Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might just as well ask him to drive me to the nearest station . |
| 2 | Its primary concern is to find out what its customers needs and wants are so as to meet them with the highest level of customer satisfaction . |
| 3 | PHIL Sorenti decided to launch himself off the tallest building on campus for the best of reasons . |
| 4 | At Club 18–30 we always aim to provide you with the best holiday possible , but in the unlikely event that a problem should arise , we would ask you to contact your Club rep so that we can resolve the matter on the spot . |
| 5 | Under a system of ‘ generic substitution ’ , even if your doctor wrote Inderal your chemist would be obliged to provide you with the cheapest form of that product , irrespective of the manufacturer , irrespective of the country of origin . |
| 6 | So if things are to be done quickly , an approach able to look without let or hindrance at problems , even the most deep-seated , is needed : to define them in the clearest terms : to suggest alternative ways to solutions : finally , to seek resources for those solutions . |
| 7 | His willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate makes Neil Kinnock look like a beacon of moral and political rectitude . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not going to stop the abuse of power , it 's just going to restrict it to the highest level . |
| 9 | The main barriers to growth have been the complexity of using the systems , their inability to handle anything but the simplest graphics , the high cost of connect-time charging and poor publishing decisions about which databases to offer online . |
| 10 | But Iago 's ‘ practice ’ is so assured , his control of surface and perspective so total , that we have to put him in the highest class of hypocrites , along with Satan . |
| 11 | But , carrying baskets of buffalo dung from the pit by the cattle shed , along the road and down towards the mango tree to put it on the furthest field , my nose was burnt before I 'd walked twenty yards . |
| 12 | Now you 'll then have to look and see if they tell you to give it to the nearest metre or the nearest maybe the nearest maybe the nearest point one of a metre or three significant figures or three decimal places . |
| 13 | It seems that the evolution of his remedy preparation was fuelled by the desire to create , not only , a highly dynamised remedy but also to give it in the smallest dose ( quantity ) possible to effect a curative response . |
| 14 | Being an unabashed admirer of the Guardian 's Notes & Queries column , I have decided to flatter it in the sincerest way possible . |
| 15 | On Dec. 26 , in an address to the nation , Ukrainian Premier Leonid Kuchma announced that direct payments would be made to the poorest members of society to protect them against the worst effects of the price rises . |
| 16 | I 'll have a police chopper waiting at Frankfurt Airport to fly you to the nearest airfield . ’ |
| 17 | I truly did mean just to ride him to the nearest hamlet . |
| 18 | This enables a community of humans to cooperate in working together to protect themselves against the worst effects of nature , and to obtain greater security than would otherwise be possible . |
| 19 | In a continuing battle to distance itself from the latest investigations , the Richmond Fellowship UK is trying to oust Jansen from an office she and staff from the charitable foundation occupy rent free behind its Kensington headquarters . |
| 20 | Despite signs of renewed interest from both Ford and Volkswagen ( keen to re-establish itself as the largest car manufacturer in Europe ) , the British government announced in March 1988 that it intended to pursue a wholly British solution for the remaining parts of Rover by selling it to British Aerospace ( BAe ) . |
| 21 | Secular books on the New Age tend to treat it as the latest fad ; the ‘ in thing ’ of the eighties , full of Alternative Types and quaint ideas about the ‘ good life ’ down on the organic , backyard farm . |
| 22 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 23 | We shall certainly try to monitor it with the best precision that we can but , at this stage , we do not have firm figures . |
| 24 | In turn , these companies depend on NDT Systems to supply them with the latest technology , spare parts support and repair services . |
| 25 | He goes on to make the point that the Scots possessed advanced tastes and understanding in literature , with a Latin poetry that ‘ would have done honour to any nation ’ , but then ponders aloud — no wonder he offended them so — why ‘ men thus ingenious and inquisitive were content to live in total ignorance of the trades by which human wants are supplied , and to supply them by the grossest means . |
| 26 | And looked after them and er after them and took pride i i in to have them in the best condition . |
| 27 | From Tuesday 18 September until Thursday 20 September we will be On Location in the International Designer Room to advise you on the best colours for make-up and the latest fashions and accessories to enhance your personal look . |
| 28 | She could borrow the grey , using its strength to get her to the nearest village . |
| 29 | They set up the mills to husk the rice and charter the ships to transport it to the best markets — then sit back . |
| 30 | Finding s okay so there was a little bit of it was a little bit awkward to get it to the nearest degree there . |