Example sentences of "[vb past] the highest [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a delicate negotiation and if at a later stage the prospective purchaser who made the highest offer withdraws , the other parties may have lost interest or not wish to participate . |
| 2 | Darlington RA made the highest score of the day . |
| 3 | These latter plots produced the highest biomass and nutrient standing crop while neither of these features was enhanced in similar plots that had been fertilized . |
| 4 | In stable transfections using pSV2neo and G418 selection ( 2 ) and a similar protocol to that described for polybrene ( 2 ) , poly-L-ornithine produced the highest rate of transfection ( 7.0 ± 2.2 10 4 colonies/µg DNA/5 10 5 cells ) , significantly higher than poly-L-lysine ( 1.3 ± 0.6 10 4 colonies/µg DNA/5 10 5 cells ) which gave comparable results to polybrene ( 1.2 ± 0.6 10 4 colonies/µg DNA/5 10 5 cells ) . |
| 5 | For the record , Vanuatu got the highest guffaw count . |
| 6 | were the judges Mrs got the highest number of lots and won the cup is it |
| 7 | Who got the highest score ? |
| 8 | Between 1979 and 1983 this region experienced the highest level of energy consumption growth of all among the Third World regions as considered in this study ( Latin America , Africa , South East Asia , Middle East ) and between 1983 and 2000 the level of increase will be exceeded only by South East Asia . |
| 9 | That done , the program would select the play that promised the highest score . |
| 10 | In terms of regional differences , East Anglia reported the highest proportion of companies that had raised R&D spending , and the southwest of England the lowest . |
| 11 | Kenneth Leventhal , which reported the highest growth rate in the top 10 , at 9.7% , specialises in real estate . |
| 12 | Indeed Galloway et al reported the highest proliferation activity in a dietary experimental group with the lowest incidence of tumours and the converse was also found . |
| 13 | Gilbert and Ward found the highest ownership levels in Valencia , where land is cheap and the highest levels of renting in Bogota , where land is expensive ( Gilbert and Ward 1985 ) . |
| 14 | We grew throughout the 1980s better than any other major European country except Spain : we received the highest growth in manufacturing productivity of any Group of Seven country and faster growth in business investment than any other G7 country except Japan . |
| 15 | Because there were relatively few situations which received the highest risk ratings it is not possible to clearly assess whether this increase continues for all ratings , there is some evidence that it may not since once one unusual subject 's data was removed the three situations receiving the highest subjective risk ratings were in fact never recalled . |
| 16 | The results for the junction which received the highest risk ratings , junction 9 , will be considered to illustrate this , see Table 4.4 . |
| 17 | With the end of the annual budget subsidy from South Africa and the need to increase spending on infrastructure — the Ministry of Transport , Works and Communications received the highest allocation — there was a deficit of R210,000,000 . |
| 18 | For all her strange behaviour in rehearsals and in the office , she had held her position as director for eleven years and during that time the Tiller troupes still commanded the highest respect and dominated all other dance troupes . |
| 19 | Avice Cam deserved the highest honour that could be given for service to others . |
| 20 | The judge said P C Hall 's bravery in preventing the attack deserved the highest commendation . |
| 21 | Anselm Kiefer 's ‘ Säulen ’ ( Christie 's lot 24 , est. $300–400,000 ) , a powerful architectural work of 1983 , attracted the highest bid among the twenty-six lots consigned by the estate of Fredrik Roos to the evening sale of 5 May . |
| 22 | The order of ascending scores was such that the greatest benefit to the company attracted the highest score ( Tables 8.1 and 8.2 ) . |
| 23 | The recession in the early 1970s caused the highest unemployment since the ‘ Great Depression ’ of the 1930s , and this increased dramatically from the late 1970s onwards . |
| 24 | With the early 20th century enactment of the Uniform Bill of Lading and Pomerene Acts in the United States , American issued bills of lading attained the highest level of abstraction available at that time . |
| 25 | The government rejected the highest offer , fudged the auction rules , then accepted a revised offer from the third-highest bidder , who was given 26% of the bank 's shares . |
| 26 | He assumed the highest office at fifty-five . |
| 27 | Those with non A-level entry qualifications obtained by part-time study obtained the highest degree results on average . |
| 28 | Former Interior Minister Carlos Lemos Simmons [ see pp. 37312 ; 37484 ] and former Justice Minister Enrique Parejo González [ see p. 35756 ] obtained the highest number of votes in their election to Bogotá 's council . |
| 29 | Each party would be entitled to nominate one candidate , and the council would comprise those candidates ( between three and five in number ) who obtained the highest number of votes . |
| 30 | The region also boasted the highest proportion of births outside marriage one in three babies were born to unmarried parents . |