Example sentences of "[be] the [adj -est] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holly-jack — because of her evergreen skin — seemed set to be the one who would persist in winter as the human 's friend ; she would be the oddest of primitive heroines . |
| 2 | Copies of the charter were being given out during the rush hour at Darlington but connections proved not to be the best with an hour wait for the next train south . |
| 3 | On all of these 29 weekly flights , passengers will be able to enjoy Varig 's warm hospitality and excellent inflight service , which Europeans have already voted to be the best for travelling to South America . |
| 4 | Burnard and Chapman go further-than this definition , by recommending that knowledge should be research based and up to date if it is to be the best for accountability in practice . |
| 5 | And I 've no criticism of Global investments they may well be the best for you . |
| 6 | Honestly , it 'll be the best for all concerned in the long run . |
| 7 | I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of |
| 8 | This Jess could be the best for eons |
| 9 | Montgomeryshire Council chairman David Jones , who has been working to secure the Fortex investment , said : ‘ I am sure the site will prove to be the best for Fortex , Montgomeryshire and Mid Wales . ’ |
| 10 | An arrangement like this can often be the best of both worlds . |
| 11 | The Alderney of the period was considered to be the best of all milch cows . |
| 12 | One house was the most magnificent on the island and its garden was considered to be the best of its kind in the whole of the nation . |
| 13 | Logically expecting the last of the breed to be the best of the breed , I was surprised to learn that the Mooney ‘ is n't a patch ’ on the Aircoupe . |
| 14 | Afterwards they appear to be the best of friends again . |
| 15 | If opposites attract , Couples and Faldo should be the best of pals . |
| 16 | These may not be the best of times for the venture capital industry , but they are far from disastrous . |
| 17 | They may not be the best of friends , but between them they can quite well be left in charge of Harry and Hillmarden for a few days . ’ |
| 18 | This has to be the best of the commonality tactics . |
| 19 | It must be the best of its kind . ’ |
| 20 | That brief curacy was to be the best of her freedom . |
| 21 | A Localised Puddle of Indifference I guess Gary Gibson is going to have to do more routes just to keep people 's minds ticking over during winter ) HVS , is said to be the best of the bunch and worth a couple of stars . |
| 22 | George could be the best of friends and terrifyingly the worst of enemies . |
| 23 | Technically , the Canon 's output should be the best of the printers tested , because its resolution is 360dpi , rather than the standard 300dpi . |
| 24 | There were others among the Shah 's immediate entourage who had to decide what would be the best of several uncertain future for them. , |
| 25 | March turned out to be the best of the six months with £5,438,860 of ‘ new money ’ being introduced . |
| 26 | Some things are going to have to last you a very long time and withstand a great deal of wear so these must be the best of their kind that you can possibly afford . |
| 27 | Although involved in organising , promoting and initiating a range of small business related schemes , the London Enterprise Agency sees the London Enterprise Programme as its ‘ most notable activity … widely considered to be the best of its kind ’ ( London Enterprise Agency Annual Report , December , 1984 ) . |
| 28 | In the 600cc class which should be the best of the day , Jim Moodie is fastest on 115.90 but if McCallen gets it together he can win this race for the third year in a row . |
| 29 | Yes , I , I 'd give you two , one is my favourite of all shrub roses which is Fantan la tour which has what one can only describe as loosened sort of shaggy shell pink flowers with the most exquisite perfume , it 's a , it 's an untidy flower like the old shrub roses really should be the best of them erm and a very pale shell pink , a wonderful variety , not particularly repeat flowering , relatively short flowering season but so wonderful when it is in flower and the other one , er she says she does n't like red , now is n't really red , it 's a very very deep reddish purple and it 's a variety called Tuscany Superb and I grow Tuscany Superb in my garden alongside er some fennel , a foliage fennel plant and the feathery fennel together with , almost the aniseed aroma of the fennel together with these deep deep purple flowers of Tuscany Superb is absolutely wonderful , it 's actually on the edge of my herb garden . |
| 30 | Like three actors in a play they each played their part , chatting inconsequentially about this and that , and pretending to be the best of friends . |