Example sentences of "record for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until 1984 he had been a regular exhibitor for forty years , and in 1952 he gained a show record for the heaviest white with a transparent weighing 30 drams 8 grains , a record that still stands . |
| 2 | Kelso also holds the record for the highest-priced winner , Equinoctial , at 250-1 in a handicap hurdle in November , 1990 . |
| 3 | IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference . |
| 4 | Everyone is asked to bring their Teddy ; an attempt is being made to create a new record for the largest gathering of Teddy Bears and 1,075 are needed . |
| 5 | Derbyshire 's 22-year-old batsman Chris Adams , who now holds the record for the fastest century in the county 's history , is another with hopes of a place in the Australian sun this winter . |
| 6 | Ian St. John holds the wor holds the Scottish record for the fastest hat-trick |
| 7 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 8 | The result tied the record for the worst drubbing an American pair had ever received in Ryder Cup Fourballs and also sent Olazabal into raptures about his senior partner . |
| 9 | ‘ I shall celebrate with my family around me and I shall break the record for the widest smile , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ( The pre-war record for the youngest player in League football , incidentally , is held by Geldard of Bradford , who was fifteen when he appeared in a Second Division match in 1929 . ) |
| 11 | The Gaboon viper holds the record for the longest fangs — of the snake 's 3 m ( 10 ft ) length , the fangs measure almost 3 cm ( 1 in ) . |
| 12 | Not only did they run the longest steam-hauled train ever seen on the 20-mile line since BR days , but also set a new British mileage record for the longest continuous run of Beamish Museum 's replica ‘ Locomotion ’ . |
| 13 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |
| 14 | Many had come to see if they could break the record for the longest uninterrrupted ride on the tidal wave . |
| 15 | The event , sponsored by Sight Savers , Marshall Amplification and Guitarist , aims to beat the world record for the biggest number of guitarists playing the same song non-stop for one hour . |