Example sentences of "just about the most [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to be just about the most melancholy job in Government , cataloguing the Treasury 's human detritus . |
| 2 | He has been put up five pounds for a decisive 2length defeat of Wellknown Character and , as just about the most progressive horse in today 's field , he can scale this extra rung . |
| 3 | His hand touching hers in the absolute darkness , his fingertips lingering on her fingertips just a moment longer than was necessary , was just about the most sensual feeling she had ever had . |
| 4 | Evelyn was just about the most self-deluded person she had ever met , a vociferous pseudo-feminist . |
| 5 | The views of opinion leaders are often taken very seriously by reference group members , and " word of mouth " recommendation is regarded as just about the most powerful tool of promotion ( or condemnation ) that there is . |
| 6 | The head office of the Paradise Corporation , as Sir Charles knew perfectly well , was just about the most famous building in the city . |
| 7 | Sorrel could n't run to the back of an envelope , but found instead a spare section of Filofax pages , just about the most expensive scribble pad you could get short of using ten-pound notes . |
| 8 | Right now it 's just about the most serious little piss-pot of a frog pox-factory in the whole world . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ That was just about the most disgusting exhibition I 've ever been subjected to ! ’ |
| 10 | THE ALTO saxophonist Arthur Blythe is just about the most accessible performer to come out of the free jazz movement of the '60s and '70s . |
| 11 | Your suggestion last night was just about the most obscene thing I have ever heard . |
| 12 | Mary was rather difficult but she was also just about the most beautiful girl Rufus had ever come across . |
| 13 | Guy 's just about the most irresistible male I 've ever set eyes on , ’ Lucy said dreamily , adding hastily , ‘ Next to Charles , of course ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ This must be just about the most far-sighted piece of journalism since Alistair Cook 's notorious ‘ Portrait of a Failure' on Harry Truman appeared in the Manchester Guardian after the United States Presidential election of 1948 . |
| 15 | Then , when everything fell apart so quickly , that scared me even more , because failing at something like that is just about the most frightening thing that can happen to you . ’ |
| 16 | And that , I am afraid , is just about the most interesting thing you can say about it . |
| 17 | Well , two of these Barny offspring — they were lucky to be alive , for Mr and Mrs Barny were just about the most brutal parents any owl could be unfortunate enough to have — were paired with Paradise Park birds and remained behind . |
| 18 | Really , this is just about the most entertaining and agreeable conversation he has ever taken part in ! |
| 19 | Just about the most common spelling mistake , they told him , is that the bairns spell ‘ owt ’ like that . |
| 20 | In an impassioned speech , Jacko begins , ‘ I think this is just about the most important question this union 's ever had to face . |
| 21 | But this is a very different proposition — just about the most painful music Prokofiev ever composed and more symphonic than at least five of his symphonies . |
| 22 | This must be just about the most unmoving performance of Traviata ever recorded , and does little justice to Toscanini 's reputation as an opera conductor . |
| 23 | Subsequent studies showed that the TVA chemists had hit upon just about the most sensitive explosive you can make from ammonium nitrate and wax . |
| 24 | Yet in just about the most sensitive election , the one to choose a President of the United States , there was interference from Britain . |