Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] that the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some biologists suggest that the best solution to the crown of thorns ‘ problem ’ may be to do nothing — except , of course , to monitor the situation . |
| 2 | IT may surprise many theatre-goers to hear that the latest production by 7:84 Theatre Company is Sophocles 's Antigone . |
| 3 | Sequencing of the PCR fragments confirmed that the largest PCR fragment observed in the U251 mRNA included type III repeats AD1 , 11 , 12 and flanking type III repeats 10 and 13 sequences . |
| 4 | It is consequently scarcely surprising that Somali men tend to be very ambivalent in their attitudes towards these women 's ailments , especially since some impatient husbands find that the best cure is often a good beating ! |
| 5 | Many authors felt that the best way to structure diabetic care in general practice was for general practitioners to set up miniclinics in order to create the ‘ protected time ’ needed for assessment of a complex condition . |
| 6 | In all of these cases the authors recommend that the best way of ensuring future timber resources is to organise forestry on a plantation basis ; this will necessitate massive afforestation schemes to combat the losses of natural forest and appropriate infrastructures to ensure survival . |
| 7 | Computer models show that the best way of coming up with an inflationary universe that shows the same degree of clumpiness as the real one is to use dark matter that is ‘ cold ’ . |
| 8 | Most of us spend our lives believing that the best marriages are those rare unions where two hearts really do beat as one . |
| 9 | Do we not owe it to community charge payers in each of those areas to ensure that the best value is obtained for their money and that they get the most efficient service ? |
| 10 | After much sniffing and swishing , the judges decided that the best drink was a Perry , produced by a small cider maker from Dymock in Gloucestershire . |
| 11 | The parents contended that the shortest route in the case of their 12-year-old daughter was not truly ‘ available ’ because it was isolated and unlit and involved crossing difficult terrain . |
| 12 | While some workers believe that the best place for a child is within a family , and that it is better for a child to be placed transracially than to have no family , anxiety is increasing about the outcome of transracial placements . |
| 13 | Experienced race watchers swear that the best place to be on the day is at 25 miles by St James 's Park and Buckingham Palace . |
| 14 | Whatever the truth of the matter , however , it is enough for present purposes to note that the latest date given in any of the sources is 873/1468 and that there thus appears to be a gap of at least five years between the death of Fahreddin Acemi and the accession of Molla Husrev to the Muftilik . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , even fervent Unionists concede that the worst thing for the Union might be another Conservative government with even fewer Scottish seats . |
| 16 | Facing fiercer competition after the second world war , firms found that the fastest way to grow was to diversify . |
| 17 | Other sources show that the wealthiest group in town — the professionals and the innkeepers — were under-represented in the militia returns . |
| 18 | These will be granted by the professional bodies in the UK to appropriate actuaries to ensure that the highest standards will continue to prevail . |
| 19 | Those who wish to become local authority tenants find that the best houses have been sold and , as the stock diminishes and fewer council houses are built , waiting lists and waiting times lengthen , and exchanges for those already in council housing and remaining in it become more difficult . |
| 20 | What message would my right hon. Friend and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire give us to take back to our constituents in the light of recent research showing that nearly 200 of the top British firms believe that the best way to increase unemployment and inflation and decrease investment would be the calamity of a Labour Government ? |
| 21 | Lead ingots argue that the earliest silver used in the Indian subcontinent was derived at least in part from galena ores , notably those abundantly available in Afghanistan . |
| 22 | On a general note , the Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates that the poorest households ( with less than £60 a week of disposable income ) spend 14 per cent of their income on fuel , compared with 3 per cent by the very rich ( over £800 per week ) . |
| 23 | General practitioners thought that the greatest change had occurred in relationships with consultants and the least change in relationships with patients . |
| 24 | Portentous ‘ Scientists say that the greatest threat to our planet Voice : is global warming … |
| 25 | ‘ The dickheads know that the best way of keeping the Americans off their backs is by buying themselves a slice of the local law . ’ |
| 26 | At about this point Philip and his advisers decided that the best way to preserve the crown for Frederick — in view of the failure of the regency council to control the princes — was for Philip to take it himself until his nephew came of age . |
| 27 | UK chairman Geoff Shingles explains that the latest measures , to be effective from now , will invert the management triangle , reorganising the European operation by industry , rather than geography — ‘ one Europe , one company stance ’ . |
| 28 | There are many calorie counting booklets and slimming books available , but most experts agree that the best type of dieting is a change to new eating habits , based on the type of balanced diet outlined earlier in the chapter , and on eating less of the high energy foods — fats and refined carbohydrates ( sugars ) . |
| 29 | Different sizes mean that the best use is made of the space available so that food loss and wastage are reduced . |
| 30 | The subsequent negotiations confirmed that the best hope for compromise lay in ratifying an unamended version of Meech Lake in conjunction with a parallel document which would address the concerns of the dissenter states . |