Example sentences of "with the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's signed with the warmest personal regards of the film director , Mr David Puttnam |
| 2 | She 'd been grappling with the oddest emotional reaction , one she 'd never come across before and could n't fathom at all , clutching the jacket round her so tightly that her knuckles were white . |
| 3 | Tao Chu was his dead brother 's third and youngest son and Tsu Ma 's favourite ; a lively , ever-smiling boy with the sweetest , most joyful laugh . |
| 4 | She never noticed if Alexandra was fully dressed or had stumbled straight from sleep in her night clothes but would welcome her always with the sweetest of smiles and a gentle reproof for leaving her alone . |
| 5 | In the meantime , it is likely that everyone had contracted the disease at some time or another in his or her life , and it proved fatal to those with the merest weakness whose bodies could not withstand its ravages . |
| 6 | E. C. Russell , also in business in Holloway Road , managed to catch the confident suavity of the pair of them , and this time Charles is in full frock coat and waistcoat , with the merest hint of a beard on his face , as he rests his arm with a convincing air of relaxed dignity on an animal skin rug . |
| 7 | With the body encased , the top lid — with the merest ghost of a form — was placed over the lip of the main case , as one would the lid of a shoe-box , and soldered with a 3/4-inch iron . |
| 8 | When she sprayed her face , her visage became more of a blank than ever , a black mask with the merest hint of features . |
| 9 | A decade earlier the process might have been dubbed distanciation , instead it passed with the merest ribbing and rueful acknowledgement of the new plumage . |
| 10 | The weather was warm and sunny , with the merest hint of a breeze . |
| 11 | The clouds are almost white in appearance , with the merest tinge of yellow , and their existence shows that Venus has an atmosphere to support them . |
| 12 | If we look at the sea-floor maps that are now becoming increasingly available , One is struck ( at least , I am ) by the great areas that are either receiving no sediment at all or else are covered with the merest veneer . |
| 13 | Satisfied with the merest hint of make-up she had used on her heart-shaped face , she emptied out the small jewellery sachet she always took with her on her travels . |
| 14 | Smooth-haired , bright-eyed , immaculate , with the merest hint of a woody , masculine fragrance about him , he looked as if nothing could faze him . |
| 15 | The political embarrassment that such admissions created for the Bolsheviks were smoothed over by presenting the necessity for NEP in terms of an analogy with the Brest Litovsk peace treaty with Germany in 1918 , that is , as being a breathing space . |
| 16 | It will favour companies with the deepest pockets , rather than those with television experience , the argument runs . |
| 17 | The reason I am writing to Mamma is to show her that I know my duty and that I am with the deepest respect her devoted son . ’ |
| 18 | For eight years I had revelled in the dual careers of journalism and broadcasting , between 1929 and 1937 , and these years coincided with the ‘ boom to bust ’ period , winding up with the deepest depression of the century . |
| 19 | Male common toads do compete for females , and in general , the biggest males ( those with the deepest voices ) are the most successful . |
| 20 | HIRE-EM , fire-em — his winning policy at Ibrox — wo n't work in a League where he 's not the biggest fish with the deepest purse . |
| 21 | ‘ With the deepest respect , Admiral , you 'll forbid me nothing . |
| 22 | On the contrary , for teachers to be grappling individually and collectively with the deepest and knottiest problems in education provides the only hope they have of recapturing their equanimity and satisfaction . |
| 23 | That wedding feast sounds like a party not to be missed in Wachet auf , while Mary sings with the deepest joy in Meine Seele erhebt den Herren . |
| 24 | It was those with the deepest roots in industry and the urban environment who developed the strongest sense of the workers as a class apart with its own distinctive interests and goals . |
| 25 | Similarly , a court that feels impelled to depart from its predecessor 's decision will do so not only ‘ with the deepest respect ’ but ‘ with great regret . ’ |
| 26 | And somehow , having made contact with the deepest part of herself , the woman often gives permission to that womb to flower . |
| 27 | The unstirred brackish water beneath is permanently warmer , temperatures rising to 9.1 °C at 20 m , the junction with the deepest layer . |
| 28 | The abdominal aspect of the sacrum in males displays a uniform curve with the deepest part of the hollow at the third segment ; whereas in females , the upper portion is flattened and the lower portion sharply angulated ( the deepest part being at the fourth segment ) . |
| 29 | Even in the United States of Korea — in my day , one of the foremost manufacturing countries of the world , with the deepest mantle-mines — in 1816 , the peoples of the Korean peninsula would be painting exquisite scenes on silk and carving delicate ivory . |
| 30 | World Cup Cricket came to the region today , with the unlikeliest of cricketing nations taking part . |