Example sentences of "[noun] ever [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | LABOUR WILL IMPLEMENT THE MOST RADICAL TRAINING PROGRAMME EVER DEVISED FOR BRITAIN . |
| 2 | It must be one of the funniest speeches ever written for an actress , and needs a bubbly , light touch . |
| 3 | Ford claims the new versions of the Ford Escort and the Mercury Tracer are the cleanest-running cars ever approved for mass production in the world . |
| 4 | Cross-examination was ‘ the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth ’ , he said . |
| 5 | Thus the best libretto ever written for the best opera ever written is scarcely tolerable as reading matter . |
| 6 | I wish I had a pound for every time friends have turned to me and asked : ‘ Yeah well , what has SUSA ever done for us ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The ultimate feature packed utility cartridge ever conceived for the CBM 64/128 systems . |
| 8 | Used many times every day , it is the most time and labour-saving device ever invented for cooks . |
| 9 | The FT was moving premises and sold the building to a Japanese Corporation for £143 million — the highest price ever paid for a City site . |
| 10 | Event organiser and wine expert Jean Francois Jamet of Guinness Northern Ireland said : ‘ The trade here work very hard to get it right for their customers , and this event will give them an unequalled chance to sample probably the widest range of wines ever assembled for buyers in Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 11 | Is the ground ever used for anything else apart from ? |
| 12 | [ Around 1800 ] persons … were enabled by their skill and industry to maintain themselves and families in a state of comfort and respectability ; and to keep their own houses and pay taxes , scot and lot , and contribute towards the maintenance of other persons in their profession , who were either sick or in distress , so that it was scarcely known that any person in this trade ever applied for parochial relief . |
| 13 | And they include the most powerful steam locomotive ever built for the 1ft 11¾in gauge , the 1928 built German ‘ 77 ’ ( 2.6.2 plus 2-6-2 ) which is capable of hauling 600 tons on the level and 180 tons up a 1-in-33 gradient . |
| 14 | We handed in our papers , and I do not think a more relieved set of students or an Invigilator ever rushed for the lift and down to the shelter . |
| 15 | We review every film licence ever licensed for the C64 — and there 's reels of 'em ! |
| 16 | This priest outfit must be the most uncomfortable garment ever invented for Jungle travel . |
| 17 | That notoriety explains why Simon & Schuster paid $275,000 for the translation rights , the highest sum ever paid for a Japanese book . |
| 18 | A BRITISH-controlled coal company , Costain Coal , pleaded guilty yesterday to 29 charges stemming from the deaths of ten miners in an explosion and was fined $3.75 million — the largest penalty ever imposed for federal mine safety violations . |
| 19 | This latter was , at 682 minutes , the longest Test innings ever played for West Indies , and he had become so becalmed towards the end that his captain declared before he reached his double century . |
| 20 | 25 April to 16 June ‘ The Evening Standard Art Machine ’ , the largest art and design show ever created for children , brings together a wide range of art , design and technology under the same roof . |
| 21 | The exhibition is the highlight of National Individual Homes week , launched in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects , and is the biggest show ever staged for those wanting to create their own home . |
| 22 | Yet 35 years of research have convinced me that managerial hierarchy is the most efficient , the hardiest , and in fact the most natural structure ever devised for large organizations . |
| 23 | However , whereas it is only 6 per cent of the solar value for HG92 ( the smallest value ever found for the intragalactic medium in a group or cluster ) , it is 15 per cent for HCG62 . |
| 24 | Yet few Zambian politicians ever called for increased funds for broadcasting . |
| 25 | The clear view gives an impression of speed and excitement at what could be the fastest time ever achieved for a human powered vehicle . |
| 26 | It 's best described as ‘ an adventure show with a difference ’ — an exciting test of mental and physical agility for those who take part , recorded on the largest set ever constructed for a TV programme . |