Example sentences of "[adj -est] [noun sg] [noun] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MORE than 2000 houses will be provided in Lothian over the next year in the largest investment programme yet undertaken by Scottish Homes . |
| 2 | This latter was , at 682 minutes , the longest Test innings ever played for West Indies , and he had become so becalmed towards the end that his captain declared before he reached his double century . |
| 3 | ‘ We had the longest telephone talk ever known to the Lulling exchange last night . |
| 4 | 1990 also had the lowest snow cover ever recorded in the northern hemisphere , although it is unclear whether this was a consequence of the higher temperature , or a factor contributing to it , since the less snow on the ground , the more the planet 's surface heats up . |
| 5 | They were the flattest brick arches ever built at that time , and critics predicted their collapse under the weight of trains , but the viaduct was built in 1838 and is still in use , carrying trains from Paddington to the West Country . |
| 6 | What was the highest rail speed ever reached by a steam hauled train , in which year and which country ? |
| 7 | What was the highest rail speed ever reached by a train with any form of traction , in which year and which country ? |
| 8 | Opening up shop after Pakistan had followed on 473 behind , he was still behind the counter at tea on the final day , ‘ praying for success ’ as he steered his side towards 657 for 8 dec , the highest Test total ever made under such circumstances . |
| 9 | ‘ Then bring them down to Central Gardens , where we hope to have the biggest can collection ever seen in the region or perhaps the country . ’ |
| 10 | As one of the biggest railway events ever seen in the West Country , Taunton 150 looks set to be the railway preservation event of the year in the South West and a fitting end to No. 3440 's summer tour . |
| 11 | SOME 61,000 spectators , the biggest athletics crowd ever seen in Spain , barracked the one-time ‘ Flying Steroid ’ Ben Johnson in the Olympic stadium last night . |
| 12 | Sally gives Bona-Fido breaks the paws-up Your invite to Top Dog '91 — the biggest and best doggie party ever staged PLUS ! |
| 13 | Whereas there are examples of best practice technology efficiently applied throughout British industry , they are far from sufficiently diffused to match international competition . |
| 14 | The resulting footage has to be about the best combat recreation ever put into a film can . |
| 15 | His maximum brought with it one of the fastest race times ever seen in Swindon . |
| 16 | Hot-footing across town to the Knitting Factory , we see the Lower East Side 's cosiest rabbit hutch temporarily transformed into the Hampstead White Horse of beloved memory , courtesy of Moonshake , Th' Faith Healers and Stereolab in a Too Pure block vote of daunting capability and , in the cast of Th' Healers , unprecedented execution . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Around 20 of the best road runners currently based in the UK and the Republic will compete . ’ |
| 18 | Emlyn Hughes International Soccer is the best footie game ever released on the Commodore , and we 've got a special version of it just for you ! |
| 19 | JOHANNESBURG — An estimated 25,000 blacks demanded clemency for two condemned African National Congress guerrillas yesterday in the largest protest march ever held in one of South Africa 's nominally independent tribal homelands , AP reports . |
| 20 | Children who came hoping to try out the latest Streetfighter games nearly ended up in street fights themselves . |