Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] form [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throwing money at a problem is the most ineffective form of management . |
| 2 | Density might have remained the most accepted form of classification but for three developments in the 1970s which gave a great impetus to the classification of rural populations into different typologies or groupings : |
| 3 | Indeed , the incidence of malignant melanoma , the most deadly form of skin cancer , has increased more than three times in the province since the 1960s . |
| 4 | SCIENTISTS have developed a test designed to detect the most lethal form of breast cancer in women and enable doctors to provide more effective treatment . |
| 5 | The pointed arch was merely the most efficient form of building technology at the time ( in Stamford a pointed arch is sometimes used in medieval cellars to span the sites of earlier quarry pits ) and the undercroft at no. 13 St. Mary 's Hill was not a crypt for St. Mary 's Church , but a shop with steps giving access to the street . |
| 6 | It is therefore in the interests of bureaucrats to go for increased staffing levels as a means of constructing such coalitions , and the implications of this clearly point to increased waste and inefficiency , since , having bid for a maximum budget , within that budget , instead of adopting the most efficient form of production and delivery of services , ‘ bureaucrats ’ can be expected to choose the most labour-intensive . |
| 7 | It has increasingly displaced common law as the most extensive form of law in Britain and it is the most definitive of the four . |
| 8 | Equation ( 12 ) is the most useful form of Hess 's law . |
| 9 | The most useful form of illustration would have been sets of drawings on papyri or thin wood tablets , loosely bound together . |
| 10 | In 1766 she arrived in London to become one of the leading figures in the art world of London , not only proving remarkably successful as a portrait painter , but winning high esteem in the most prestigious form of painting — history painting , namely large-scale compositions based on historical and mythological subjects which provided a lesson in heroism , tragedy or morality . |
| 11 | The most elementary form of camouflage is to match the background perfectly . |
| 12 | You should make sure you are using the most suitable form of credit for your purposes . |
| 13 | Payment by results had some obvious advantages : Marx called it the most suitable form of wage-payment for capitalism . |
| 14 | It was agreed between us as the most suitable form of address . ’ |
| 15 | If the proposed catering enterprise is novel and the market for the service is uncertain ( e.g. the launching of a new type of fast-food outlet ) , a limited liability company may be the most suitable form of business , since if the venture fails the liability of those concerned with financing the business will be protected . |
| 16 | Until recently we have pursued an expansionary policy , investing through the recession and financing our investment by borrowing — for BP the most cost-effective form of funding . |
| 17 | b Day patients and outpatients were not included in the calculation although this may be the most cost-effective form of treatment . |
| 18 | The most complex form of representation is where expression ( dramatic playing ) in the actor exists alongside his attempt to represent to an audience the character 's expression . |
| 19 | The most usual form of enforcement is the issue of a writ of fieri facias ( fi . |
| 20 | And finally , we must always remember that the most essential form of co-operation must be that between the ‘ helpers ’ and the ‘ helped ’ . |
| 21 | While bias against women is perhaps the most thorough form of bias in language , it is important to recognise and try to remove bias against other marginalised groups . |
| 22 | Imitation may prove the most expensive form of flattery for Jeff Koons |
| 23 | Personal selling is the most expensive form of promotion . |
| 24 | Compared with younger age-groups , very old people have high consultation rates with general practitioners , and have many more home visits from these doctors — the most expensive form of consultation ( Social Trends 1987 ) . |
| 25 | This is evidently the most general form of C. Postmultiplication by A yields B in the form |
| 26 | It can be shown that the most general form of W in an elastic body is W = and there are two simple forms of this relation applicable to rubbers ( which are considered to be incompressible at all events in mathematical terms though they are not in the strict sense incompressible physically ) . |
| 27 | There are several causes of bedwetting which can occur in combination and provide indication for the most effective form of treatment . |
| 28 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 29 | The most effective form of block is " absence " . |
| 30 | This is the most effective form of advertising apart from television , which is very expensive . |