Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguably the modern play with a limited cast is more effective in drawing in professional agents and casting directors since there are fewer ‘ bit ’ parts for students to get lost in . |
| 2 | Consider , insists Wade , the office of Secretary of State with the smallest budget of the Cabinet Departments yet arguably the greatest status in the system ( Wade 1979 , p. 354 ) . |
| 3 | And one who has arguably the toughest brief of all the carvers at the palace . |
| 4 | But the extended sets of variations usually on popular songs , but sometimes on dance-tunes or the notes of the hexachord , generally increasing in complication and technical difficulty toward the end , which are arguably the chief glory of virginal music , have been plausibly derived from the diferencias of Cabezon ( see pp. 236–7 ) . |
| 5 | Berge and the entire Mitterrand government were made to look complete fools when , a few weeks later , he was appointed to succeed Sir Georg Solti as head of the Chicago Symphony — arguably the great powerhouse of American orchestras . |
| 6 | The knowledge that the barrier between the patient and surgeon has remained intact throughout the procedure is arguably the best reassurance for surgeons and theatre nurses regarding protection . |
| 7 | He is particularly good with young players and will have to weigh up that security against taking arguably the best job in English cricket . ’ |
| 8 | JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL , still arguably the best player in the world without a major title to his name , today radiated confidence about European prospects in the US Open at Baltusrol . |
| 9 | Disembarking at certain points from a leisurely cruise , your guide , Bernie Dunn , arguably the best guide in Amsterdam will take you through Amsterdam 's most enchanting neighbourhoods by foot . |
| 10 | Some fine and competitive rallying in which was arguably the best match of the three days , saw her come very close to Audra Keller , a 19 year old form Tennessee who was playing in her third consecutive Maureen Connolly Cup event . |
| 11 | ALL IN THE FAMILY William Randolph Hearst Jr had arguably the best seat at the twentieth century . |
| 12 | Many walkers cross its famous ‘ Bad Step ’ just above the waters of Loch Scavaig , but few scramble up its slabs and buttresses to take in the view of Coruisk and its magnificent amphitheatre of black , jagged peaks — arguably the finest viewpoint of Skye . |
| 13 | The sermons in which it is presented are arguably the finest contribution to moral philosophy in English . |
| 14 | Finally , remember you have what is arguably the finest army in the Known World under your command . |
| 15 | It finished the year with the launch of the Twingo , arguably the biggest breakthrough in small car design since the Mini . |
| 16 | England , arguably the strongest team on show , gave Ireland a rough passage , but lost to Scotland — the only team Ireland beat . |
| 17 | Chapter 3 outlined the development of the impersonal capital as arguably the dominant mode of possession of the means of production in the contemporary British social formation . |
| 18 | GRAMM-Rudman-Hollings , the US deficit reduction law , is arguably the worst piece of legislation passed by Congress in the past decade . |
| 19 | Sally-Anne Tunstall , beloved daughter of Senator Jared Tunstall , arguably the richest man in the USA , and his dear wife Mary , niece of Orrin Tunstall , the American ambassador , society beauty , heiress , spoiled child of fortune , who had once thought that the world was her ball to play with , sat on her bed in an East End attic , dressed in her skivvy 's clothing , grieving because she could not consummate her love for a poor doctor who had renounced the world over which she had once reigned . |
| 20 | As the Denmark Farm experiment shows , it is not too late to restore our countryside — arguably the richest aspect of our national heritage — and recreate a living countryside with a rich biological diversity . |
| 21 | It is an impossibly restricted view , therefore , to imagine a universal approach to landform study being based only upon consideration of historical development … the physical and the resulting psychological , inability of geographers to handle successfully the simultaneous operation of a number of causes contributing to a given effect has been one of the greatest impediments to the advancement of their discipline . |
| 22 | By the early 1920s it was evident that the monarchical system in its existing form was ill-equipped to negotiate successfully the difficult transition from ‘ oligarchic ’ liberalism to genuine democracy . |
| 23 | ‘ The petitioners remark that ‘ the Royal Veterinary College of London is the private property of the subscribers thereto who may continue or close the same at their discretion ; that it is only from their desire to advance the veterinary art that they have allowed their institution to be employed as a College of instruction ; and that thereby the veterinary profession in this country owes even its existence to their establishment ’ . |
| 24 | Although this is rarely the sole cause of the iron deficiency , in one study it was found to be a contributing factor in 57% of patients . |
| 25 | Boastful , overbearing and bumptious , he emerges by his own account as the eternal mocker of authority , rarely the effective wielder of it . |
| 26 | Government itself was rarely the active initiator in the move to criminalize immorality . |
| 27 | A state of cleanliness is rarely the main objective of a manager in the food industries , as there is no direct profit contribution or production benefit , so the emphasis on management differs from that of mainstream operations . |
| 28 | Beyond this , character- ization rarely goes further than the creation of characters sufficient for the roles they play within the fabliau ; there is very rarely the slightest pretence at verisimilitude in the form of feigning that the characters have experiences beyond or after those of the narrative given . |
| 29 | Yet even as I remember Victoria , I feel keenly the unsettled state of my mind . |
| 30 | All ‘ well-meaning ’ citizens were said to have recognized ‘ wholly , joyfully , and thankfully the superhuman greatness of the Führer and his work ’ , and , confronted with this ‘ greatness ’ , ‘ all pettiness and grumbling is silenced ’ . |