Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb base] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of these it is the small-to-medium family cars that sell in the greatest numbers . |
| 2 | ‘ They have cars with chauffeurs and stay in the best hotels . ’ |
| 3 | The journalists gathered in knots to compare notes and decide on the best angle on the story . |
| 4 | In the next exercise , write these decimals as vulgar fractions and cancel to the lowest terms . |
| 5 | The implicit extension is the set of propositions that follow from the best or soundest interpretation of the convention , whether or not these form part of the explicit extension . |
| 6 | Other stories relate to a lost Atland or Atlan in these latitudes and concur with the latest finding in relation to the origin of the Aryan race . |
| 7 | I dare n't disobey her , Miss Abbott — dare I , Aunt ? — because you see , my brother and I have been in her care since we were boys and stand in the greatest awe of her imaginable . ’ |
| 8 | Her cardboard characters inhabit the classiest locations and move among the smartest people : top hotels , restaurants , designers , movie stars , models and mouth-watering menus are all thrown in : there is would-be-steamy sex , in abundant clinical detail which is risible , and a touch of criminal violence to please the sadistic . |
| 9 | It is not enough to rely on vitamin pills and hope for the best . |