Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideal organization and the one which has the best chance of success is one where , if you ask anybody from the chairman down to the newest recruit on the shop floor what that business is trying to do , you 'd get the same answer . |
| 2 | The great strength of the British , its mental agility , was the drive behind the building up of the greatest Empire the world has known . |
| 3 | Everybody knew the tram drivers and used to hop on the front of the car up to the nearest point of the station and then jump off , and the superintendent was on the car and saw him getting on . |
| 4 | Guy urged the horse over to the largest of the mean shelters and dismounted . |
| 5 | At his consecration , he had promised to maintain Canterbury 's rights of every kind , from the primacy down to the smallest knight 's fee , and we have seen that in Rufus 's reign he allowed many , as we might think , greater matters to lie dormant while he fought for Canterbury 's rights . |
| 6 | The Comprehensive Environmental Response , Compensation and Liability Act ( CERCLA ) legislation of 1980 ( ‘ Superfund ’ ) requires the cleaning up of the worst landfill sites , of which some 800 had been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency by 1986 ( Foresman 1986 ) . |
| 7 | During the last year I have played in several fun competitions most of these were what was called Texas scrambles they are where everybody in the team hits a ball off the tee then where the best shot lands everybody plays their shot from that position this happens until the ball is in the hole the winning team is the team in with the lowest score . |
| 8 | Double glaze with bubble polythene to keep the warmth in during the coldest months . |
| 9 | Taking the menu out of the nearest gentleman 's hand , she laid it flat on the table , and with her pencil pointed to the first item , then mimed drinking . |
| 10 | THE Tottenham Hotspur board confirmed yesterday that Terry Venables does not have a large budget for new players because of the high cost of bringing the ground up to the latest safety standards . |
| 11 | THE Tottenham Hotspur board confirmed yesterday that Terry Venables does not have a large budget for new players because of the high cost of bringing the ground up to the latest safety standards . |
| 12 | However , if the receiver continues to bleep in its working position on the ground , and no ferret has been located in the hole being dug , it can be advisable to turn the volume down to the lowest . |
| 13 | ‘ They called the doctor in from the nearest town , and the local militia chief questioned the girl . |
| 14 | 2 Pull the knee up to the highest position possible , while maintaining balance . |
| 15 | Evidence of the uneven nature of the path out of the worst recession since the Second World War came yesterday in announcements from two Leyland Daf competitors , Iveco Ford and the smaller , Cheshire-based , Foden . |
| 16 | A SONOROUS voice from some unseen depth wafts the audience back to the darkest days of the Raj where murky affairs were afoot , when life was cheap , gentlemanly double-dealing was routine and deeds could be done and curses uttered which would pursue a man back to civilisation and England . |
| 17 | Without such a condition the auctioneer is under an obligation to knock the property down to the highest bidder , which could be a financial tragedy for the seller ( and for you , in the shape of an action for negligence ) if the highest bid was below its fair market value . |
| 18 | On the other hand , if the parents and older children can manage the transition successfully , the way out for the youngest may be eased . |
| 19 | I stopped long enough to recharge , then pedalled up the Arrow Valley , crossed a ridge of hills and then freewheeled all the way down to the largest second hand bookshop in the world at Hay-on-Wye . |
| 20 | As a matter of personal preference , during prolonged hard and frosty weather I would be inclined to limit my ferreting activity to shooting the bolting rabbits , leaving the digging out to the barest minimum . |
| 21 | Every member of a household down to the youngest child will be eligible for perks , whereas for British Telecom and British Gas they were limited to one set per metered outlet . |
| 22 | Angelica 's thinking that a bag of garbage has probably been carried along on the night swell and has become caught up amongst the pillars and the metal cross-tics ; there will always be somebody who 'll think that a couple of heavy stones and a drop out over the deepest part of the lake are an adequate way of disposing of all their empty cans and peelings and plate-scrapings . |
| 23 | Coffee and a stroll up to the nearest AVIS and we were off to our next destination . |
| 24 | In the event of an emergency we ca n't simply shunt a patient off to the nearest available cardiac unit or casualty department . |
| 25 | Fenella retrieved her plate , keeping an eye out for the fastest claw in the East End . |