Example sentences of "it the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday it said the issue would mature in 23 to 28 years ' time , which will make it the longest-dated gilt available in the market . |
| 2 | Burton always thought it the finest thing he ever did . |
| 3 | The book was praised by Goethe and by Sir Walter Scott , who called it the finest book ever written . |
| 4 | Seeing that ruling railroaded through made it the saddest day of my life . |
| 5 | ‘ Would ye , ’ Rab asked ; he thought it the daftest question , ‘ if somebody tells ye they could fly ye on a kite ? |
| 6 | We tried to make it the best school , and it was an outstanding girls ' school . " |
| 7 | He said they would all be wanting to study the designs the minute Balor had cleared away breakfast and Bith at once reached for the knapsacks , and said he hoped Flaherty had not spilled jam on the drawing of the four-pronged diadem and Flaherty , injured , said indeed he had not and it the best damson jam he had ever tasted . |
| 8 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
| 9 | Is it the best way to make energy today ? |
| 10 | do it the best way to do it if you 're trying to say , let's integrate cos X. cos cos X. Trying to integrate that you say |
| 11 | A moist but well-drained fertile soil in a warm sheltered corner will give it the best chance , and even then only in the mildest areas — and do not forget the slugs ! |
| 12 | The German army itself was in theory a composite force of Prussian , Saxon , Bavarian and Württemberger troops ; this diversity meant little more than differences of name and uniform , for the Prussian staff controlled the whole apparatus as a unified system and made it the best army in the world . |
| 13 | This must make it the best value in multimedia ever offered to schools . |
| 14 | The Gnomes chimed in , saying to be sure they would , obliging was what they were , and it the best thing of all to be , leave aside impressing , which was just as important . |
| 15 | For me , it was sufficient satisfaction that Eliot had approved my essay ; that he considered it the best thing I had done ; and that I had been one of the few to express opinions which had his total concurrence . |
| 16 | Now that Novell has bought Unix from AT&T , all the incompatible versions of Unix will have to stop fighting each other and start fighting their rivals , because this version carries with it the best argument yet — a box with the word Novell on it . |
| 17 | We however consider it the best mode of instruction , as we are perpetually saying , that when ever a horse acts agreeably to the wishes of his rider , it should follow that he receive some indulgence from him . |
| 18 | The self-styled Scottish convention was self-appointed and is unrepresentative , and the introduction of tax-raising powers for Scotland would make it the highest-taxed part of the United Kingdom and would destroy and inward investment that has done so much for its standard of life . |
| 19 | Or is it the merest coincidence that Kyle is sitting back in his chair , with the receiver to his ear , stroking the bald patch on the back of his head as I explain my business ? |
| 20 | In 1989 Vietnam had exported 1,400,000 tonnes of rice , making it the third-largest rice exporter in the world . |
| 21 | Looking at it , Jess thought it the grandest place she 'd ever seen . |
| 22 | There were many more than two hundred behind that large banner , so was it the wisest move ? |
| 23 | Their cornucopian haul was to realise more than £10,000 in bills and banknotes , thus making it the largest highway robbery yet to be achieved . |
| 24 | HDS claims the award makes it the largest supplier of X-terminals for commercial applications in the business , a new area for the things . |
| 25 | The operation will be coordinated locally by municipal agencies , historical societies and art museums that will enlist as many as 25,000 volunteers , making it the largest volunteer cultural project in the country . |
| 26 | Edo mushroomed from the late sixteenth century and had an estimated population of around one million by the mid-eighteenth century , probably making it the largest city in the world at the time . |
| 27 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the chairman , trustees and staff of the Aintree national health service hospital trust on the establishment of a new £7 million project that will give it the largest accident and emergency unit in Europe ? |
| 28 | If the EC were to become a single market it would have a domestic market of 320 million consumers , making it the largest market in the world . |
| 29 | He had repeated once more that the central position in the Peace Alliance belonged to the Labour Party " for not only is it the largest opposition party , but it represents the essential core for any progressive alliance — the working class " . |
| 30 | Currently , about one child in 200 in England is treated surgically for the condition each year , making it the commonest reason for elective surgery in children . |