Example sentences of "[adj -est] [noun sg] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He decided the wisest course was to pool all he had made over the last two years , enabling Julian to purchase the lease of a high street property . |
| 2 | Fighter Command 's finest hour was of course the Battle of Britain , but this book gives the whole story of the men and the machines from its formation in 1936 until its absorption into Strike Command in 1968 . |
| 3 | Never hard , the greatest difficulty was in avoiding the results of clumsy ice technique . |
| 4 | But David Beaton 's greatest worry was for Hector . |
| 5 | The largest reduction was in the number of elderly casualties . |
| 6 | His greatest ambition was to be Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 7 | It was n't much , and they would take it in their stride , no doubt , but apart from the fact these revenge raids certainly did upset his Tormentors a little , making life and their cruel purpose just that little bit less easy for them , the greatest effect was on him . |
| 8 | On his brief visit to Cambodia he met Dith Pran for the first time , but his longest stretch was from the beginning of January 1975 until the fall of Phnom Penh in April of that year . |
| 9 | The keenest battle was between brothers Colin and Owen Jelf … no brotherly love lost here . |
| 10 | Generation Ecologie 's strongest performance was in the Ile de France region where they won 10.69 per cent of the vote . |
| 11 | Statistically the strongest correlation was between understanding of the market and commercial success . |
| 12 | I had not seen Um Hamed since those frightening days when the Youngest Son was in hospital . |
| 13 | The greatest benefit was to the local community as a whole : as Listers grew so the area climbed to prosperity from the depression that followed the collapse of the wool-cloth trade . |
| 14 | So these young entrepreneurs started their own company and within the twenty-strong group , which mainly comprised old Etonians , the greatest accolade was to be called ‘ Bob ’ . |
| 15 | Fiercest bidding was for lot 83 , the beautifully ornamented Fletcher & Gardiner cake basket with spilling cornucopia handles , estimated at only $5–8,000 . |
| 16 | The lowest support was in the 65-plus age group , with 67 per cent in favour . |
| 17 | The lowest support was in the 65-plus age group , with 67 per cent in favour . |
| 18 | The RUC 's blackest day was on February 28 , 1985 when the IRA mortar-bombed the RUC station in the border town of |
| 19 | Curiously , his lowest mark was in English Literature ( a mere 57 per cent ) , though in Composition he achieved 69 per cent . |
| 20 | The sleepy period was from midnight until noon , of which the worst part was about dawn . |
| 21 | The worst case was in July 1989 when an alternator set fell off at around 100mph at Harrow on the main line into Euston and caused a major derailment , fortunately with no more than a few injuries . |
| 22 | The worst rioting was in Podujevo , where on Jan. 29 and 31 several thousand demonstrators , many of them schoolchildren and students , fought running battles with police who resorted to rubber bullets and tear gas dropped from helicopters . |
| 23 | As he approached the end of the passage , Mungo could already see that the furthest room was in darkness . |
| 24 | The PS 's worst setback was in the parliamentary by-election , for a seat near the northern industrial city of Lille , traditionally a Socialist stronghold . |
| 25 | The worst shortage was of housing . |
| 26 | Lamp-oil was impossible to get and candles were scarce , but the worst shortage was of coal . |
| 27 | Their worst patch was in 1989 and 1990 , before recession really bit . |
| 28 | However , as her dearest wish was for Polly to follow her two sisters ' example and ‘ settle down ’ , that was not surprising . |
| 29 | At that moment his dearest wish was to be back at work and having lunch with Mrs Tobias . |
| 30 | But the worst trouble was in Dresden . |