Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Arguably the modern play with a limited cast is more effective in drawing in professional agents and casting directors since there are fewer ‘ bit ’ parts for students to get lost in .
2 Consider , insists Wade , the office of Secretary of State with the smallest budget of the Cabinet Departments yet arguably the greatest status in the system ( Wade 1979 , p. 354 ) .
3 Martina Navratilova is arguably the greatest woman tennis player of all time .
4 And one who has arguably the toughest brief of all the carvers at the palace .
5 Arguably the necessary detachment was more likely to be found in people who had not had the kind of upbringing so thoroughly enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots .
6 Although the total amount of resources devoted to the needs of the rural population is arguably the prime factor affecting standards of living , statutory planning has played an important role in influencing the distribution of resources and employment within the countryside ; including the availability of shops , houses and services .
7 Flesh , starring the hunky Joe Dalessandro , was shot over two weekends at a cost of $4000 , and is arguably the better film .
8 A relisting , of course , involves a resumption of the original appeal and arguably the substantive hearing must take place before the original panel of judges .
9 But the extended sets of variations usually on popular songs , but sometimes on dance-tunes or the notes of the hexachord , generally increasing in complication and technical difficulty toward the end , which are arguably the chief glory of virginal music , have been plausibly derived from the diferencias of Cabezon ( see pp. 236–7 ) .
10 Berge and the entire Mitterrand government were made to look complete fools when , a few weeks later , he was appointed to succeed Sir Georg Solti as head of the Chicago Symphony — arguably the great powerhouse of American orchestras .
11 The knowledge that the barrier between the patient and surgeon has remained intact throughout the procedure is arguably the best reassurance for surgeons and theatre nurses regarding protection .
12 And McGurk , the smallest man on the field at 5′ 7″ , scored the winning point with just three minutes left of arguably the best championship game of the year .
13 He is particularly good with young players and will have to weigh up that security against taking arguably the best job in English cricket . ’
14 JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL , still arguably the best player in the world without a major title to his name , today radiated confidence about European prospects in the US Open at Baltusrol .
15 It was at TMcL that he first met his one and only ‘ accountancy ’ hero , James Dowling , the then senior partner — ‘ one of the finest men I have ever met and arguably the best accountant Scotland has ever seen ’ .
16 Disembarking at certain points from a leisurely cruise , your guide , Bernie Dunn , arguably the best guide in Amsterdam will take you through Amsterdam 's most enchanting neighbourhoods by foot .
17 Some fine and competitive rallying in which was arguably the best match of the three days , saw her come very close to Audra Keller , a 19 year old form Tennessee who was playing in her third consecutive Maureen Connolly Cup event .
18 ALL IN THE FAMILY William Randolph Hearst Jr had arguably the best seat at the twentieth century .
19 Many walkers cross its famous ‘ Bad Step ’ just above the waters of Loch Scavaig , but few scramble up its slabs and buttresses to take in the view of Coruisk and its magnificent amphitheatre of black , jagged peaks — arguably the finest viewpoint of Skye .
20 The sermons in which it is presented are arguably the finest contribution to moral philosophy in English .
21 Finally , remember you have what is arguably the finest army in the Known World under your command .
22 CAME 'S BEAUTY stems from being built in the palest of pale Portland stone , arguably the finest building stone in Britain , quarried over the down a few miles towards the sea .
23 We would do well to look at the life of the one who is arguably the first church planter ; the apostle Peter .
24 Arguably the increased demand to buy in the discount market would push up the price and depress the yield .
25 Yet resolutions of the lower House do not make law , and arguably the royal supremacy established over the Church by Act of Parliament during the Reformation had vested the monarch with the power to suspend penal statutes .
26 It finished the year with the launch of the Twingo , arguably the biggest breakthrough in small car design since the Mini .
27 If you would like to continue working , arguably the easiest solution if your employer is agreeable is for you to remain where you are and to defer your pension .
28 This is arguably the fundamental point made by a famous set of attempted proofs of God 's existence associated with the medieval theologian , Aquinas .
29 England , arguably the strongest team on show , gave Ireland a rough passage , but lost to Scotland — the only team Ireland beat .
30 Chapter 3 outlined the development of the impersonal capital as arguably the dominant mode of possession of the means of production in the contemporary British social formation .
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