Example sentences of "into the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter tourism replaced travel , the masses were unleashed upon the Continent , package-tour operators and entrepreneurs got to work to ensure that everywhere from Zagreb to Zanzibar looked , felt , and smelt exactly the same , and the aeroplane turned Atlantic crossings and transworld flights into the merest commuting , as mechanical and regular and unremarkable as catching the 6.10 from Waterloo to Surbiton . |
| 2 | Miliband 's response to Poulantzas was that he goes too far in dismissing the composition of the state elite as of no account , and in suggesting that structural constraints are so compelling ‘ as to turn those who run the state into the merest functionaries and executants of policies imposed upon them by ‘ the system ’ ( Miliband 1983 , p. 32 ) . |
| 3 | Many of these letters deal with the establishment of lifeboat stations on the Isle of Man , where Sir William then lived , and gave a fascinating insight into the earliest days of the RNLI on the Island . |
| 4 | It is uncertain what weight can be placed on the evidence of a medieval Welsh triad which refers to Eadwine as nurtured in Môn ( Anglesey ) , implying that he had spent some time — perhaps while in exile — on the island , but set into the earliest surviving Welsh tradition is the memory of armed conflict between Eadwine and Cadwallon . |
| 5 | We were led into the closest touch with the African Doctor through this period . |
| 6 | La Hepburn is the all-time Oscar champion , with twelve nominations spanning forty-nine years — and four wins , from Morning Glory in 1932 to On Golden Pond in 1981 , without once stepping down into the Best Supporting category . |
| 7 | His wife , Barbara , made £508,000 as Millie 's Story , her tale of life at the top through the eyes of her dog , soared into the best seller list . |
| 8 | For the first two years , the consortium will undertake a feasibility study into the best location for a geothermal demonstration project . |
| 9 | We may spread the bread of life with caviar , and smoke the sides of salmon to toast the fisherman of Galilee , and turn the water into the best claret , but we can not guarantee He will sit at our table unless we have laid a place for the poor , the outcast , the hungry and the friendless . |
| 10 | I want to argue that partnerships should actively begin to research into the best of business practice , understand what it is about and create structured opportunities for education to learn , transfer and absorb . |
| 11 | Edward Taylor has the subtlety to realise that comparisons with Christie and Conan Doyle are inevitable , so he 's steered a course that dips into the best of both camps , while creating a distinctive style of his own . |
| 12 | A concise , easy to read and follow booklet that will unlock all the myths and get your stomach into the best shape of your life ! |
| 13 | The alternative view is that an understanding of how normally developing children learn language is essential , first , in order to understand why a child is experiencing difficulty and , second , to provide insights into the best and most effective strategies for remedial intervention . |
| 14 | The incorporation of Chinese lacquer pieces into the best English craftsmanship of the period clearly shows the continued interest in the Orient during these decades ( est. £150,000–200,000 ; $225,000–300,000 ) . |
| 15 | Very deliberately , Ricci slowly rotated it into the best position for nut-cracking . |
| 16 | Dorcas had led the way into the best kitchen , as charming a room as best kitchens used to be in farmhouses which had no parlours — the fire reflected in a bright row of pewter plates and dishes ; the sand-scoured deal tables so clean you longed to stroke them ; the salt-coffer in one chimney corner , and a three-cornered chair in the other , the walls being handsomely tapestried with flitches of bacon , and the ceiling ornamented with pendent hams . |
| 17 | Then we can look at it in its entirety , see the whole problem , and shape harmonies , rhythmic details , form , texture , etc. , into the best possible mould . |
| 18 | " And I would so enjoy turning it into the best school of its kind in Frizingley . |
| 19 | Nev 's ten years experience of using TOP to help turn Delmarva into the best in the business was fascinating . |
| 20 | I 've helped develop his department into the best collections department in Britain , as far as the the banks are concerned |
| 21 | It was a it was a competition between the carters to get their horses into the best condition . |
| 22 | As my hon. Friend knows , that was considered carefully by the Army when it looked into the best way to approach the reorganisation . |
| 23 | This project forms part of a wider investigation into the best structure of local government and forms of service provision by Keith Dowding and Peter John . |
| 24 | It was obvious at this stage that the race was going to develop into the best of the day so far and when Lofthouse moved ahead again with one lap to go , Robert had it all to do . |
| 25 | Had the investor paid £10 a month over the past five years into the best performing fund ethical/green fund — Framlington Health — the investment would now be worth £1,312.88 . |
| 26 | Tools included are a lightweight folding ladder that goes in a car boot ; a 1.3m ladder-frame , easy-climb alloy tower ; a lightweight vibrating plate for settling concrete paving blocks , that will fit into the smallest of cars ; a copper tube T-end joiner ; a skip loader ; a 10m two-man hydraulic lift ; Alligator saw ; a tree stump chipper ; and even a bouncy castle ! |
| 27 | Nevertheless , this hardback edition which will fit into the smallest of pockets carries historical reflections on Yorkshire cricket by Ted Lester and Anthony Woodhouse , and an immaculate and extensive records section . |
| 28 | By contrast , the sperm is the smallest cell of the body , whose nuclear material is packed into the smallest possible space inside the sperm head , and whose cytoplasm is reduced to a thin filament , the tail , which allows the sperm to swim before fertilizing the egg . |
| 29 | So everyone is unhappy and , what is worse still , the children are being brought up to believe that the old should always be given second best and be prepared to shrink into the smallest ‘ shell ’ that is offered to them . |
| 30 | It is a neat irony that only by studying the largest structures in the Universe can we get an insight into the smallest structure of matter . |