Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time we have made it clear that the largest restriction on the growth of the transplant programme is the availability of donated organs , although it is not a restriction which has stopped the programme in its tracks . |
| 2 | Mr Vasil Mohorita , still in his 30s and the youngest member of the reshuffled politburo , becomes first secretary of the party . |
| 3 | Mohamed Ali — who cries out at you from our front page today — is just 10 days old and the latest orphan in famine-stricken Somalia . |
| 4 | Ballantyne 's boys are about twenty five years old and the oldest boy in Golding 's book is only just twelve . |
| 5 | He 's about to tackle what must be the longest and the loneliest battle of all — swimming the English channel . |
| 6 | A minute later her head was as high as the tallest tree in the wood , and she was looking at a sea of green leaves . |
| 7 | She was in love with a man who considered her to be lower than the lowest form of human life , yet even that was n't enough to change her feelings for him . |
| 8 | The order of ascending scores was such that the greatest benefit to the company attracted the highest score ( Tables 8.1 and 8.2 ) . |
| 9 | The pace of technological change is such that the latest generation of machines is now capable of drawing graphs , working out algebraic formulae , correcting spelling mistakes and communicating with computers outside the examination room . |
| 10 | We wanted to build a pyramid that was going to be slightly bigger than the biggest pyramid in Egypt . |
| 11 | As we read more and more of the encyclopedias Brian became convinced that the best animal for the terrain would be the yak . |
| 12 | We are convinced that the best way for works of art to communicate to the public is for those works to have the most beautiful and natural context in which to be shown . |
| 13 | For example , if the inheritance boundary is set to 10 and the latest version of the module is in state 5 , then a new unapproved version of the module will inherit state and hence enter state 5 . |
| 14 | As for the horse : his bridle cost £100 , the saddle nearly Pounds 500 and a best rug for his big day out £70 . |
| 15 | Choose the position of the brackets so that the end bracket is as high up as possible and the lowest point of the gutter ( at the outlet position ) is not more than 50mm ( 2in ) below the roof drip . |
| 16 | . Five past eight and the latest score in the Anglo-Italian Cup , Notts County one , Pisa nil , Tony after six minutes , back with Colin shortly . |
| 17 | It is perhaps characteristic that the best evidence for the appointment of household officers in the first half of the eleventh century should come from Normandy , which combined reverence for the Carolingian past with respect for efficiency to a degree unparalleled elsewhere . |
| 18 | When planning a new extension to your house , it is more than likely that the best position for it will be right on top of the existing drains manhole covers . |
| 19 | It seemed obvious that the best form of organization for overseas trade was the one that was used first in exporting wool and then by the cloth traders , who still accounted for three-quarters of English exports in the first half of the century : all the merchants involved would sell together at a ‘ staple ’ town , usually in Belgium or the Netherlands , where they could avoid competing with each other and so increase their bargaining strength . |
| 20 | Edgbaston 1984 and the shortest career in Test cricket is just ending . |
| 21 | I bit her nose — only a little and the tiniest bit of blood . |
| 22 | His was the air of one who is unjustly put upon , who is dreaded and feared , yet who is the only friend of the poor and the best doctor for the mortally wounded . |
| 23 | This pump-house was fully automatic and the latest example of technological design . |
| 24 | They eat all but the smallest prey by tearing the carcases apart before ingestion , holding the body of the prey in their talons and tearing small parts away with their hooked beaks . |
| 25 | Current trends in tourism indicate that the demand for all but the highest standard of caravan accommodation , is now on the wane , and the message from tourist consultants to site operators is that they must quickly go ‘ up market ’ by significantly up- grading the standard of accommodation and associated facilities on offer . |
| 26 | Until 1974 the British House of Commons had virtually given up all but the slightest influence in the disposition of executive proposals . |
| 27 | There was also a water mill in Lowthorpe as early as 1327 but the latest building on the site was said to have been built in the 1700s and was finally demolished in 1959 . |
| 28 | Neither country has more than the sketchiest experience of democracy . |
| 29 | At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete . |
| 30 | The most casual obscenities , the most hackneyed endearments , coming to me from your rose-red lips , are worth more than the sagest advice of all the old men in the world . |