daughter Tracy was the star of the evening , and has been voted the best raffle ticket-drawer we have had !
15 BOB Geldof has been voted the worst dressed celebrity for the second year running by youngsters between 11 and 18 in a Lloyds Bank survey .
16 Just Top service : Stockton trained Edwin Taylor has been nominated the best trainee waiter in Britain the second consecutive year a trainee with the Middlesbrough based Hotel and Catering Training Company has won the award .
17 The National Trust has been left the largest bequest in its history by Mrs Helena Levy , the widow of leading philanthropist , Kenneth Levy .
18 A railway station which has flowers to greet the passengers and where the trains always run on time … well almost … has been judged the Best in Britain .
19 The result has been to reward the biggest airlines , which incidentally go to the most attractive places for leisure travel , and to destroy the small carriers which go to a limited number of places .
20 Few strategists would gainsay the primacy of the First Pillar — the defence of the British Isles — upon which the sovereignty of the realm depends ; though , paradoxically , the United Kingdom has usually been so secure behind its sea walls that Home Defence has been accorded the lowest allocation of resources .
21 The other is Sir Colin Cowdrey who , as president of the International Cricket Council , has been playing the deadest of bats lately .
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