Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many pretty villages and market towns to explore including Appleby , where in June each year the famous horse fair sees the largest gathering of gypsies in Britain . |
| 2 | This employment figure probably represents the highest density of those working in electronics in any European region . |
| 3 | The privatisation of water during 1989 created a great deal of controversy because the water industry probably provides the best example of a natural monopoly , and the likelihood of any competition is almost non-existent . |
| 4 | In fact Washroom Hygiene now has the lowest termination rate of all services in the Division ! |
| 5 | The Verona instrument therefore contains the oldest Stein piano we know , if the remembered date of 1777 is correct . |
| 6 | The question below produced the lowest success rate for the bottom third . |
| 7 | Action : This version of the file should be purged since Directory Integrity Check only compares the latest version |
| 8 | The Femur — The femur usually forms the largest region of the leg and is especially conspicuous in many jumping insects . |
| 9 | The monks of Battle usually ate the poorest meat from their own estates ; the best was sold to pay the recurrent costs of the abbey buildings and staff , and to run the hospital and almonry maintained for the local poor . |
| 10 | However much I might want to keep tabs on him , bumping into him several times a day in the corridor hardly seemed the best route to anonymity . |
| 11 | GUARDIAN Royal Exchange yesterday revealed the biggest turnaround in its history , recording a £3 million taxable profit compared with a £210 million pre-tax loss in 1991 . |
| 12 | Though I could see that the sun still lit the highest canopy , on the jungle floor it was already too late . |
| 13 | Psychological abuse probably poses the greatest difficulty in trying to decide what is beyond the bounds of socially acceptable behaviour towards an old person . |
| 14 | As I have already indicated the evidence here suggests that although English inheritance law traditionally privileged the eldest son , from the early nineteenth century onwards the equal claims of all children began to be acknowledged , although daughters and sons received different types of bequest ( Davidoff and Hall , 1987 ) . |
| 15 | However , the whole adjective phrase extremely fast is a co-constituent with cars of the noun phrase extremely fast cars ; and the latter joins the verb phrase crash violently to form the highest construction , the sentence . |
| 16 | Basing the deprivation payments on the Jarman index still seems the best option , although it is time the Department of Health supported research into its validation . |
| 17 | But mum still knows the best way to a man 's heart , according to a new survey . |
| 18 | In fact , the group rarely outperforms the best individual working on his or her own . |
| 19 | This township also had the highest rate of unemployment in Wirral during this time ( 33 per cent ) , and its residents were enduring high levels of social deprivation . |
| 20 | This male group also has the lowest percentage making walk journeys , and uses walking to meet less of its travel requirements than any other age and sex group . |
| 21 | It should be noted that the mail system and ERROR.LOG file often provide the best indication of the cause of the problem . |
| 22 | The Premier also has the largest majority of any MP , 36,230 votes ahead of his Labour rival . |
| 23 | The progress towards our erm , compliance with our ethical investment policy though , has been achieved while considering the need to secure the best returns possible on our investment , and we have done it through a series of progressive sales of investments at the appropriate times according to the market conditions , and so I 'm happy to say that we have been able to achieve both our responsibilities as trustees , our responsibility both to secure the best return on investment and , to consider wider policy implications of our investment policy . |
| 24 | The reason for the last value is not clear , although since the spotted eagle owl also has the lowest value for average relative abundance , and since there is a positive relationship between them , the loss of distal elements would appear to be the main cause of reduced overall relative abundance . |
| 25 | But the converted ‘ Die-Hard ’ cynic often becomes the best ambassador for the company . |
| 26 | The rig change often deserves the greatest attention . |
| 27 | Does my hon. Friend agree that our achievements in that aspect of education could not be better illustrated than by that which pertains in Nottinghamshire , where the university now has the highest ratio of applications to available places and where Nottingham polytechnic , which is soon to be a university , is planning to increase its capacity over the next couple of years to 16,000 student places ? |
| 28 | Firstly , many sociologists claim that his theory still provides the best explanation of the nature of class in capitalist society . |
| 29 | Today , the Common Agricultural Policy still absorbs the largest part of the European Community 's budget . |
| 30 | I have come across deaf mutes educated by all systems , and as I have met and conversed with the deaf in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland , France , and the United States , I have not the least hesitation in saying that the combined method as advocated by Dr. E. M. Gallaudet before the recent Royal Commission certainly confers the greatest benefit upon the greatest number . |