Example sentences of "the most [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Die Grünen is generally regarded as the most turbulent and self-destructive of the Green parties , but its internal quarrels are , says Sara Parkin in her guide to the European Greens , ‘ only a more flagrant example ’ of what goes on in all the parties . |
| 2 | Occasionally I would have preferred a more urgent tempo for the most turbulent responses , such as ‘ Seniores populi ’ ( track 6 ) and ‘ Tradiderunt me ’ ( track 10 ) . |
| 3 | The English Civil War ( 1642–1651 ) is one of the most turbulent and complex chapters of British history . |
| 4 | Arguably the most turbulent priest in the Anglo-Saxon experience , Wilfrid spent a great deal of his mature life entering into and returning from exiles imposed by English kings with whom he had quarrelled . |
| 5 | His term as Mayor coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in English history . |
| 6 | The town lies in North Morazn , one of the most turbulent areas of El Salvador . |
| 7 | The most stupefying performance , however , came from Cecilia Gasdia , a voice of evidently limited power ( the second part , made up of arias , showed her physical limitations , notably in ‘ D'amor al dolce impero ’ from Tancredi ) , but her dash , her sinewy vocalization , her miraculous phrasing , the skill with which she marshalled the resources of her voice , all conspired to make the first half ( La Separazione , Mi lagnerò tacendo , Bolero above all ) a miraculous experience . |
| 8 | Anyone can see that artificial keyboard or lexigram languages can be imparted , if at all , in only the most impoverished social situations — quite unlike the nexus of warm and intimate physical bonds that probably prevailed at the dawn of language millennia ago . |
| 9 | Luckily , basic preventative measures and healthy lifestyles are within the reach of even the most impoverished Solomon Islander who , in the case of malaria , can greatly reduce chances of possible infection with a combination of fixing drainage , making or buying mosquito nets and learning more about how the disease works . |
| 10 | In the five years between 1982-87 Third World countries as a group , including the most impoverished and crisis-ridden in Africa , sent us $220 billion more than we sent them 3 ( see box ) . |
| 11 | ‘ I stood there a long time , looking at a row of the most twisted , gnarled , sorry-looking pollard willows I have ever seen . |
| 12 | I came across one of the most pitiful things I have ever known . |
| 13 | It is the most pitiful thing in the world . |
| 14 | He was in the most Arab of all poses , sitting on his heels , his feet flat on the ground and his arms folded across his knees . |
| 15 | The Scots are the most smell-conscious . |
| 16 | The most efficiently-built British car of comparable size took 85 man hours . |
| 17 | With all the grace and spontaneity of a wooden puppet , but in the most civil and soft of voices , he said : ‘ We shall both be delighted if you will . |
| 18 | The smallest varieties are the most prized , so the plants have to be picked over every two or three days to prevent the buds from becoming either too large or opening into flowers . |
| 19 | For the fungally uninformed , morels are the most prized of the world 's mushrooms . |
| 20 | It boasts a banqueting hall with one of the most prized scissor-beam roofs in the country . |
| 21 | He also succeeded in winning pledges from the rulers of Valencia , then perhaps the most prized city of Spain . |
| 22 | Black was decreed to be the only acceptable colour ( though a few white hairs in the switch and a little white on the udder were permissible ) and the most prized colour was an almost chocolate brown-black . |
| 23 | Sadly , one of the most prized wildlife trophies remains the head of a mountain gorilla . |
| 24 | Among the most prized of Ackermann 's books are his histories of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and of various famous public schools , his Picturesque Tours in England and many foreign countries , and his illustrations of costume and architecture . |
| 25 | In America the first so far discovered dates from 1674 , but the most prized plates , e.g. those of Washington and Paul Revere , occur a hundred years afterwards . |
| 26 | An interesting example of the latter would be vandalism — often picked on as being a particularly ‘ inexplicable ’ activity in conventional motivational terms ; yet in the early years of the film industry the destruction of property ( especially the most prized objects such as cars ) constituted the most popular film content , and still draws large audiences today . |
| 27 | Through the effects which it exerts on men , spirit-possession is in fact one of the most prized and successful weapons at the disposal of Somali women . |
| 28 | The reality of life is of course that it is the bad news man who should be the most prized . |
| 29 | A house is one of the most prized possessions in our society . |
| 30 | On the other hand , it was not until 1973 that good Chardonnay , the most prized of all Australian white wines , was being produced . |