Example sentences of "[prep] the shortest of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Coal Industry Bill must be one of the shortest of its sort ever to come before Parliament . |
| 2 | We 'd worked from 6.30 a.m. until 8.00 p.m. with the shortest of breaks during the day . |
| 3 | He fielded in the shortest of positions , sometimes almost touching the batsman , and without helmet , visor or shin guards . |
| 4 | Except in the shortest of particulars of claim , allegations should be divided into paragraphs and numbered consecutively . |
| 5 | Far better to take it in stages , to concentrate purely on the shortest of short-term problems . |
| 6 | Richard Hannon 's 1-8 favourite appeared ill at ease on the switchback track and scrambled home by the shortest of short heads from Troon . |