Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [adj -est] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly American Intelligence was unable to confirm the worst of the fears . |
| 2 | The fourth characteristic of each of the three countries is that they have had the luck to avoid the worst of the droughts which have badly affected agriculture and hydro-electric power supplies in many African countries in the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 3 | It was a hard , fast drive through the congested streets , the girl picking her way expertly through the back streets to avoid the worst of the jams . |
| 4 | The aircraft was so silent , the atmosphere so eerie that as the medical team jumped from the ambulance they all began to fear the worst for the passengers inside — that they might not have survived the shock and impact of the crash landing . |
| 5 | She was about to ask the nearest of the women when she suddenly realised fully what had happened . |
| 6 | Not only do the Opposition always seek to make the worst of the figures , but they would make the figures very much worse if they ever had the opportunity to put their disastrous policies into effect . |