Example sentences of "[prep] the most beautiful [prep] " in BNC.

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1 For instance , when Paris designated the wanton APHRODITE as the most beautiful of the goddesses , Hera 's morals were affronted and she arranged for the Trojan Wars to occur as just recrimination for the slight .
2 The Hotel Bamby is splendidly placed for easy access to what has been described as the most beautiful of the gentle Adriatic beaches .
3 The reservoir behind it , Lake Powell ( or ‘ Lake Foul ’ as it is called by environmentalists , who think it dishonours his name ) flooded 186 miles of Grand Canyon , which Powell and others who saw it described as the most beautiful of all the West 's river canyons .
4 One of the most beautiful of these represents a thirsty man , whose desire for water is represented in the most lively manner as he kneels on the ground to drink from a spring , with such wonderful reality that one might imagine him to be a real person .
5 The 1976 Salzburg Easter Festival Lohengrin , the designs based on fourteenth-century illuminated manuscripts and lit with a rare luminous aura , must rank as one of the most beautiful of all Wagner productions in recent memory , ; but , in a sense , it is invidious to single out this rather than the Ring or the Tristan , the Parsifal , or even the menacingly spectacular designs , half real , half fantastic , for the 1982 production of Der fliegende Holländer .
6 A Magnolia grandiflora , ‘ one of the most beautiful of evergreen trees yet known ’ , produced flowers for several years at Goodwood , but again the severe winter of 1740 destroyed it .
7 For anyone who his felt the sensation of mystical tears , this idea must surely be one of the most beautiful of all mysticism .
8 A few come for Aphaia , one of the most beautiful of Greece 's classical temples .
9 Built on a multitude of lagoons during the golden age of European culture , this Italian city is one of the most beautiful on the Adriatic , with 400 bridges spanning canals instead of streets .
10 I think it must be one of the most beautiful in the world , ’ Charlie sighed .
11 The resort is the U.S. Navy 's Pacific base but its harbour is still one of the most beautiful in the world .
12 Easily Accessible : The surrounding area is one of the most beautiful in the whole country and of course attracts tourists in their multitudes .
13 On the exterior , Mechelen has a flèche over the crossing , but a single tall western tower , one of the most beautiful in Belgium of this type .
14 The coat is one of the most beautiful among the cats of the East .
15 In the most beautiful of valleys flowed what appeared to be a classic grade III river .
16 The feathery and delicate fronds of the ferns make them among the most beautiful of the foliage plants , and they attract a fanatical group of devotees dedicated to growing exotic species in inhospitable cities .
17 Here visitors find a stunning coast of soft pale sands , considered by many to be among the most beautiful of the Adriatic Riviera .
18 Perlman may convey magisterial certainty , but the element of vulnerability in Chung 's reading adds to the emotional weight , above all in the slow movement , which in its wistful tenderness is among the most beautiful on disc .
19 The reasons for this are many — the sheer size of the square , the three surrounding sides that are dominated by elegant palazzo walls that add a solidity that speaks of permanence , but mostly the Duomo , the cathedral , whose façade is among the most beautiful in the world ; in the sun , its marble is eye-achingly white .
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