Example sentences of "perhaps [art] most [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ Valley Isle ’ , Maui , is perhaps the most splendid of the Hawaiian Islands , with sparkling waterfalls , hidden coves and sun-drenched , deserted beaches .
2 Perhaps the most emotive case of the Supreme Court 's term involves a young Missouri woman kept alive for six years in what doctors call a ‘ persistent vegetative state ’ .
3 The anticlerical religious settlement was perhaps the most emotive and damaging reform of the republican government .
4 Which brings us to perhaps the most phenomenal yearly stats I have ever had the pleasure of analysing .
5 Although debate has persisted about the priority of rediscovery in the 19th century , the disorder emerged as a distinct clinical entity with the descriptions of Gull in 1873 , who coined the term anorexia nervosa , and Lasegue in 1873 , whose portrayal was perhaps the most incisive .
6 Perhaps the most honest judicial statement in this area came from Lord Denning : The truth is that in many cases the legislature has left the point open …
7 Perhaps the most extraordinary moment in the story is when the Butterfly appears and ali the butterflies in the world , in a great swarm , are absorbed back into his essence .
8 Perhaps the most extraordinary examples of animal camouflage are those in which the animals concerned have evolved into mimics of specific details in their backgrounds .
9 PERHAPS the most extraordinary thing about parenting is the speed with which you bond with the nondescript bundle presented to you in the delivery room .
10 Perhaps the most extraordinary creation was a libation vessel in the form of a shell , yet made out of a block of hard and brittle obsidian .
11 Perhaps the most extraordinary of all the peculiar things that the Chancellor has said during his period in office was his comment on , I believe , 8 January : ’ the policy would not have been different had we known the outcome ’ .
12 Perhaps the most appropriate mechanism for safeguarding both the patient 's and the doctor 's interests is for the hospital to document the circumstances fully in the notes , and to have the patient 's competence assessed in cases of doubt by a qualified person not otherwise concerned in the case .
13 Perhaps the most appropriate position is that these rights are necessary , but not sufficient for women 's liberation , and that in their absence things would be a lot worse .
14 MPs were reluctant to pass legislation that would result in government officials inspecting homes and there was also the widespread belief that the home was perhaps the most appropriate place for women to work .
15 Perhaps the most appropriate nation that we could ask to accept the new headquarters of a strengthened and reformed IAEA is Japan , the one nation to have experienced a wartime nuclear attack .
16 The day before the Sale Arthur Crawford arrived with his plants for the Sale , suddenly as if by magic , turning a whole section of the pews into a beautiful living garden — perhaps the most appropriate way of all to support this particular cause ?
17 The vast majority of the images that appeared in the Western press were taken by foreigners , but there were Chinese photographers at work in Peking last year , and perhaps the most outstanding among them was Zeng Nian .
18 The Mosport track where they next met was perhaps the most awful track I have ever seen .
19 Perhaps the most satisfying kind of learning combines this sort of statistical observation with later analysis .
20 Against the thinking of these philosophers , I propose to defend the view that the individual should be treated as a rational , autonomous being in perhaps the most private of all domains — that of love-making .
21 is perhaps the most personal selection of Raymond Williams 's work , including his picture of Cambridge University from the viewpoint of a Welsh , working-class student before the war ; his vivid cameo of F R Leavis ; reflections on his contemporaries , and on writers who were important to him — among them Solzhenitsyn , Lukacs and Brecht ; and his sharp judgements on subjects as varied as Monty Python , the Falklands War and classical Latin .
22 The music of Shostakovich is perhaps the most personal of any written in the twentieth century .
23 Perhaps the most suitable types are those which can be carried easily in a pocket , and are entirely disposable .
24 Perhaps the most suitable starting point is to look at the major domestically based leisure groups , the activities of which are summed up in Table 11.13 .
25 Brenda , her eyes suddenly alighting on a round milk stain on the table cloth , herself thought that breakfast was n't perhaps the most suitable time for a display of her recently acquired information about the investigation of rape .
26 Perhaps the most immediate energy problem for China is its electricity supply industry and fears have been expressed that , in the short term , supplies may not be sufficient to sustain economic growth , even at a minimum level of 4 per cent per year .
27 But perhaps the most immediate cause of the frustration of Churchill 's hopes was a Soviet note of 24 July 1954 which was interpreted as presaging a new Soviet offensive against the EDC .
28 Perhaps the most visible of the union 's activities is the financial sponsorship of events such as the ICA/MU Rock Week held in May 1989 .
29 Perhaps the most overweening statement of nationalism in station architecture , however , is Milan Station , begun in 1920 and opened in 1930 .
30 Right and acid and perhaps the most awkward one the carbonate .
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