Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [art] worst " in BNC.
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1 | Clothes and textiles giant Courtaulds Textiles spun annual pretax profits of £42.2m last year , up from £40.3m , after weathering the worst effects of the recession . |
2 | Wimpey is launching the cash-raising exercise just three months after reporting the worst loss in its 100-year history , a £112.4m deficit in 1992 . |
3 | Wimpey is launching the cash-raising exercise just three months after reporting the worst loss in its 100-year history , a £112.4m deficit in 1992 . |
4 | And even though I assure myself that it 's just the annual resurgence of an old allergy ( a distant relation of eczema — Xmasa ) , I am still incapable of keeping the worst symptoms at bay . |
5 | The Pfizer 's Thanet Coastal Marathon has painfully earned its reputation of saving the worst until the very end of the race . |
6 | Despite having the worst of yesterday 's weather , Torrance was so sharp with his putter that he had seven birdies and no bogeys . |
7 | A major area of concern remains safety , with Novaceta carrying the burden of having the worst record among Courtaulds-owned and joint venture companies . |
8 | Before the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 came into force , the courts developed , somewhat erratically , the doctrine of " fundamental breach " as a way of curbing the worst excesses of exclusion clauses . |
9 | Most serfs lived in miserable poverty , although the communal traditions of medieval villages went some way towards alleviating the worst forms of hardship . |
10 | And the families of those in the forces will be able to breathe a little easier , instead of fearing the worst every time their loved ones go out to work . |
11 | Eventually orders came through confirming the worst : the Austrian cuirassiers were to stay there and fight to the last man . |
12 | ‘ When two buffaloes fight the grass in between gets the worst of it ’ ; so runs a Burmese proverb , and that is what many Burmans think of Burma 's fate in the war . |
13 | But then Jake seemed to take pleasure in believing the worst of her . |
14 | Apart from performing the worst of all US football teams in 1990 , the team has amassed losses of $20m since Kiam took over and has been playing to 70 per cent capacity despite some improvement this season . |
15 | ‘ Why are you so intent on believing the worst of me ? ’ |
16 | He could not understand why Nanny was suddenly bent on making the worst kind of trouble for him . |
17 | The TECs ' chairmen are already warning that budget cuts are forcing them to concentrate on alleviating the worst excesses of the training shortage , rather than on instigating innovative schemes . |
18 | Nobody could be blamed for thinking the worst . |
19 | Tertiary , prevention … would aim at avoiding the worst consequences of a child actually having to spend long periods in substitute care . |
20 | The Chancellor hopes that by delaying the worst aspects of the Budget — value added tax on domestic fuel , national insurance increases — and stimulating the housing market and industry , recovery will be helped . |
21 | The evolution of the biosphere — indeed the very existence of the biosphere — came about by taming the worst excesses of incoming solar radiation by screening out the more harmful rays . |
22 | Moreover , by curbing the worst excesses of capitalism , concessions cut into the grievances of the working class so turning them away from action for fundamental transformation . |