Example sentences of "be the finest " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Dickstein points out , much of James 's critical writing was produced according to the exigencies of journalism and magazine publication ; nevertheless , as now brought together in two large and handsome volumes in the Library of America series , it must be the finest body of literary criticism in English from a single author . |
| 2 | The grounds , 2000 acres of parkland , was designed by the famous Capability Brown which contains a large man-made lake crossed by the Grand Bridge designed by Vanbrugh and is reputed to be the finest bridge in Europe . |
| 3 | He claimed to be feeling like ‘ a bit of chewed-up string ’ when he walked out for what was to be the finest ride of his life . |
| 4 | The new gondola lift whisks you high into the mountains , to views which are reputed to be the finest in the Tyrol . |
| 5 | At the bottom of the same road is the elegant triple-tiered Palazzo Tarsis , built around 1836 for Paolo Tarsis and reckoned to be the finest example of Neo-Classical architecture in the city . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it is widely believed to be the finest of all the remaining gates of the Spanish walls . |
| 7 | Charles Henstock , whose belief in an after-life was absolute , had never been able to persuade his old friend to share his convictions , and he had once told Donald , after an amicable exchange of views on the subject , that he considered the doctor to be the finest unbeliever he had been privileged to meet . |
| 8 | Their administrators then proceeded to act in accordance with what they took to be the finest traditions of their service and stood up for them . |
| 9 | The aquarium gravel used should preferably be the finest grade available , but not fine enough to impede filtration . |
| 10 | These lines , said Tolkien , ‘ have been held to be the finest expression of the northern heroic spirit , Norse or English ; the clearest statement of the doctrine of uttermost endurance in the service of indomitable will ’ . |
| 11 | I consider Glen Nevis to be the finest of Scottish glens . |
| 12 | Milton 's God was Empson 's last book , in his lifetime , though when he died he was collecting at least three others : Using Biography ( 1984 ) , on Marvell , Dryden , Fielding , Yeats , Eliot and Joyce ; Essays on Shakespeare ( 1986 ) ; and a book of Renaissance essays , as well as a massive ragbag ( as he called it ) of papers and reviews dating back to the 1920s which , when it posthumously appeared as Argufying ( 1987 ) , was rapidly seen by many to be the finest critical miscellany in the language . |
| 13 | The plan 's logic suggests that curators in the four cities would compete to be independent and daring , that the four venues would give exhibitions more attention than individual biennial shows and that the public would benefit from a greater exposure to work judged to be the finest of contemporary art . |
| 14 | He is reputed to be the finest swordsman in the Empire . |
| 15 | These have to be the finest among American concertos : the Barber is standard repertoire now , but Serenade ( after Plato , ‘ in praise of love ’ ) is only just beginning to emerge as one of Bernstein 's highly select group of masterpieces — about time too . |
| 16 | There , 50 or so textile mills produce what is widely acknowledged to be the finest wool cloth in the world . |
| 17 | But the soldiers thought it was great altogether to be near to Tara , and began to talk about getting up a party to go along and take a look , because would n't it be the finest old inspiration a man could have to see the Bright Palace again . |
| 18 | His soya crop may be the finest in the country . |
| 19 | Once I was able to escape from my orange box and ferret around among the other barrows , I quickly discovered that he was reckoned by the locals to be the finest trader in the East End . |
| 20 | To be the finest ballet in Germany means to be ahead of such great companies as Stuttgart and Berlin . |