Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To put such an effort into perspective , it is necessary first to investigate cross-culturally the various different conceptions of ‘ objectivity ’ and different means of attaining it . |
| 2 | This is arguably the earliest military effigy in England and can be dated to around 1200 by the helmet which has eye slits but no breathing holes . |
| 3 | Arguably the blinder kinds of sexual radicalism , wherein sexuality is made the prime political mover , have tended to be mainly heterosexual , and in the case of Wilhelm Reich , overtly homophobic . |
| 4 | Arguably the modern play with a limited cast is more effective in drawing in professional agents and casting directors since there are fewer ‘ bit ’ parts for students to get lost in . |
| 5 | Having lost their captain , Zbigniew Boniek , arguably the greatest of Polish footballers , to Juventus , Widzew saw Dziekanowski as a replacement and so , at 21 , ‘ Jacki ’ was transferred in 1984 for 21m zlotys , a record between Polish clubs , amounting at that time to some £200,000 . |
| 6 | Davies , though a useful club cricketer , could hardly be compared with Fry , but he can boast an achievement that eluded arguably the greatest of all-round English sportsmen . |
| 7 | Martina Navratilova is arguably the greatest woman tennis player of all time . |
| 8 | Since The Band Wagon is arguably the greatest — as well as most typical — of all musicals ( if we exclude The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach , 1968 , as non-eligible and demote Singin' in the Rain , 1952 , to second place ) , one can only wish there were more of it . |
| 9 | Although she once said ‘ I 've always thought that it was a mistake to think too much about games or sports , ’ she died , 27 June 1960 , in a nursing home in Sway , Hampshire , arguably the greatest all-round sportswoman England has ever produced . |
| 10 | Arguably the greatest American architect of the twentieth century , but not a name I 've heard you drop into casual conversation before . ’ |
| 11 | Consider , insists Wade , the office of Secretary of State with the smallest budget of the Cabinet Departments yet arguably the greatest status in the system ( Wade 1979 , p. 354 ) . |
| 12 | Philip Tataurangi is 21 and a demon putter , arguably the boldest and best amateur golf has seen for ten years . |
| 13 | And one who has arguably the toughest brief of all the carvers at the palace . |
| 14 | Arguably the necessary detachment was more likely to be found in people who had not had the kind of upbringing so thoroughly enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 15 | As Italy have only two full-scale friendlies between now and the start of their World Cup training camp ( against Holland in February and against Switzerland in March ) , Vicini wants to try out his strongest side — which , of course , means playing both Baresi and Donadoni , arguably the two most influential players in the squad . |
| 16 | Apart from portraits , arguably the two greatest pictures that Queen Victoria purchased were Frith 's ‘ Ramsgate Sands ’ , an endearing masterpiece which for all I know may still hang in the waiting room at Buckingham Palace for the amusement of visitors , and Leighton 's ‘ Cimabue 's Madonna carried in procession ’ , acquired from the Royal Academy in 1855 and now on permanent loan to the National Gallery . |
| 17 | In the case of the Hundred Years War , the causes of the conflict were to be found both in the long historic links between England and France , links which were gradually becoming weaker , and in the need to express in new terms the relationship between the two countries ( arguably the two most powerful in western society in the late Middle Ages ) taking into account elements such as national consciousness and diverging methods of government ( to name but two ) which historians recognise as being characteristic of late medieval European society as a whole . |
| 18 | Franco 's concern with internal equilibrium was also reflected in the occupants of what were arguably the two most important cabinet posts . |
| 19 | Although the total amount of resources devoted to the needs of the rural population is arguably the prime factor affecting standards of living , statutory planning has played an important role in influencing the distribution of resources and employment within the countryside ; including the availability of shops , houses and services . |
| 20 | Flesh , starring the hunky Joe Dalessandro , was shot over two weekends at a cost of $4000 , and is arguably the better film . |
| 21 | A relisting , of course , involves a resumption of the original appeal and arguably the substantive hearing must take place before the original panel of judges . |
| 22 | Van Morrison , arguably the second most difficult white performer in rock history , wandered on in a suit to start improvising round a punchy version of the old Weavers hit , Good Night Irene . |
| 23 | THE IRB admitted five new members : Andorra ( a country playing in the FIRA second division ) , Chile ( arguably the second strongest nation in South America ) , Luxembourg , Hungary , and Latvia ( the first nation of the crumbling Soviet empire to join the Board ) . |
| 24 | The two men , arguably the fastest finishers in the world , unleashed their 40mph sprints in the last 400 metres of the 131-mile race , leaving the rest of the field to watch . |
| 25 | But the extended sets of variations usually on popular songs , but sometimes on dance-tunes or the notes of the hexachord , generally increasing in complication and technical difficulty toward the end , which are arguably the chief glory of virginal music , have been plausibly derived from the diferencias of Cabezon ( see pp. 236–7 ) . |
| 26 | Berge and the entire Mitterrand government were made to look complete fools when , a few weeks later , he was appointed to succeed Sir Georg Solti as head of the Chicago Symphony — arguably the great powerhouse of American orchestras . |
| 27 | Injected , catalysed , with 24-valves apiece and an individual coil on each plug to speed the spark , the 2-litre 150bhp and the 2.5-litre 192bhp engines enhance the company 's reputation for building arguably the smoothest ‘ 6 ’ s in the business . |
| 28 | He is particularly good with young players and will have to weigh up that security against taking arguably the best job in English cricket . ’ |
| 29 | The navigator was a young sergeant named Mike Sadler who had emigrated to Rhodesia before the war and who was arguably the best at finding his way around the Libyan desert . |
| 30 | The third qualifying round altered the seeding in such a way that arguably the best sides in the tournament , Namibia and Zimbabwe , found themselves playing each other in the quarter-finals . |