Example sentences of "a most [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Great and Terrible Beast of Riverbank — once a most hated enemy — had become a much-loved friend . |
| 2 | With me it was all too simple and evident , my behaviour — and I was a most law-abiding child — caused my parents pain , and as I could do nothing about it , certainly nothing to improve it , except to cease to exist , I grew more and more guilty . |
| 3 | She stood there , timidly , full of a most mordant rage . |
| 4 | They are drawn in a pictorial style which not only does away with the need to use abstract symbols , but seems to bring each incident to life in a most convincing way , especially when studied alongside the text ( see two examples form the book accompanying this article ) . |
| 5 | Although this may seem to be of more interest to a mountaineer it does give a most convincing sense of reality to his hills and this without a sterile exactitude . |
| 6 | A little African ground squirrel gave a most convincing performance when examined by a zoologist . |
| 7 | That question was decided for her in a most terrible way . |
| 8 | ‘ If the sums he mentioned are to be believed , it puts a most terrible responsibility on my shoulders . ’ |
| 9 | In this century , of all centuries , with the unprecedented brutality of its warfare , with its invention of indiscriminate bombing , with its Hiroshima and its Nagasaki , everyone is in a position to understand Deuteronomy and Joshua , and by a most terrible irony the Jews , after the Holocaust , are in one of the best positions of all . |
| 10 | .. a most terrible appearance , the dense mass of clouds being covered with a murky tinge , with fierce flashes of lightning ’ . |
| 11 | When he heard that he had to wait still longer for his dinner , he began to growl and lash his tail and curl his whiskers in a most terrible manner causing the poor farmer 's knees to knock together with terror . |
| 12 | ‘ This is a most astonishing contrast with the moral response , you see . |
| 13 | ‘ Tell Lady Franklin , ’ Gould instructed his wife in a letter to Hobart , ‘ I have her little page with me , he is a most interesting little fellow , throws the spear and waddy with the utmost dexterity and [ is ] extremely useful to me in the bush , an eye like a hawk discovers birds nests & eggs in a most astonishing manner . ’ |
| 14 | Schoolboys reveal themselves as having only a thin veneer of ‘ civilization ’ which , once the constraints of authority are removed , disappears , laying bare their ‘ true nature ’ which is violent , domineering , and competitive , resulting in the survival of the fittest in a most literal sense . |
| 15 | At the massive party afterwards the Seventies were celebrated in a most appropriate way : Gloria Gaynor , Thelma Houston and one half of the Weather Girls were on hand to perform the songs that defined the liberal optimism of the period . |
| 16 | Runnymede offered a most appropriate site for such a memorial on account of its historical associations and its closeness to London and Heathrow . |
| 17 | And consequently I think the er probably locations of park and ride facilities around the periphery of York , is a factor that should be taken into account when selecting a most appropriate transport corridor . |
| 18 | A most stimulating discussion of ‘ quality ’ forms a thread in Robert M. Pirsig 's novel ‘ Zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance ’ . |
| 19 | Even with the technical drawbacks mentioned above , this is a most stimulating reissue . |
| 20 | But despite this , Foucault 's essay on The History of Sexuality does offer a most stimulating challenge to traditional historical accounts , partly because of its undermining of conventional approaches , partly because it is an aspect of a much wider intellectual effort , whose implications are likely to be of major importance . |
| 21 | With relief Maggie finally left the hotel , realizing that it now was a most unsafe place to be . |
| 22 | Erm basically we 've spent more than we 've erm taken in but that was a deliberate policy agreed on by the committee we 've already mentioned Norman 's flats erm that has been a most worthwhile expenditure and we 've got to look at that as a long-term investment because we 've got flats which are going to last for years and our expenditure which was getting on for fifteen hundred pounds will not have to be repeated . |
| 23 | I do believe , however , that he proceeded in considerable apprehension in his dealings with the lady ; in fact , that he was plainly frightened of her because of her quick temper and also because he had for a number of reasons formed a most favourable view of her judgement . |
| 24 | Hilary had put far more into this office than the basic duties of a committee chairman and had presented a most favourable image of the Society and its work to all with whom she had come into contact . |
| 25 | First , it provided a most favourable environment for the development of capitalism — a stable , well-organized political system , with a rational and effectively administered body of law , especially in so far as it related to property and contracts . |
| 26 | 11,13 ) indeed argued that capitalism provided a most favourable environment for the growth of a rational and critical outlook which might then be turned against the capitalist social system itself . |
| 27 | But one of Charles 's achievements was to ensure that all his children who reached adulthood , male or female , could at least sign their names ; his daughter Elizabeth had produced a most business-like signature at her marriage in 1802 and , here at All Hallows , Benjamin signed with a flourish , above the rather more demure attempt of his new wife . |
| 28 | I listened with great attention to the right hon. Gentleman and agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) that it was a most disappointing experience . |
| 29 | The first is that some cricketers have been cheating for years in a most blatant manner . |
| 30 | All in all , it is a most fascinating outsider 's insight into our industrial history . |