Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Badcox Lane must have regarded her as a member of their congregation in the widest sense , at least in spirit ; when she died , aged 79 , and was buried at Catherine Hill on 18 May 1826 , the chapel entered the fact in its register . |
| 2 | Headteacher Dr. Alan Leech said : ‘ The staff at Bohunt were keen to join the new appraisal system as part of their commitment towards the fullest maintenance to teacher and pupil standards . |
| 3 | After the 1935 election , the LNU , aware of its potential as the biggest non-party organization in Britain , edged towards a more direct political challenge to the Government . |
| 4 | ‘ His references spoke of his loyalty in the highest terms . ’ |
| 5 | He is far from being one of the outer world , but in reading his work we constantly feel the influence upon him of his reading of the worst English poets . |
| 6 | If anything , the sight of a half-naked Niall out of the water was even more devastating than Niall in it , Lindsey decided , tearing her gaze with difficulty from the stunning perfection of his body in the briefest of black swimming trunks . |
| 7 | Lectures , courses , events , workshops etc are organised to promote education and understanding of our work in the broadest sense , as well as passing on specific information and expertise . |
| 8 | One possibility is that some patients thought to be stone free may , in reality , have had residual debris despite our use of the best available techniques ( ultrasonagraphy+oral cholecystectography ) to ‘ confirm ’ complete gall stone dissolution . |
| 9 | But as well as Carol with her pick of the best winter coats around , next week we 'll also have Katie Wood in Legoland and the hysterically funny Kevin Kline in conversation with Mr Showbiz John Millar . |
| 10 | She lived with her mother in the oldest and smallest stone hovel in the village , at the damp and windy end by the fort . |
| 11 | All birds are very temperamental and finicky with their food at the best of times , so I started by slipping titbits of chick under her feet while she was sitting on the glove . |
| 12 | He had lived with his past for the best part of fifty years , and his book tells what he had come to know of it over that interval of time , with help from the theories of Marx and Freud . |
| 13 | What is sure is that Field , with his access to the latest English pianos at an early age , at no time played the harpsichord , and this , perhaps , above all helped him to develop the use of the pedal , which he would often sustain through changes of harmony , for the sake of the colouring of the phrase . |
| 14 | Warnie had retired from me Army at the earliest possible opportunity , in December 1932 , and moved in with Jack and Minto as a permanent fixture . |
| 15 | Burns 's poetry and songs have played an important part in my life from the earliest years , not only because of their simple beauty , but also because of their directness , honesty , and wry , lop-sided , humour ; the appreciation of which stood me in good stead the last time I was in Mauchline . |
| 16 | This time , after setting the passages in their context in the briefest possible way , we will turn to them straight away . |
| 17 | As time went on , and the sultans who succeeded Mehmed II built their own medreses , the Sahn slipped from its position as the highest class of medreses , and , in the fully elaborated hierarchy , is only the sixth of twelve grades above the 40-akce level . |
| 18 | Though he 'd never used it , the Bowl was reputedly the most accurate prophetic tool known in the worlds , and now — sitting amid his treasures , with a sense growing in him that events on Earth in the last few days were leading to some matter of moment — he brought the Bowl down from its place on the highest shelf , unwrapped it , and set it on the table . |
| 19 | He found also that the incidence of relative clauses was a very clear indicator of development , Increasing four times from the youngest group of writers in his sample to the eldest . |
| 20 | Commander Zadak was in his room at the biggest hotel in Kisangani . |
| 21 | He worked out there were one hundred and seventy-three different ways of getting to the library from the dining room and fifty-two different ways of getting from his dormitory to the nearest toilet , which was only a few yards from the dormitory itself . |
| 22 | There appears to be no method more reliable to check the degree of redness , pinkness or greyness that you desire then sticking in your knife into the thickest point of the meat . |
| 23 | It is not necessary to remember the specific events which occurred there — although there is no harm in doing so — but try to recreate that place in your imagination in the greatest detail possible . |
| 24 | Similarly , you must be very careful in your use of the brightest and lightest colours . |
| 25 | Joe put his great strong hand on my shoulder in the gentlest possible way . |
| 26 | But when the citizens of the Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers cast their stones into the pot last week and elected the managing director of Amalgamated Metal Trading on to their council with the biggest number of votes , they elevated the nearest that divided body has seen to a populist . |
| 27 | All professionals will have , as an objective , the desire to provide a service to their client at the highest possible standard using whatever resources may be required . |
| 28 | After peering through our binoculars , we decided it was on its way to the lowest ledges to scavenge from the roosting sites . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , sir , Document B , and I should here direct your attention to Document B1 which is a report of an interview with the girl 's mother submitted on her behalf by the latest Visitor to have taken over the case . |
| 30 | The press had a substantial influence on their choice of the best party on economic matters , both for themselves and for Britain as a whole ; and , indeed , on their assessments of overall party performance across the full range of economic , defence , and social issues ( Table 8.9 ) . |