Example sentences of "[prep] be the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historically the Blackburn Perth has the distinction of being the largest flying-boat of the biplane era to serve with the RAF . |
| 2 | At the time of construction the bridge had the distinction of being the largest swing bridge in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | Greenpeace has accused British industry of being the largest polluter of the north-east Atlantic region , and the UK government of licensing the destruction of rivers and seas . |
| 4 | However , the marked path is still the highest scoring of the paths considered , and it can be shown that , if all the paths had been considered , it would still have a high probability of being the highest scoring . |
| 5 | Since this shop has the reputation of being the best for designer clothes , its customers tend to pay more than at other branches — but still only a fraction of the retail price . |
| 6 | For these are hyper-competitive athletes , all ex-pro American footballers or wrestlers , and not afraid to punish themselves in the cause of being The Best . |
| 7 | I have most of them already and besides I enjoy the reputation of being the best teacher . |
| 8 | Nicky had ( and for all I know still has ) the reputation of being the best criminal defence lawyer at the Scottish bar and had on several occasions persuaded juries to acquit those whom he had every reason to believe were guilty . |
| 9 | ‘ I gave it to them straight : competing with the best ai n't good enough when you 're capable of being the best . ’ |
| 10 | Known for its blue-blooded , polished , privileged , yuppie snobbery , the carefully-cultivated image of being the best has been generally convincing . |
| 11 | These slopes have the reputation of being the best you can find in the Pyrenees . |
| 12 | This latter award reminds me of a key feature of being the best and that is teamwork . |
| 13 | Presentations on Guinness Brewing 's strategic aim of being the best British brewer are being organised on all sites during the first two weeks of July . |
| 14 | This is Meregill Hole which has been descended to a depth of 565 feet , giving it the distinction of being the deepest of all . |
| 15 | Ken himself would have gone along with Michael Codron 's judgement of being the finest revue actor of the day — not realizing that revue was about to go the way of music hall . |
| 16 | When he runs , you can see , you can feel , how hard he has tried to get to this position of being the fastest sprinter in Europe . |
| 17 | It is now in a ruinous condition but has the distinction of being the oldest existing railway bridge over a river in the world . |
| 18 | He shared ( with Ken Roberts of Wrexham ) the distinction of being the youngest Football League player when he appeared for Bradford Park Avenue against Millwall 60 years ago aged 15 years , 158 days . |
| 19 | It also has the distinction of being the youngest fossil in this book . |
| 20 | Michael also took away the distinction of being the youngest archer ever to win the contest from Ben Hird , who had won it aged nineteen in 1900 . |
| 21 | He also holds the unique distinction of being the youngest player in a Scottish first class game ( for Queens Park at 14 years 304 days ) and the oldest international debutant ( 36 years 196 days ) . |
| 22 | In no time at all , The Haçienda found itself with a reputation of being the coldest , most unresponsive , most apathetic gigging hall in the country . |
| 23 | Plug in an external hard drive to a serial port — this has the advantage of being the easiest but it has the disadvantage of being the most expensive . |
| 24 | FRED COUPLES gave the appearance of being the coollest man in town yesterday when , with a final round of 70 , he won the Masters at Augusta National , beating the evergreen Raymond Floyd by two strokes . |
| 25 | Off stage , he 's not exactly full of the joys of life either , despite being the latest comic to be given his own Channel 4 series . |
| 26 | Selling off an organisation that has n't made a profit for 40 years always looked like being the toughest possible test of the privatisers ' skills , and recent developments are not making things any easier |
| 27 | OUR fifth great Daily Mirror allotments competition looks like being the best ever , according to judges . |
| 28 | So what 's it like being the biggest star in America 's most talented family ? |
| 29 | It 's far from being the best photo , but illustrates what I mean . |
| 30 | The family was far from being the poorest of the peasants , but Nasser nonetheless had first-hand experience of the poverty-stricken conditions of the rural Egyptians , crammed in along the banks of the Nile on which the whole country depended . |