Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] the most [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For record companies , it now became a question of who could pay the most money to secure the most in-demand acts . |
| 2 | Like the labour movement in its formative period — like Chartism , or the early trade unions , or the utopian communities — the social movements of the 1960s were movements of liberation seeking an adequate doctrine and mode of political action to combat the most oppressive features of the societies in which they developed ; thus they directed their activities variously against colonial rule , domination by external economic powers , the rule of feudal-military elites , ethnic subordination , the subjection of women , or the domination of society by a rigid , centralized and bureaucratic apparatus . |
| 3 | Inevitably , this attempt to define the most powerful school of art since the war is going to lead to fierce arguments . |
| 4 | The programme began in 1973 as an attempt to incorporate the most recent findings about job design into the work organisation , and with the intention of improving the quality of work life . |
| 5 | That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital . |
| 6 | President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro signed three decrees and a presidential agreement on property rights on Sept. 9 in an attempt to defuse the most contentious issue facing her government — the estimated 4,600 claims for redress from owners of property and land expropriated under the former Sandinista ( FSLN ) regime between 1979 and 1990 . |
| 7 | He reckons that the politics of mutual extermination could indeed have run their course , and the opportunity to tackle the most pressing issues of the 1990s — poverty and the destruction of the environment — is finally within reach . |
| 8 | Almost inevitably , though , there is a tinge of regret to accompany the most satisfactory days of his career on and off the field . |
| 9 | On 1 December the Victoria and Albert Museum opened its new Samsung Gallery to house the most comprehensive collection of Korean Art in this country . |
| 10 | In many geomorphological histories there has been a propensity to ignore the most recent stages or time periods so that the Quaternary was often treated in less detail and the Holocene or last 10,000 years seldom referred to at all . |
| 11 | It should be noted that at low K coverages CO is known to bind preferentially to the promoted sites , so that the heat released at low CO coverages corresponds to adsorption at K-promoted sites , and at high CO coverages to adsorption onto Ni sites far removed from K. There is sufficient mobility to produce the most stable adlayer during the adsorption pulse . |
| 12 | Where there is an opportunity to select the most desirable method of delivery the following signs indicate that a verbal report may be preferable : |
| 13 | ‘ If any finance was provided to insulate property it should be used on a priority basis to meet the most pressing needs . ’ |
| 14 | First , we should not necessarily measure different kinds of information media against one another as if there was a competition taking place to find the most powerful way of communicating with people . |
| 15 | And then it hit me , an overwhelming desire to find the most eccentric performer ever to entertain the youth of Britain — Rick Jones , the long-haired , bearded hero of Fingerbobs . |
| 16 | This ‘ quasi objective ’ exercise suggested that the RHA 's need to sell the most valuable parts of its estate , in order to recoup the capital moneys advanced for the closures programme , was not its officers ' primary consideration . |
| 17 | Next morning , after joining the family at worship , I turned my steps still farther north , having a desire to reach the most northerly part of the island . |
| 18 | Purchasers may negotiate alternative formulae and should reserve the right to select the most advantageous formula at the time the claim is brought . |
| 19 | But if it involves simple images , there 's no need to buy the most complicated package . |
| 20 | It is well-balanced and full-nosed yet with a cleanness to tickle the most fastidious palate . |
| 21 | Here too is Lutyens 's design for a fowl house , a wooden building perched on staddle stones with lantern and a thatched roof , a residence to please the most demanding chicken . |
| 22 | Local authorities , however , faced with the need to make the most effective use of school buildings and staff , did not make parental choice the paramount consideration . |
| 23 | As each item from the invoice is typed into the system , the program updates the stock file to show the most recent price paid per pound for each commodity . |
| 24 | She spent a week enjoying the beauty of Scotland and the beginning of the Edinburgh Festival , whilst I gained the opportunity to draw the most professional model I suspect it will ever by my privilege tow work with . |
| 25 | She spent a week enjoying the beauty of Scotland and the beginning of the Edinburgh Festival , whilst I gained the opportunity to draw the most professional model I suspect it will ever by my privilege tow work with . |
| 26 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 27 | According to Control Data , this should give customers the chance to use the most suitable medium for their requirements . |
| 28 | According to Control Data , this should give customers the chance to use the most suitable medium for their requirements . |
| 29 | By giving Best a contract of less than a year , the RFU have asked the ultimate pragmatist to devise the most foolproof method of extending his own tenure — and that 's the safety-first approach . |
| 30 | It is for the local management of the service to determine the most effective deployment of resources to meet performance targets . |