Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various methods are used , depending on market circumstances — the ‘ tap ’ method , where stock is issued gradually in order not to flood the market and depress the price ; the ‘ tender ’ method , where institutions are invited to tender for a given issue ; and the ‘ auction ’ method , where stock is sold to the highest bidders among the twenty or so gilt-edged market makers ( GEMMs ) . |
| 2 | But here there is no minimum price specified and stock is sold to the highest bidders and sold at the price that each has bid . |
| 3 | For example , the name Shirvan is given to the best quality modern rugs , but lesser-grade items sometimes employ traditional Shirvan designs , and may also be marketed as Shirvans . |
| 4 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman agrees that it is crucial that approved contractors are used to ensure that the work is done to the highest possible standard . |
| 5 | Other materials , made from natural fibres such as cotton , hemp , flax , and even silk , have played their part in the past , and that is the operative term , for , apart from the traditional and ceremonial kites where authenticity is upheld to the highest degree , such materials are no longer good enough for the modern kite . |
| 6 | The Toronto 35 index uses modified market value weights , so that the number of shares in each company required to form the arbitrage portfolio is rounded to the nearest hundred . |
| 7 | The coordinates of each point were recorded to the nearest 5 units . |
| 8 | The What Personal Computer Seal of Approval is given to the best piece of hardware or software tested in each month 's Bench Test . |
| 9 | The What Personal Computer Seal of Approval is given to the best piece of hardware or software tested in each month 's Bench Test |
| 10 | They ca n't ever understand that if your desire is to go to the furthest limits of yourself then the actual form your art takes does n't seem important to you . |
| 11 | Then Braque has capitalized on the element of ambiguity in the Demoiselles ( it is not immediately clear for instance whether the leg of the ‘ demoiselle ’ on the left is the far leg or the near leg , and the lower part of the twisted forearm of the squatting figure is left undefined ) as a means of emphasizing the flatness of the canvas he was working on : the far buttock of the Nu is connected to the foremost leg and heightened in tone so that it appears to stand in front of the nearer part of the figure ; if the outline of the neck were extended it would not join the shoulder naturalistically but pass by its outer edge , and the fact that the outline is deliberately broken allows the neck , shoulder and arm to flow into each other and fuse . |
| 12 | The Guinness Prize is awarded to the best first time exhibitor . |
| 13 | If astrology was limited to the latest fad of providing newspaper horoscopes for the family 's ‘ pampered pooch ’ , it would be comical . |
| 14 | Even in China where the working of jade was carried to the highest pitch of sophistication the lapidaries continued to rely on abrasion for working their material . |
| 15 | I enjoy shocking people by describing how goods were introduced into households under the guise of gifts for children : the fridge in the house of the children we played with over the road was given to the youngest as a birthday present — the last thing an eight-year old wants . |
| 16 | My first thought was to rush to the nearest d-i-y superstore to buy new ones . |
| 17 | And I recall also some years ago , Mr Rayne , who travelled to America as valet to Sir Reginald Mauvis , remarking that a taxi driver in New York regularly addressed his fare in a manner which if repeated in London would end in some sort of fracas , if not in the fellow being frogmarched to the nearest police station . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the same pattern occurs when these countries are excluded ; for example , when the analysis is limited to the poorest quartile of countries in each latitudinal interval . |
| 19 | A red and white ribbon is awarded to the Best of Opposite Sex . |
| 20 | The torque per unit volume of the permanent-magnet stepping motor is relatively poor , so production is limited to the smallest sizes . |
| 21 | The aim of any commercial undertaking is to operate to the best advantage or in other words to do as much trade as it can . |
| 22 | Precipitation is conducted to the nearest water course much more quickly in an urban area than it is in a natural drainage basin , so the building of a new town or the extension of an existing town can have a considerable effect on the rate at which the water level of a river rises after a storm . |