Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] is [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 I was disappointed when my snails arrived already out of their shells — part of the pleasure for me is digging them out of their homes- but perhaps this is Chez Gerard 's gesture to British sqeamishness .
2 One of the most colourful is in October , when the Festival of Nine Emperors is celebrated with 9 days of processions and Chinese operas culminating in a dramatic firewalking ceremony on the eve of the ninth day .
3 Perhaps the most beautiful is from Delphi , a girl supporting an incense-burner ( fig. 80 ) .
4 The most vigorous is from Professor Theodore Van Laue , allowing ‘ no chance for a liberal constitutional Russia whatsoever ’ .
5 The geographical distribution of relevant texts from c. 1190–1320 is from Lincolnshire or Norfolk ( in the north ) to the southern counties , but the instability seems to be greatest in the East Midlands .
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