Example sentences of "[art] [adj] of [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Bogotá in Colombia was provided with one of the grandest of Andean stations in 1917 . |
| 2 | Veteran abstractionist Helen Frankenthaler turns up until the 17th of this month at a new gallery — new , that is , for her — Knoedler . |
| 3 | You are regarded by many competent judges as one of the finest of all conductors of the music of Verdi and Puccini , which is a rare distinction for an Austrian- or German-born conductor . |
| 4 | During his twelve years as director , he doubled LACMA 's annual attendance to nearly one million visitors , and more than doubled resident membership to 90,000 , the largest of any museum in the country . |
| 5 | Perhaps the clearest of all criteria of a true profession is the requirement of some systematic training for entry to it . |
| 6 | Matthew 25 : 35–40 ’ … whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine , you did for me . ’ |
| 7 | The victim had been put into the lower of two bunk-beds at about 9pm the night before by his father , Mr Alan Robinson , 52 . |
| 8 | Then came the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars , and it was not until the famous wine classification of 1855 that the wines of Bordeaux were established as the some of the greatest of all wines in the world many believe the greatest . |
| 9 | Even the intendants , who had been under Colbert and his successors the greatest of all agencies of administrative centralization , showed tendencies of this kind in the last decades of the period . |
| 10 | It does look , after all , as if respectability posed the greatest of all threats to the survival of Nonconformity ; the son and grandson of Baptist believers as he was , cousin to a family of ardent devotees of the Worship Street Chapel , William Charles appears to have paid little more than passing lip-service to the cause . |
| 11 | ‘ Between the cup and the lip it has pleased the Great Disposer of events to visit him with the greatest of all afflictions in the bereavement of his most affectionate wife . |
| 12 | It was to be the source of seemingly endless conflict for centuries to come , and it is still the greatest of all impediments to human progress . |
| 13 | The Father 's acceptance of this total love , led to the greatest of all triumphs in the Resurrection of Christ . |
| 14 | Louis Chiron ( Fra ) Hermann Lang ( Ger ) and Rudolf Caracciola ( Ger ) were three of the leading drivers of the era but the greatest of all drivers before the second war was Italy 's Tazio Nuvolari . |
| 15 | We may be pardoned for reproducing a part of the opinion of The American Annals of the Deaf of this quarter on the subject : " The retention of the word " Dumb " — which in America has been dropped from the titles of the Convention of Instructors , The National Association , and several State Associations of the Deaf , and many schools , as well as from the United States Census — is probably due to a vote to that effect by the conference held in London last January ; but as our British friends who constitute the Association seem to favour American precedents , we trust that on further consideration they will follow our example in this respect alone , and omit the objectionable word from their title " . |
| 16 | And I can say he had one of the strongest of all influences on me . |
| 17 | , William ( 1799–1877 ) , chemist and manufacturer , was born 12 May 1799 in Burgh-le-Marsh , Lincolnshire , the youngest of thirteen children of Thomas Gossage and his wife Eleanor . |
| 18 | , ( Owen ) Alfred ( 1877–1930 ) , poet and recorder of rural and industrial life , was born in South Marston , Swindon , Wiltshire , 6 February 1877 , the fifth of eight surviving children and the youngest of four sons of Elias Lloyd Williams , a decorative woodworker from Conwy , and his wife Elizabeth , daughter of Joshua Hughes , tanner and smallholder , of South Marston . |
| 19 | , GEORGE EDWARD ( 1853–1933 ) , sculptor , was born 2 March 1853 , the youngest of six sons of the Revd Nugent Wade , rector of St Anne 's church , Soho , and later canon of Bristol . |
| 20 | She agreed , but pointed out that she had had a very happy childhood , being the youngest of eight children in Ireland . |
| 21 | Born in 1912 , Pollock was the youngest of five children of a poorish Irish/Scots Presbyterian family , living mostly in Arizona . |
| 22 | , Louisa ( 1820–1912 ) , poor-law reformer , was born 16 November 1820 in London , the youngest of nine children of Richard Twining [ q.v. ] , |
| 23 | , Archibald ( 1790–1847 ) , architect , was born 4 May 1790 in Aberdeen , the fifth of five sons and the youngest of nine children of William Simpson , clothier in Aberdeen , and his wife Barbara , eldest daughter of the Revd Francis Dauney , minister of Banchory Ternan . |
| 24 | , Sir Edwin John ( 1874–1943 ) , plant pathologist and mycologist , was born 13 August 1874 in Kilkee , county Clare , the youngest of three sons of Thomas Butler , of Suirville , county Tipperary , resident magistrate , and his wife Annie Barry . |
| 25 | , Sir Harold Richard ( 1887–1969 ) , civil servant and commissioner of police , was born in Banbury 24 December 1887 , the youngest of three sons of Richard Scott , a skilled craftsman , and his wife Hannah Hopecroft . |
| 26 | , Michael ( c. 1565–1628 ) , composer and courtier , was the youngest of three children of William Cavendish and his wife Ann Cox . |
| 27 | Sparky , the youngest of three deserters from the Victorian army , flees his comrades when he falls in love , but is killed in a fight . |
| 28 | But the woman who was born the youngest of seven children in Tiger Bay in Cardiff has always lived life to the full . |
| 29 | During the Rushdie affair , the Iranian Foreign Ministry was busy trying to prevent the breaking-off of diplomatic relations with Britain , and seemed willing to take a conciliatory role . |
| 30 | On Feb. 6 Iraq announced the breaking-off of diplomatic relations with France as well as with the USA , the UK , Italy , Saudi Arabia and Egypt . |