Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] " 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 ‘ It 's not going to stop the abuse of power , it 's just going to restrict it to the highest level .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Being an unabashed admirer of the Guardian 's Notes & Queries column , I have decided to flatter it in the sincerest way possible .
12 I 'll have a police chopper waiting at Frankfurt Airport to fly you to the nearest airfield . ’
13 I truly did mean just to ride him to the nearest hamlet .
14 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 ) .
15 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 .
16 We shall certainly try to monitor it with the best precision that we can but , at this stage , we do not have firm figures .
17 In turn , these companies depend on NDT Systems to supply them with the latest technology , spare parts support and repair services .
18 And looked after them and er after them and took pride i i in to have them in the best condition .
19 She could borrow the grey , using its strength to get her to the nearest village .
20 Finding s okay so there was a little bit of it was a little bit awkward to get it to the nearest degree there .
21 When taking a train journey women were advised to equip themselves with the largest hat-pin they could find and if travelling by night , or through a tunnel , they were to sit bolt upright , hat-pin clenched between the teeth in case of attack .
22 However , it was a year of drought , and at the stud all the mares were given daily feeds of oats and hay to keep them in good condition ; but Minyip , due to long habit , refused to eat anything but the poorest hay .
23 It was crowded too with holiday-makers on package tours , all eager to fling themselves on the nearest beach and sweat their way into a tan .
24 The parents of children found to be suffering from any illness at a fieldworker 's visit were advised to take them to the nearest health facility for diagnosis and treatment .
25 ‘ It would be better , mademoiselle , for me to take you to the nearest syndicat d'initiative .
26 What took me so long to take you off the lowest shelf ( were they trying to hide you ? ) in W H Smith , and take you home ?
27 Perhaps she could ring for a taxi , to take her to the nearest station ?
28 The amount of a christian 's concern for these issues should not be based upon denominational preference or doctrinal bias , but upon a willingness to allow the compassion of loving God to affect us at the deepest level of our beings .
29 Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room .
30 You are going to need to buy some bathroom scales if you have n't got any , or if the ones you have got are n't accurate , because each day you are going to weight yourself to the nearest pound ( 0.5kg ) .
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