Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 2 | Try crashing an electron into a gatepost and you might find that it decides of its own accord to orbit round the nearest dandelion . |
| 3 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 4 | It means little for this child to perform with the greatest precision the most difficult pieces , with hands that can hardly stretch a sixth ; but what is really incredible is to see him improvise for an hour on end and in doing so give rein to the inspiration of his genius and to a mass of enchanting ideas … |
| 5 | Management accountable to owners can not be expected to enter into meaningful agreements , planning or otherwise , which limit their freedom under the law to act in the best interest of the owners . |
| 6 | Then get together with your team to agree on the best approach to communications , consultation and obtaining commitment in your area . |
| 7 | Los Altos , California-based Full Source Software Inc has begun shipping UniShred , a $150 suite of media erasure applications that irrevocably delete files and securely obliterate data in files , making any kind of retrieval impossible : it 's claimed to be the first Unix package to conform to the strictest government and commercial standards , directly replacing Unix 's rm utility . |
| 8 | As you are building a new pond , you have the opportunity to put in the best filtration system , without paying a fortune . |
| 9 | Another significant development to emerge from the latest session of the Commission , held in March 1991 , was its decision to establish a Working Group on arbitrary detention . |
| 10 | The answers are , I suppose , the largest possible tank and therefore the most stable environment for my fish ; ease of maintenance ; an attractive living picture ; and the chance to experiment with the latest equipment . |
| 11 | On June 6 , 1990 , there was a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest against the latest austerity measures . |
| 12 | He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed . |
| 13 | Butcher comments that ‘ The Monks , Friers , and Nuns of those superstitious Times like so many Rats or Mice , which make choice to feed of the daintiest cheese ) made choice of this Place to build here several Receptacles … ’ |
| 14 | Characteristically he uses the imagery of song to point to the highest kind of contemplative experience of God : The Form unfolds a process of definition which comes full circle back to its beginning so that that can be understood in a new way : the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time . |
| 15 | We 've got to cross the river to get to the nearest shop which is about two miles away ; and in the winter when the weather is bad we 're more or less cut off . |
| 16 | It maybe that the pipework does not slope — gently away from the vent pipe which can cause air to collect at the highest point of the pipe . |
| 17 | ( Employees must maintain their houses in good condition , make every effort to sell at the best price and receive company authority before accepting an offer . ) |
| 18 | Perhaps it is exemplified by the very fact that there is a Microsoft Upgrade Centre in the UK , whose job it is to make it easier for the end user to upgrade to the latest release of any product . |
| 19 | Despite losing so heavily , Edinburgh tried hard to play enterprisingly and in scrum-half Crombie , possess a player with the ability to perform at the highest level . |
| 20 | Not too great a challenge right now , but a development programme to build up confidence , the ability to play at the highest level . |
| 21 | A family with many sons could farm its land successfully without the burden of paying farm workers and could if necessary send a son to work in the nearest town or city to earn money to pay back debts or to buy more land . |
| 22 | At eleven thirty he was called into James Cadogan 's office to talk about the best way to handle their latest commission . |
| 23 | I just had time to dive into the nearest ditch , dropping the bicycle on the road , before I heard another shower of bullets . |
| 24 | Since a mother generally has a new baby every four and a half years , there may have been pressure on her to speed up each youngster 's training , to leave time to care for the latest addition to the family . |
| 25 | During this time the patient has time to think about the latest piece of the jigsaw puzzle' and , in many cases , to meditate upon it . |
| 26 | Moreover the tendency during the present century has been to create broadly defined criminal offences ( such as theft ) , with a sufficiently generous maximum to cater for the worst contingency . |