Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [prep] the most " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Eliot seems to have been attracted even to the most unlikely sources , including even Conan Doyle 's ‘ The Musgrave Ritual ’ . |
| 2 | These then go out into the environment , are reflected back in a multitude of different ways according to the objects encountered , are picked up by the most amazingly refined hearing organs , matched against an inner mind structure capable of interpreting this data as a full and complete three-dimensional world and used as a major sensory means of perceiving their watery or aerial world . |
| 3 | Lighting , heating , ventilation have all been carried out on the most approved modern principles . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Animals kept in captivity for biomedical research are stressed even under the most humane conditions . |
| 6 | She had been brought up in the most isolated of spots — although , perhaps , because of its very isolation and Granny Tremayne 's aloofness , she had simply known about , but not exactly experienced , communal village life . |
| 7 | The gardens are laid out in the most elegant manner and both the paintings and furniture are surprisingly fine . |
| 8 | The point will be of particular relevance in connection with causal sequences or causal chains , to be considered later in the most relevant context . |
| 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 | Crumbs of advantage , Bénezet had found , may be picked up in the most unexpected places . |
| 11 | But they should be licensed and licences should be granted only under the most stringent conditions . |
| 12 | For in a few days , this same man would be reporting back to the most feared woman in Britain . |
| 13 | But it remained uncertain whether they were strong enough to create conditions in which peace could be negotiated even on the most minimal of their terms . |
| 14 | My whirlpool analogy can prove equally dangerous in its generalisation for there are innovators to be found even in the most remote schools . |
| 15 | Erm , so we 've got , resources are always going to be taken out of the most efficient sectors if we , if we use protectionism . |
| 16 | However , as Sperber and Wilson have shown , this traditional approach to communication can not be maintained even in the most ordinary , non-poetic cases . |
| 17 | As Lord Upjohn said in Phipps v. Boardman , at p. 123 : ‘ Rules of equity have to be applied to such a great diversity of circumstances that they can be stated only in the most general terms and applied with particular attention to the exact circumstances of each case . ’ |
| 18 | Meals are eaten communally for the most part and we will meet together regularly for worship times . |
| 19 | Will the Minister consider holding a meeting with representatives of Hydro-power , which serves the most isolated communities in Scotland which are subjected regularly to the most severe weather conditions ? |
| 20 | In one sense Japanese subcontractors are being pushed away from the most labour intensive processes where overseas plants have the advantage . |
| 21 | The floorboards , the great sweeping staircase , its balustrade and newels , were fashioned out of the most expensive materials . |
| 22 | Of course , that sort of thing has a really limited audience and , because we were living in Hawaii , there was nobody there to watch us anyway , so we were coming up with the most insane stuff we could do , basically just to please ourselves ! |
| 23 | A brisk antipodean , she moved with speed and efficiency , despite being weighed down by the most magnificent chest Amiss could remember ever seeing in real life . |
| 24 | ‘ Meat and animal-based foods were put forward as the most nutritious form of sustenance and this propaganda changed the shape of generations . |
| 25 | Three separate couples were sleeping together in the most overt and sordid way , one pair on a mattress in the theatre itself ( we called it " the bed of Sin " ) . |
| 26 | These individuals are huddled together under the most unhygienic conditions , totally uncared for and quite frequently ill-treated … |
| 27 | Instead , we should be in tune with what is happening environmentally in the most progressive countries in Europe and throughout the world . |
| 28 | The trophy is presented annually to the most promising young sportsperson who receives training at Meadowbank . |
| 29 | Late in 1913 he wrote on a more factual note : ‘ Futurism is not without importance , and its manifestos drawn up in France have had an influence on the terminology which is employed today amongst the most advanced painters . ’ |
| 30 | It is also the case that informal rules exist within organisations and that discretion is exercised even within the most seemingly formal organisation . |