Example sentences of "[adv] been the most [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German , French and Irish governments had hitherto been the most adamant against further concessions in the argument over agricultural exports . |
| 2 | Aliens have long been the most vulnerable section of the British workforce . |
| 3 | It 's not been the most satisfying of days . |
| 4 | Having tried it both ways , I am more comfortable with the single act approach , and in the history of rock management , that has generally been the most successful route . |
| 5 | This has always been the most controversial of Toscanini 's NBC opera recordings . |
| 6 | Or she could , if she thought of it in time , say that Derek had always been the most frightful liar . |
| 7 | It was so hard to see you suffer when I knew you 'd always been the most gentle , caring person in my life . |
| 8 | Tiny banknotes have always been the most traditional item at the fair . |
| 9 | ‘ But Hawaiian music has always been the most hybridised music in the whole Pacific , because the island was the most impacted by other people . |
| 10 | For most of the world 's people spoken language has always been the most important form of communication — a reservoir of historical tradition and rich culture , as well as the basis of everyday life . |
| 11 | In her opinion , ‘ the Rheinland has always been the most anarchistic part of Germany ; Hitler was never really supported here … ’ . |
| 12 | Market saleswomen have always been the most aggressive because they get the roughest end of the stick . |
| 13 | In the harbour lay enormous foreign freighters for carrying the timber away , exuding oil over the graves of what had once been the most famous coral gardens in the Far East . |
| 14 | The United States , the most loquacious exponent of peace , had also been the most reluctant member of the international community to accept the PLO as representative for the Palestinians . |
| 15 | Evans and colleagues ' concern about the failure of AIDS educators to target gay and bisexual men is well founded : it seems that those most at risk from HIV have also been the most neglected in recent years . |
| 16 | She did not know where he was now and she did not really care , but he had probably been the most influential person in her life : her handsome prince and Maggie 's father . |
| 17 | Eysenck , for example , incorporated this idea into his theory and he has probably been the most influential proponent of the genetic strand of positivist criminology in recent years . |
| 18 | Of the charges which have been made against the civil service , those against the Treasury have probably been the most substantial [ Brittan , 1971 ] . |
| 19 | Although the factors outlined above have probably been the most important considerations in the growth of rural manufacturing , an additional reason can be found in the role of the state . |
| 20 | Then on December 31 , right before they started ringing in the new tax year , executive vice president Ron Lachman wrote out a cheque to Systemhouse buying back the piece of Interactive that had originally been the most famous part of the old Lachman Associates ( UX No 220 ) . |
| 21 | It has n't been the most memorable of summers : let's hope the autumn brings more positive energy ( and not all of it chemically induced ) |
| 22 | Tory politicians of the so-called New Right have undoubtedly been the most active in promoting these ways of thinking , and the ‘ law-and-order ’ question played a major part in Mrs Thatcher 's victorious election campaign in 1979 . |
| 23 | Investment has turned positive overall at the U K level and the regions which are leading investment expectations and this is people 's expectations about what they 're going to do in terms of investment in plant and machinery over the year ahead which I think is probably the meaningful one to focus on rather than buildings numbers erm the two regions which are leading that are the south west erm and that makes sense because the south west is , has the lowest number of firms who say that they 're working below capacity and also the West Midlands , for the last five surveys the West Midlands has either been the most optimistic |
| 24 | THE Roman Catholic Church has never been the most liberal institution in its views on homosexuality . |
| 25 | A financial problem nevertheless persists as the Association , apart from statutory grants for special projects is entirely dependent on private generosity , and deafness has never been the most popular cause for charity . |
| 26 | George 's murder call had sounded the phoniest of the lot ; it had certainly been the most amateurish . |