Example sentences of "[noun] as [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is twelve times as rich in fats and four times as rich in proteins as the best Jersey cow 's milk . |
| 2 | The sacred spring , however , continued to attract visitors as the latest votive object found to have been cast into it is a penannular brooch with enamelled terminals of late-fourth- or early-fifth-century date . |
| 3 | The user can not enter a module with such a record as the latest version ; this can only be done by LIFESPAN . |
| 4 | However , these did not make much difference as the largest families tended to be the poorest families who paid little in the way of direct tax . |
| 5 | They have the same responsibilities as the smallest district councils . |
| 6 | All three parties were braced for a possible photo-finish as the latest poll gave Labour a two-point lead — reduced from six in a similar survey a week ago . |
| 7 | This has forced other manufacturers to follow suit as the latest market research confirms that customers now put safety at the top of their list of desirable features in a car . |
| 8 | Children often match the colours of their equipment , but sometimes the smallest spade is the same colour as the largest bucket and further conversation can be encouraged as they discover it is not always easier to fill a small bucket with a large spade , than to fill a large bucket with a small spade . |
| 9 | In 1933 the Labour Party acknowledged these aims by accepting the affiliation of the Socialist League , giving its 2,000 members the same opportunities for submitting policy resolutions as the largest Trade Unions . |
| 10 | Labour 's opinion poll lead slipped into single figures as the worst effects of the poll tax wore off . |
| 11 | Lawrence classic is receiving as much publicity as the latest Speilberg blockbuster and Super Mario movie . |
| 12 | And yet this , perhaps , is as strong an argument as the best of their sex is able to produce , tho' convey 'd in a greasy light . |
| 13 | The fifth edition of Lenin 's collected works ( 1958–65 ) contained three times as many items as the fullest version published in the Stalin era . |
| 14 | Given that this was formed in the late 1980s and that our estimated time for previous changes to reach the Rockall Trough was 18–19 years , we predict that the next decade will see continued cooling and freshening of the subpolar gyre as the latest form of LSW circulates around the North Atlantic . |
| 15 | SIR — I am the same age as the funniest sports writer around , Michael Parkinson . |
| 16 | A selection from the vegetable patch was attracting as much comment as the brightest of floral displays.And according to one of the growers , there 's no secret to growing perfect vegetables : |
| 17 | To put down the open , running rugby style he has pursued at Harlequins and with London simply to necessity would be wrong , though , for attack as the best form of defence is where Best 's basic instincts lie . |
| 18 | Palisade , from The Marley Paving Company , is a deeper block and is the same size as the largest Classico pavior , it can be used for steps , raised borders or edge restraint . |
| 19 | Our new 24 page full colour schools booklet has been widely acclaimed by teachers and pupils as the best AIDS resource they have ever seen . |
| 20 | There is no such thing as the best bait for bream , only the best bait for a water . |
| 21 | Only the Maronites felt able to drink from the cup of French tutelage and even they quickly found that the chalice contained a special , colonial poison , the effects of which would be passed on to future generations ; for by adding such large areas of Muslim Syria to the new ‘ Lebanon ’ , the French ensured that the Christians ' precarious status as the largest religious community would — once the Muslim birthrate increased — be lost . |
| 22 | If every surgeon in Britain used the most reliable prosthesis and achieved the same results as the best units the annual cost of revision operations would be £200m . |
| 23 | The Mayor had a reputation in the City as the best politician money could buy . |
| 24 | Officials described the termination as the largest weapons contract ever to be cancelled by the Defence Department . |
| 25 | ( Matthew 2.2 ) This is an ancient question , but as up to date as the latest computer . |
| 26 | Even so , the design and making of satisfactory test-pieces calls for a modest degree of skill and experience as the best shape will be different for each kind of material . |
| 27 | The first electronic reference books , therefore , have utilised the same underlying technology as the latest laptop and palmtop computers . |