Sentence examples for devoted to the biggest from inspiring English sources

There are a number of estimable circus books by authors like John Culhane, Bill Ballantine and John and Alice Durant, but none until now have been devoted to the biggest of American big-show disasters.

In his review of "The Circus Fire," by Stewart O'Nan (July 2), Edward Hoagland says that "there are a number of estimable circus books by authors like John Culhane, Bill Ballantine and John and Alice Durant, but none until now have been devoted to the biggest of American big-show disasters".

The "corners" devoted to the big names became a cat-fight for position and space.

At the heart of the center is a cramped room devoted to the Big One: activity from hot spots like Mounts Vesuvius and Etna.

Its spring run is devoted to the big three — "H.M.S. Pinafore" (Friday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday), "The Pirates of Penzance" (Saturday afternoon) and "The Mikado" (Saturday night) — as well as a contender for top-shelf status, "The Gondoliers" (Thursday).

If you have spent time in a high-needs school -- the very kind No Child Left Behind ideally aims to help -- you probably agree that the enormous volume of time, money, and energy devoted to the big test does not have the students' best interests at heart.

In Bill Clinton's last year in office, the federal government had a surplus of $236.4 billion, and the surplus was rhetorically dedicated, for all time, to a metaphoric "lockbox" devoted to the two biggest domestic federal programs, Social Security and Medicare.

The man and the city turned out to be perfectly suited to each other: a natural-born salesman reigning over a town devoted to the next big deal.

The 3-D version of the movie, which will be shown in some theaters, is less devoted to the kind of big effects that throw you back in your seat than to a more thorough and understated expansion of cinematic possibilities.

In 1961, when he became editor, FORBES was devoted to the doings of big corporations.

And the vast majority of screens in the United States are devoted to the offerings from the big studios.