Example sentences of "[vb infin] the worst [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would eliminate the worst cases of cruelty and would substantially reduce the number of whales killed , as only those beached would be gaffed and killed , and the rest could be driven back to sea . |
| 2 | This model assumes that the welfare state can combat the worst injustice of modern capitalist societies . |
| 3 | In education there was during the 1960s a gradual shift towards comprehensive secondary schooling partly prompted by a ( false ) belief that such schooling would help eradicate the worst ine-qualities ( class , not gender ) of the tripartite system , as shown by researchers in the sociology of education ( see Finn , Grant and Johnson , 1978 ) . |
| 4 | The diversity of circumstances and meanings , both social and personal , will then interact with each other , explaining why some will cheerfully survive the worst material hardships while others , who may be well-provided for in terms of physical resources , fall at the first fence . |
| 5 | Indeed , the cheapest price , which competition will principally lead to , may ensure the worst service . |
| 6 | We will enable tenants to apply for Housing Action Trusts to take over and improve the worst estates . |
| 7 | The FDIC will keep the worst $5.5 billion of Bank of New England 's $20 billion of assets , and promises for the next three years to take back any more loans that go bad . |
| 8 | But cost controls have helped offset the worst effects of the downturn , says chairman Sir Roy Watts . |
| 9 | Thus , regulating the total quantity of pollution and conducting a series of spot checks on individual producers to see that they are not violating agreed standards is a relatively simple policy which may avoid the worst outcomes . |
| 10 | By sharing their fuller lives and riper thoughts with the poor they will destroy the worst evil of poverty . |
| 11 | In a statement , the union said : ‘ This will encourage the worst type of speculation . |
| 12 | In a statement , the union said : ‘ This will encourage the worst type of speculation . |
| 13 | The Portuguese may have the worst road safety record in Europe , but that 's no reason to try and add to the casualty figures . ’ |
| 14 | Why does Britain have the worst maternity rights , the fewest equal opportunities and the least protection against poverty pay ? |
| 15 | That is , they would have the worst jobs , occupying the positions of most danger against their old comrades . |
| 16 | Nutty privately thought she would have the worst score of the lot . |
| 17 | It might surprise some to learn that , apparently , the much-maligned North West does not have the worst record but was fifth in the survey out of the seven British regions , while Wales was second . |
| 18 | So what we need to be able to identify is that , al although we will gain the worst scenario ought to be that whatever we lose in terms of auto-off reports and units reports to some extent we should be gaining by the improved productivity overall . |
| 19 | Here the individualistic , childhood-makes-man approach is relatively trivial and , paradoxically , can do little more than to complement and compound the worst aspects of the holistic fallacy by narrowly explaining adult character as a function of cultural conditioning and contemporary family circumstances . |
| 20 | The national contract also makes it difficult to tackle variation in the quality of primary care so that populations with the greatest need too often receive the worst quality care . |
| 21 | But even the most socialist of them shared the view , articulated by Brailsford before the war , that the first task of the pacifist was not to overthrow capitalism but to ‘ check the worst consequences of a capitalistic foreign policy , and , if possible , turn it to some partial good . ’ |
| 22 | Unfortunately , this is likely to become worse , although judicious use of pain-killers may overcome the worst effects . |
| 23 | Why imagine the worst scenario ? |