Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I 'll treat you to them , I make my lot to the nearest bottle with Unicare if I can , how many you 've got ? |
| 2 | Typically organisations require employees to obtain two or three estimates and base their payment on the lowest one . |
| 3 | In elections to the 183-seat Nationalrat ( lower house of parliament ) on Oct. 7 the Socialist Party ( SPÖ ) retained its position as the largest single party . |
| 4 | The most significant political event of the 12 months to June 1991 was the October 1990 general election in which the SPÖ retained its position as the largest single party , the ÖVP registered its worst result since 1945 , and the main beneficiary was the FPÖ [ see p. 37785 ] . |
| 5 | How about a restaurant set in the vaults of a medieval monastery , lit by candles and with a menu that owes its variety to the best raw material found around the world ? |
| 6 | LIVERPUDLIAN professional golfer Karl ‘ Hitman ’ Woodward ( 42 ) , was today aiming to establish his claim as the longest driver in the world . |
| 7 | it is your duty as a manager or supervisor to tell your subordinates all that they need to know to perform their work to the best of their ability |
| 8 | However , this year Mildred was older and hopefully wiser ( at any rate she was more full of good intentions than ever ) and she was quite determined to lose her reputation as the worst witch in the school . |
| 9 | A mother supplies her baby with the purest of all food , i.e. her breast milk . |
| 10 | LASMO aims to conduct its business to the highest possible professional standards . |
| 11 | We hope that the European Court will make its ruling at the earliest possible moment so that the House of Lords can give a judgment . |
| 12 | Since conditions of part-time work are usually poor , this concentration of women in part-time employment represents their segregation into the worst part of the labour market . |
| 13 | Depressed , she leaned back in her seat , resting her head against the headrest while staring unseeingly at the hills and at the Esk River winding its way through the valley . |
| 14 | The University of Nottingham is meeting these challenges by maintaining its commitment to the highest quality teaching and research . |
| 15 | Hurriedly , with her head down , she made her way to the nearest entrance that would take her back into the factory . |
| 16 | Crossman joined Ambrose 's Embassy Club Orchestra in 1926 , some years before the band made its name as the finest jazz group in Europe . |
| 17 | Take time to say , ‘ How can I present my organization in the best light ? okay We 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 18 | The 50-strong media entourage accompanying the Royal couple in South Korea subjected their marriage to the closest scrutiny on the four-day trip . |
| 19 | Charity dropped her tray on the nearest table . |
| 20 | Her mam would say nothing , just sit there white-faced , cupping her hand over the latest bruise , not daring even to blink in case he said she was sleeping in God 's time when all he wanted was to raise his children decent . |
| 21 | Lucy filled her glass with the palest gold , firelight making a star in the bowl , the label on the wine was olive-green and gold and Lucy 's eyes were spring leaves dancing in the light of dawn . |
| 22 | A WOMAN has been sent a council tax bill for £800 after bungling valuers put her shack in the highest tax band . |
| 23 | If he does not do so , Edwards will be able to sell his stake to the highest bidder . |
| 24 | In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) . |
| 25 | I wondered if he was too obtuse to pick up what I was driving at ; he was a simple soldier , after all , serving his country to the best of his ability , etc. , etc . |
| 26 | He smiles broadly as he describes his nomination for the Best Actor award alongside Nick Nolte for Princes of Tides , as ‘ wonderful , fabulous and an honour . |
| 27 | Agnew knows that he has to prove to manager Kenny Dalglish not only that he can make a comeback but also that he can do his stuff at the highest level . |
| 28 | Remember , you can at any time exchange our equipment for the latest models as soon as they become available . |
| 29 | I will watch your progress with the greatest of interest . ’ |
| 30 | When you are playing regularly you can show your ability in the best light and in the last two games I 've done that . ’ |