Example sentences of "'s most [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Ichkeul is also acknowledged , now , to be among the world 's most threatened wetlands . |
| 2 | An RSPB report entitled Europe 's Most Threatened Breeding Birds warns that at least 28 species of European birds may be about to become extinct unless prompt action is taken . |
| 3 | The capuchins , Brazil 's most threatened primate , are native only to the Atlantic forest in the far south of Bahia State . |
| 4 | Commercial peat extraction is destroying lowland peatbogs , one of Europe 's most threatened habitats . |
| 5 | In one of the country 's most negative and vicious campaigns Jesse Helms , the conservative Republican senator from North Carolina , defeated a challenge from the former mayor of Charlotte , Harvey Gantt , by 53 per cent of the vote to 47 per cent . |
| 6 | The tale of how an astute Cornish furze-cutter came to be founder of one of the great landed families of Cornwall , with one of the County 's most famed stately homes , could be looked on as an ideal example of Thatcherite-style enterprise and self-help . |
| 7 | Basmati — known as the Prince of Rice — is India 's most famed variety . |
| 8 | This acute retention of urine constitutes one of medicine 's most uncomfortable emergencies , with its habit of coming on at the end of and evening 's drinking ( usually beer ) adding a bloated urgency to the situation . |
| 9 | Painting software 's most practical use is to clean up scanned-in photographs to improve the output quality . |
| 10 | The left-wing MP for Bolsover 's term as party chairman ends tomorrow , but no one believes that this will lower the profile of one of Labour 's most colourful and respected figures . |
| 11 | Scarlet Macaw , Amazonia , one of nature 's most colourful birds . |
| 12 | GERALD ANNESLEY , one of Ulster 's most colourful landowners who has died aged 86 , caused a mild sensation in the general election of 1951 when , although a former chairman of the local Unionist party , he stood as a Protestant Irish Nationalist candidate for South Down . |
| 13 | The centre of angling activity in Assynt is Inchnadamph Hotel , owned and run by one of the north 's most colourful characters , Willie Morrison : expert fisherman and raconteur , always ready to help , advise , and , when necessary , commiserate with his angling guests . |
| 14 | JIM McMAHON , one of the NFL 's most colourful characters , is back in the spotlight after the Philadelphia Eagles ' decision to drop quarterback Randall Cunningham , writes David Tossell . |
| 15 | TWO of racing 's most colourful owners Ken Higson and Barney Curley staged protests against the prize money at Fontwell yesterday . |
| 16 | The male cock-of-the-rock is one of the world 's most colourful birds , with its brilliant orange plumage , black wings and a centurion-like crest . |
| 17 | Vander Zalm , a Dutch immigrant who made his fortune from a garden nursery business in Vancouver and who had held the premiership since 1986 [ see p. 37940 ] , was one of the country 's most colourful politicians . |
| 18 | ANGLING 'S most colourful match star Jan Porter , of Nottingham , is touring the country with a brand new angling road show , which comes to Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt next Thursday ( 7.30 to 11pm ) . |
| 19 | In freezing temperatures and light snowfall , the enthusiastic and emotional crowd in Sofia heard Bulgaria 's most radical demands so far and called for the ousted leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , to stand trial for fraud and mismanagement . |
| 20 | THE BBC 's most radical reappraisal of its future , with options of introducing advertising , cutting 10,000 jobs and creating a new Asian radio network , was described by unions yesterday as ‘ a bombshell document ’ . |
| 21 | Awarded a special Jury Prize at Cannes ( and the only British entry shown in competition ) , HIDDEN AGENDA marks the return of one of Britain 's most radical and compromising directors . |
| 22 | Some of Wordsworth 's most radical contributions to the Lyrical Ballads were to explore the tragic experience of country people , and John Walford 's story was itself used by Wordsworth as the subject of a substantial poem . |
| 23 | Wave asked Britain 's most radical agency to investigate . |
| 24 | Wave asked Britain 's most radical and imaginative agency to investigate.The idea seemed simple . |
| 25 | The impression I got of him was that he was the world 's most cautious man ( which squares ill with his later reckless behaviour ) ; that he was a man who said nothing ; who had carefully devised a plan of life which rendered the use of words unnecessary except in an emergency such as fire or accident . |
| 26 | Thus , when promoted general ( aged thirty-two ) on the outbreak of war , he was manifestly Germany 's most inexperienced commander . |
| 27 | There is elaboration too in the Second Ballade , the volcanic interjections ablaze with added notes , and in the opening of the last and glorious Fourth Ballade there is a convulsive leap across the rhythm , one of Cortot 's most curious and instantly recognizable mannerisms and a provocative view of one of the composer 's supremely rich and tranquil gestures . |
| 28 | According to FACE 20 , Leeds is notable for being Britain 's most boring city . |
| 29 | Even the world 's most boring beverage , Ovaltine , jumped on the bandwagon by using Steinski and Mass Media 's parodic collage of kitsch Fifties adspeak , ‘ We 'll Be Right Back ’ . |
| 30 | We may have the world 's most boring aliens , but we do have corn circles , something no one else has got . |