Example sentences of "[adj -est] [coord] perhaps " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean about ten pound is the cheapest and perhaps even twelve . |
| 2 | The grandest and perhaps latest of them , the lower fragment from Delos , the first truly impressive piece of Greek sculpture , shows a beginning in knee and thigh and genitals ( and from the side in the powerful buttocks ) ; but it is not only weathering that makes , in the upper fragment , the relation of shoulders , breast and arms so wholly inorganic — it is the same in the little bronze fig. 13 . |
| 3 | In its largest and perhaps most significant perspective , deconstruction involves not just a critique of the grounds of knowledge in general , but specifically of the grounds of Occidental knowledge . |
| 4 | Sparrow-sized buntings and redpolls , weighing 30–35 g , are the smallest and perhaps the hardiest of polar birds . |
| 5 | Despite that , there are many cases when hill climbing is the best or perhaps the only practical approach : |
| 6 | Two months later he was appointed to the recently built Selimiye ( Selim II ) medrese in Edirne , the newest and perhaps at least temporarily the most important of the imperial medreses , from which he nevertheless resigned after only two months , unwilling to accept , in Ata'i 's words , by which he means , presumably , the transfer to Edirne . |
| 7 | There , contrary to expectation , primary schools are of the two to three teacher type even in the heavily populated Punjab province , partly because of the village concept of life and partly because the community structure makes this the best and perhaps the only acceptable form of organisation . |
| 8 | ‘ Many sub-units of companies simply can not be measured by revenue , contributions to profits , or costs related to output units … for a department of this kind , the best and perhaps the only measure of performance is achievement of predetermined programmes within budgets . ’ |
| 9 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 10 | He therefore considered them of a tradition quite different from that form of conservatism — so admirably defined by Russell Kirk in his study Eliot and his Age ( 1971 , 1984 ) — which , as Eliot said to me more than once , was the best and perhaps the only defence against the extremes of Communism and Fascism . |
| 11 | Before going ahead and mixing a perfume as directed in the ‘ Aromatic Concoctions ’ section , the easiest and perhaps the most economical way to experiment is to put a few drops on a damp cotton wool stick . |
| 12 | Louth has its spire — the tallest and perhaps most beautiful parish church spire in England its King Edward school which educated at least three famous Lincolnshire sons : Alfred Lord Tennyson , Captain John Smith and Sir John Franklin . |
| 13 | The latest and perhaps the final pronouncement on the so-called Walhein direction was made by Lord Lane C.J. presiding in a court of five judges in Reg. v. Watson [ 1988 ] Q.B . |