Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [adj -est] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maddison , 22 , has survived four knee operations and he said : ‘ I 've been through the worst time of my career — now , at last , I 'm getting the chance to show what I can do . |
| 2 | However if you go in there and there 's no one to disturb , I always look and make sure there is n't anyone first , and look at all the wall cupboards , the wall cupboards the wood has been cleaned , actually are about the largest collection of late medieval ironwork in England . |
| 3 | With Caroline , Giles and Georgiana around , I 've never been in the slightest danger of getting the so-called high profile of my job out of perspective . |
| 4 | The following extracts are from the earliest translation of the story of El Cid . |
| 5 | I imagine it to be like the worst kind of monthly cramp and the most fierce of labour pains but perhaps it is even worse . |
| 6 | Lanham suggests that if cases such as these were treated as rape , this would devalue the crime , which would be against the best interest of women . |
| 7 | The whole system usually depends on gravity — which means the cold water storage cistern must be above the highest point of the hot water cylinder ( usually the hot water draw-off ) , and the hot water cylinder must be above the boiler so that the heavier ( cooler ) water falls and the lighter ( heated ) water rises through the various connecting pipes . |
| 8 | The Bramante building — it was the architect 's first work in Milan — is thought to be from the finest period of the Lombardy Renaissance and is a masterpiece of space and depth , the more so because of Bramante 's superb use of a perspective fresco beyond the High Altar . |
| 9 | American Julie Parisien , the top-ranked slalom racer , is strong in three events and seems to be in the best condition of her career . |
| 10 | Mr O'Connor 's management decided it would be in the best interest of all concerned for the event to be postponed giving the theatre management seven days ' notice , enabling ticket holders to be contacted . |
| 11 | In response to our request to film at Tempelhof airport , the headquarters in California has replied : ‘ Unfortunately , cooperation in this screenplay is not considered to be in the best interest of the US Armed Forces and the Department of Defense . |
| 12 | The National Trust and the Trustees of Waddesdon Manor had come to the decision that it would be in the best interest of the house for as much work as possible to be carried out at one time , and the range of the repairs is such that the house can not be reopened until April 1993 . |
| 13 | We believe to further reduce erm erm the level of migration led development in North Yorkshire er would not be in the best interest of the region as a whole and more importantly , would not be in accord with the general provisions o of the structure plan to accommodate a a significant level er of development . |
| 14 | Visually a pool should be in the lowest part of the landscape , whether that landscape be of magnificent proportions or the back garden of a suburban semi-detached house . |
| 15 | I do n't think you 'll be in the slightest danger of being knifed as you practise your bedside-manner sitting by a semi-conscious young woman in an intensive care unit . ’ |
| 16 | And I think you will agree it will be to the best advantage of all if the holidays were curtailed . |
| 17 | However , the introduction of the new lower 20% tax band on the first 2,000 of taxable income in March 1992 should help improve the position of some 4 million people who are thought to be at the lowest end of the income scale . |
| 18 | Apart from a Negro and a brace of Bavarians all the students were on the best side of thirty and they could run rings round us older men who saw only dubious advantages in agents who could run , jump and do forward rolls . |
| 19 | Again we paused , although now we were over the worst stretch of hill . |
| 20 | Unlike previous years the majority of sales were at the cheapest end of the price range , between £100 and £500 with works at the top price of £1,750 harder to shift . |
| 21 | Thus priority is given to existing employees in the allocation of individuals to posts , and entry points to the system are at the lowest level of any particular hierarchy . |
| 22 | Women had been at the lowest end of Paul 's spectrum of the human race . |
| 23 | The views are still tremendous in the Lakes , but sitting down to be surrounded by two or three belligerent sheep whose main occupation in life is to steal my cheese and pickle sandwich is about the best way of spoiling a good day out . |
| 24 | You are policing rivers is about the simplest way of explaining quality control . |
| 25 | And it 's about the easiest piece of cooking you 're ever likely to do . |
| 26 | A prestigious provenance is amongst the best proof of quality . |
| 27 | I believe it 's in the best interest of all the family . |
| 28 | These will be the issues that 'll concentrate but more importantly , what 's in the best interest of our members ? |
| 29 | Erm it 's Old Harlow and Churchgate Street it 's in therefore , it 's in the wealthiest part of town but many of the denizens of Old Harlow and erm Churchgate Street are , are sort of st are , are , are I suppose , you know , bourgeois liberals , bourgeois socialists yeah ? |
| 30 | It is in the best interest of the school to make sure that the meals offered on the premises are value for money , nutritionally sound and are attractive to children . |