Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Navratilova is arguably the greatest woman tennis player of all time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We would do well to look at the life of the one who is arguably the first church planter ; the apostle Peter . |
| 5 | Locally the main track event is tomorrow 's Merseyside School Championships at the Bebington Oval . |
| 6 | Regional guidance generally advised that the co-ordinator should be appointed fro the senior management team . |
| 7 | In 1863 it was all but gutted by a disastrous fire , but mercifully the ashlar-faced east façade remained entirely intact with its projected balustraded bay , its shell-headed niches , its eccentric demonstration of Doric , Ionic and Corinthian columns in three tiers — all in Purbeck stone . |
| 8 | Additionally the full length product spanning repeats 10–13 was observed only in tumor cell lines , particularly in U251 mRNA although its occurrence appears to be rare in the different cell lines tested . |
| 9 | The show scene in Australia is very active , as are the obedience trials and latterly the fast-growing Schutzhund sport . |
| 10 | ‘ M. Doble : Wine Merchant ’ — presumably the other chess player , now in hospital . |
| 11 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
| 12 | If ( the MLTB ) now has control of the MIC and presumably the Single Pitch Scheme , with the guides ' carnet soon to follow , the whole thing will be out of BMC hands . |
| 13 | Were that to happen , she says , ‘ they , ’ ( presumably the local education authority ) would have to ‘ do something ’ . |
| 14 | Although drastic , this rebuilding was not a success , as presumably the main body structure was weak and the car was soon dumped in the back of Penge depôt ‘ out of service ’ . |
| 15 | The buildings of this remarkable site included a large and elaborate bath-house and a guest-house with rooms round a courtyard and a fine pillared fore-hall , which was presumably the communal dining room serviced from the detached east wing and , as Wheeler suggested , based on the classical hostelry ( his p. 48 ) . |
| 16 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
| 17 | To her right the blind yellowstone wall of another tall building rose majestically — a perfect backdrop for the dozen or so pink-clothed tables , laid for morning coffee , their pristine china no whiter than the latticed chairs which surrounded them . |
| 18 | Luckily the real health worker had examined the babies only the day before , and Karen , who was already suspicious , asked for identification . |
| 19 | Larry reported it to his superiors and due to the nature of the discovery the Service police were notified and eventually the Special Investigation Branch ( SIB ) arrived on the scene . |
| 20 | Of course , if it were true , as the State Department and eventually the National Security Council professed to believe , that the threat of communist aggression against Indo-China was only one phase of anticipated plans to seize all of Southeast Asia , then this was an unthinkable alternative . |
| 21 | A few drops of eucalyptus , or bergamot , in a small bowl of water can help clear the sick room smell . |
| 22 | J Wood in the Custom House and Silvertown Ward expressed the need to administer effectively the 1918 Education Act , 1918 Maternity Act , and the 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act : ‘ In a period of reconstruction only a majority of conscious Socialist and labour men and women on the council will have the determination to make West Ham a healthier , cleaner , more sanitary town to live in ’ . |
| 23 | That is effectively the official Home Office ceiling . |
| 24 | Altogether the Grand Trunk Canal had five tunnels and seventy-six locks on its ninetythree mile course from the Mersey to Shardlow , near which it entered the Trent . |
| 25 | Key here was the influence of non-western cultural forms on Artaud — first the foregrounding of actors ' movements and the absence of props in Japanese theatre ; then his exposure to Cambodian dance in 1922 ; but most importantly the Balinese Dance Theatre which Artaud witnessed at the Colonial Exhibition in Paris in 1931 , after which he wrote a succession of now canonical theoretical essays on theatre . |
| 26 | Changes in the function of the school and the home encouraged the expansion of child guidance and thence the educational psychology profession . |
| 27 | Apart from making a fortune out of hits like Be Quick or Be Dead the heavy metal band is cashing in on merchandising , which is a fancy marketing term for flogging T-shirts , posters , belts , and anything else the fans will buy . |
| 28 | These compensatory orders can only be obtained against the contravener who , for section 6 purposes , has been carrying on the unauthorised investment business , or who , for section 61 purposes , has contravened one or other of the statutory provisions referred to in section 61(1) ( a ) . |
| 29 | The relay contacts RLA1 switch on the UV Exposure Light Unit , which is connected to the Timer via the miniature mains socket SK1 . |
| 30 | How could she expect to take on the powerful Lucenzo Salviati — a man with centuries of trickery in his blood — and come out top ? |