Example sentences of "one of the [adv] beautiful " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most beautiful of these represents a thirsty man , whose desire for water is represented in the most lively manner as he kneels on the ground to drink from a spring , with such wonderful reality that one might imagine him to be a real person . |
| 2 | One of the most beautiful uses of pas de bourrée courus is when Ashton places his danseuse in her partner 's arms as she floats over the surface of the floor as if in a dream like ecstasy . |
| 3 | One of the most beautiful is probably that of Odette in the Act II pas de deux of Swan Lake when , overcoming her fear at being captured , she turns her head and deliberately looks into Siegfried 's eyes . |
| 4 | If he did this , Pound missed a great deal , for Aubeterre is one of the most beautiful and delightfully peaceful places in the whole of old Aquitaine . |
| 5 | ‘ That , ’ she said , her voice echoing with the cries of oystercatchers and lapwings over remote beaches where seals rolled and basked inshore , ‘ That is one of the most beautiful films ever made . ’ |
| 6 | The trip is one of the most beautiful I have known . |
| 7 | These are The Backwoods , one of the most beautiful and inaccessible regions of the US . |
| 8 | Another Japanese who attracts me today is the unattainable sumo wrestler Kirishima , from Kagoshima in Kyushu , who is one of the most beautiful males I have ever seen . |
| 9 | The 1976 Salzburg Easter Festival Lohengrin , the designs based on fourteenth-century illuminated manuscripts and lit with a rare luminous aura , must rank as one of the most beautiful of all Wagner productions in recent memory , ; but , in a sense , it is invidious to single out this rather than the Ring or the Tristan , the Parsifal , or even the menacingly spectacular designs , half real , half fantastic , for the 1982 production of Der fliegende Holländer . |
| 10 | One of the most beautiful experiences of my life was being able to play the Tenth Symphony for Shostakovich when we last visited Moscow . |
| 11 | A Magnolia grandiflora , ‘ one of the most beautiful of evergreen trees yet known ’ , produced flowers for several years at Goodwood , but again the severe winter of 1740 destroyed it . |
| 12 | This is not only the most famous route in Germany , but also one of the most beautiful . |
| 13 | Built on a multitude of lagoons during the golden age of European culture , this Italian city is one of the most beautiful on the Adriatic , with 400 bridges spanning canals instead of streets . |
| 14 | I think it must be one of the most beautiful in the world , ’ Charlie sighed . |
| 15 | It has one of the most beautiful views in the world . |
| 16 | This must surely be one of the most beautiful forms of propaganda . |
| 17 | A l9th Century Directory describes Port View , ‘ Where many good houses have been erected , is regarded as one of the most beautiful localities in the West of England ’ . |
| 18 | Buxton declared with enthusiasm that Scott 's design would be ‘ one of the most beautiful buildings in the country ’ . |
| 19 | For anyone who his felt the sensation of mystical tears , this idea must surely be one of the most beautiful of all mysticism . |
| 20 | The book of Kells is one of the most beautiful illuminated manuscripts in the world . |
| 21 | It is one of the most beautiful towns in England , with a unique atmosphere created by the happy combination of famous college buildings , like Kings College Chapel , and the delightful riverside gardens . |
| 22 | In Todi , on the enchanting central square high above the tottering streets of one of the most beautiful and inconvenient of all hill towns , a Romanesque cathedral of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries smiles at no less than three town halls , witnesses of civic aspiration from the early to the mid and late thirteenth century . |
| 23 | Entering it he could imagine her sitting there in the summer days and evenings , working on the papers which she occasionally contributed to ornithological journals and looking up from time to time to gaze out over the headland to the sea and the far horizon , could see again that carved , weather-browned Aztec face with its hooded eyes under the grey-black hair , drawn back into a bun , could hear again a voice which , for him , had been one of the most beautiful female voices he had ever heard . |
| 24 | It is surely one of the most beautiful church towers on the whole of the Wolds . |
| 25 | One of the most beautiful winter-flowering trees is Prunus subhirtella ‘ Autumnalis ’ , which produces a flurry of snowflake blossoms on leafless branches in winter . |
| 26 | ‘ One of the most beautiful things about being in this business is that you get to meet your musical heroes . |
| 27 | Czechoslovakia must count as one of the most beautiful countries in Europe . |
| 28 | One of the most beautiful water-spirits known , Lorelei is said to have been a German girl who was unlucky in love and drowned herself as a result . |
| 29 | One of the most beautiful things about Ballycollton is its setting ; runners follow a route along country lane with the sea as a backdrop/ The sounds just perfect , unless it rains ! |
| 30 | This is the theme of one of the most beautiful modern songs from Central Africa , whose composer and singer , Alick Nkhata , is probably the most popular commercial recording artist Northern Rhodesia or Zambia has yet produced . |