Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] most [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I persisted , rather surprised that somebody who really had done something was so reticent , when there are people , like me for instance , who bleat on about the most tawdry experiences . |
| 2 | But she always insisted on taking her turn when hounds moved on to the most unlikely draw of the day . |
| 3 | " [ The transfer in 1860 ] between the Goldsmiths ' Company and the Corporation was carried through with the most perfect agreement and accord . " |
| 4 | It should be robust enough to stand up to the most rigorous testing from the appraisal panel . |
| 5 | Crumbs of advantage , Bénezet had found , may be picked up in the most unexpected places . |
| 6 | Tense thriller concocted out of the most unpromising elements : three characters , two boats , and a lot of water . |
| 7 | Lighting , heating , ventilation have all been carried out on the most approved modern principles . |
| 8 | This evaluation will consider whether the school is now more effectively educating its students , and whether the change has been carried out in the most efficient way . |
| 9 | Of course , some sort of pattern can be teased out of the most disordered subject though it may take half a dozen attempts before a pictorial structure emerges ; such an unhurried approach is not always possible for the long distance traveller . |
| 10 | It can be a pig to set up in the most efficient way as regards memory , because it can use a tremendous amount of the base 640k of a PC . |
| 11 | of all surgery conducted , and came up with a most impressive figure . |
| 12 | Tim Kaihatsu wrote quite a lot — in fact , he was the one who came up with the most material . |
| 13 | Homeless people came up with the most poignant things , probably because they 're used to communicating this way . ’ |
| 14 | The new breed of shareholders has yet to show its skills of actually trading shares for long term appreciation and has tended to sell out at the most lucrative time . |
| 15 | But one , hung in the dining room , by a window looking out onto a most majestic ancient cedar tree , is strikingly different to all the others . |
| 16 | As a result the paper came out with the most terrifying remarks allegedly made by Baldwin about some of the political figures of the day , notably Beaverbrook , but also Lloyd George and others . |
| 17 | It was encouraging that during many permutations and re-appraisals of the project , and a protracted consultation period , that Glasgow consistently came out as the most cost-effective location for this type of central administration function . |
| 18 | McDonald 's came out as the most parent-friendly restaurant , with Forte as the best hotel chain . |
| 19 | She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way . |
| 20 | LIVERPOOL 'S Irish Sea trade has been strengthened as the port 's Coastal Container Line links in to the most modern container terminal in Britain . |
| 21 | When the power of the higher civil service declined after 1942 and the state administration became absorbed into the party structure , the running of the economy was handed over to the most powerful monopolists . |
| 22 | The English do not seem to have taken this too seriously ; the fyrd , or coastal militia , was disbanded and the fleet paid off at the most crucial time in late summer , only to be hastily recalled when Harold Hardrada , the Norwegian king , invaded the north . |
| 23 | They swiftly organise a counter-attack and fight their way out of the farm buildings , heading off in a most unexpected direction , not at all within the design of battle envisaged by the officer cadet commanding the operation . |
| 24 | It 's very amusing , and you 've explained it amusingly to us , but er , there 's a lot of truth , I think in er , what you say and er how can we , er make the best of these unwelcome guests who insist on turning up at the most inopportune times , when we 're trying to enjoy ourselves . |
| 25 | The field for the 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was the strongest the race had offered for years , adding up to the most valuable collection of bloodstock ever assembled fur a single race in Europe . |
| 26 | If such measures lead to replacement of all today 's inefficient equipment as it wears out by the most efficient equipment now on the market , Sweden will need only 111 TWh of electricity in 2010 , rather than 140 TWh . |
| 27 | The floorboards , the great sweeping staircase , its balustrade and newels , were fashioned out of the most expensive materials . |
| 28 | From the Hotel Cavalletto you look out on the most typical of Venetian scenes , as here the public rooms are bordered by a narrow waterfront where gondoliers come and go with their passengers . |
| 29 | That view is reinforced by the Newsons , who say : ‘ The measures that stand out as the most predictive of criminal record before 20 years are having been smacked or beaten once or more a week at 11 , and having a mother with a high commitment to formal physical punishment at that age . ’ |
| 30 | The Literary Lionisers gazed up at the most splendid Norman keep in England . |