Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 2 | Try crashing an electron into a gatepost and you might find that it decides of its own accord to orbit round the nearest dandelion . |
| 3 | In effect the duty is merely an amalgam of fiduciary duties at common law requiring an agent to act in the best interests of his principal . |
| 4 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 5 | It ca n't be a good idea to allow licences to go to the highest bidder . |
| 6 | It means little for this child to perform with the greatest precision the most difficult pieces , with hands that can hardly stretch a sixth ; but what is really incredible is to see him improvise for an hour on end and in doing so give rein to the inspiration of his genius and to a mass of enchanting ideas … |
| 7 | Perspex screens will allow visitors to see into the worst-hit rooms . |
| 8 | This , together with their ability to organise clandestine activity and their promises of economic and social reform , helped the Communists to emerge as the strongest party in the first post-war elections in October 1945 , when they won 26 per cent of the vote . |
| 9 | They would also risk breach of their fiduciary duties to act in the best interests of the company rather than in their own . |
| 10 | Thus even if we accept that the duty of directors to act in the best interests of shareholders can be equated with a duty to maximize profits this does not provide us with any real assurance that the wishes of the shareholders are being executed by the directors or that we have a satisfactory way of controlling the discretion accorded to directors in the name of the Rule of Law . |
| 11 | At the more concrete level of legal rules , we find that many of the difficulties which the law has faced in defining the duties of directors to act in the best interests of the company stem from a conflict between the traditional contractual model of the company and the corporatist countervision . |
| 12 | Management accountable to owners can not be expected to enter into meaningful agreements , planning or otherwise , which limit their freedom under the law to act in the best interest of the owners . |
| 13 | A charter which encouraged the poorer countries to move towards the best practice in the richer nations would clearly affect competitiveness in the less well-off states . |
| 14 | Quiet and modest in manner , speaking with an occasional stutter , his initiative , absolute reliability and willingness to help in the humblest duties endeared him to his many friends , not only in the literary world . |
| 15 | Then get together with your team to agree on the best approach to communications , consultation and obtaining commitment in your area . |
| 16 | The BDA 's involvement in Europe is from a historical point of view likely to be seen in years to come as the finest achievement of the last few years . |
| 17 | When a figure such as Duck , amenable , respectful and flattering in his gratitude came to be transplanted from his native Wiltshire to mingle with the best society of the land , his mentors no longer questioned his right to such an elevation , but were immediately at pains to educate him to become an inconspicuous unit in his new social caste . |
| 18 | Los Altos , California-based Full Source Software Inc has begun shipping UniShred , a $150 suite of media erasure applications that irrevocably delete files and securely obliterate data in files , making any kind of retrieval impossible : it 's claimed to be the first Unix package to conform to the strictest government and commercial standards , directly replacing Unix 's rm utility . |
| 19 | SCHOOL pupils skipping classes to play with the latest piece of Sonic the Hedgehog software could find another computer is at work to track them down . |
| 20 | It 's to participate and support anything that encourages charities to strive for the highest standards . |
| 21 | While we wait for the pendulum to swing : Gail Counsell warns that house prices could take years to recover after the latest rise in interest rates |
| 22 | As you are building a new pond , you have the opportunity to put in the best filtration system , without paying a fortune . |
| 23 | Another significant development to emerge from the latest session of the Commission , held in March 1991 , was its decision to establish a Working Group on arbitrary detention . |
| 24 | A covered platform to keep off the worst excesses of the monsoon rain , a ticket office , and a large , bare waiting-room or shed with a stand-pipe outside were all that were provided . |
| 25 | The answers are , I suppose , the largest possible tank and therefore the most stable environment for my fish ; ease of maintenance ; an attractive living picture ; and the chance to experiment with the latest equipment . |
| 26 | On June 6 , 1990 , there was a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest against the latest austerity measures . |
| 27 | He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed . |
| 28 | SHADOW Minister Kate Hoey was sacked by Labour leader John Smith today after defying orders to abstain on the latest Maastricht Bill vote . |
| 29 | It was possible for yeniçeri to rise to the highest offices in the state . |
| 30 | Butcher comments that ‘ The Monks , Friers , and Nuns of those superstitious Times like so many Rats or Mice , which make choice to feed of the daintiest cheese ) made choice of this Place to build here several Receptacles … ’ |