Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [verb] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days of classical agriculture , breeders and stud farmers tricked and cajoled the best features out of many species , focusing on the most economically viable lines for cattle , sheep , pigs and poultry . |
| 2 | The village straddles the coast road and includes a row of coastguard cottages , an ancient manor house ( where Oliver Cromwell once stayed and claiming the oldest section of wallpaper in the country ) , and the most interesting New Inn ; a large uncommonly tall building for this area . |
| 3 | On 11 May , 1925 the following advertisement appeared in The Athletic News : ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB is open to receive applications for the position of TEAM MANAGER He must be fully experienced and possess the highest qualifications for the post , both as to ability and personal character . |
| 4 | As an acquaintance wrote later : Have fought and won the hardest fight of all , why should he fear anything a human foe or fate itself could threaten ? |
| 5 | And if you are lucky enough to stumble upon a village show you will be warmly welcomed and given the best seats in the house — which might mean a patch of ground under the village banyan tree . |
| 6 | For better or for worse the studio system the moguls created , dubbed by its detractors as the slave trade , which had discovered and nursed the greatest names of Hollywood of three decades , and probably ever , was on the verge of collapse , though as Elizabeth Taylor put it so succinctly : ‘ The death rattle seemed never ending . ’ |
| 7 | Conversely , in Haringey , despite being capped and having the highest poll tax in the country , there was a 1.4% swing to Labour . |