Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The income becomes the highest part of the settlor 's income although the settlor has a right to recover the tax from the trust . |
| 2 | Elf astrologers and geomancers studied the portents to divine the best time for the new king to begin his reign , and calculated the best time for him to pass through the flame . |
| 3 | The opportunity to enjoy the finest food and wine and to relive the 450-year history of England 's most famous country inn , is offered to National Trust members at £195.00 per person , including VAT , and is applicable for any two nights between 1st November , 1990 and 31st March , 1991 . |
| 4 | This is a high pressure environment but relishes the opportunity to play the best players in the world , including previous world champions : ‘ The main thing is to just stay cool — you ca n't afford to make any mistakes . |
| 5 | Royal Mail is giving a package of technical support and advice worth £3,500 as a first prize , to enable the winner to make the best use of postcodes in her business . |
| 6 | He had no money in his bank account , and when he gazed about at the huge drawing-room , smaller inner drawing-room and large bedroom , he had no idea how he was to find the money to buy the barest essentials — a few chairs , a table , a bed . |
| 7 | Overall I think ZZAP ! is a very good magazine ( much better than CF ) and I will stand by it ( roll patriotic music ! ) through rain , show and worst of all , the CPC becoming the best 8-bit ! |
| 8 | By their social destruction , the message is conveyed that the impairment represents the greatest fall for a person this side of death . |
| 9 | An element of focus is provided , it is true , by the concept of the dominant , in the sense of the level of the text showing the highest degree of deformation . |
| 10 | The Department has plans to promote a wide range of activities for the community as a whole and to work closely with other bodies in the field to ensure the fullest use of resources . |
| 11 | The Department intends to develop a wide range of activities for the community and to work closely with other bodies in the field to ensure the fullest use of resources . |
| 12 | The trophy for the cow achieving the highest butter fat and protein records over three years went to the British Holstein Castledon Donfloss 4 , belonging to Norman Gotts , of Wickford , Essex . |
| 13 | One thing is clear from the hon. Gentleman 's attitude : were there ever a Labour Government , there would be no review of programmes and there would be no assessment of the way in which help is given to ensure that it is cost effective or of how Government resources are deployed to ensure that the taxpayer gets the best value for money . |
| 14 | Reports indicated , however , that the decision to convene the latest meeting , which followed talks in Tehran between SAIRI and the Iraqi National Congress ( INC — sponsor of the Vienna conference ) , had been prompted by SAIRI 's growing concern over the INC 's high profile among Western governments . |
| 15 | However , the same type of results will emerge when the CU excludes the lowest cost producer from the union . |
| 16 | The University boasts the largest University library in Britain with over two million printed books and in Edinburgh students are well served by the National Library of Scotland , a copyright library entitled to receive a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | The sheep had the worst time , and not many survived 1947 , although provisions for people and animals alike were dropped in by helicopter , and the Army forced a way through on the south side of the dale . |
| 18 | Mr Gill : With regard to subsidiarity , my right hon. Friend will be aware of the necessity to protect the best features of our national and local democracy . |
| 19 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 20 | Relative to its body size , the parrot has the biggest brain of all . |
| 21 | In municipal elections in Passau ( Bavaria ) on Sept. 21 the extreme right Republicans Party doubled its vote , winning five seats and 11 per cent of the vote to become the third-largest party on the town council . |
| 22 | Margaret Hewitt has calculated that in Lancashire between 1861 and 1871 , the districts showing the highest proportion of young married women were not centres of cotton industries . |
| 23 | It is the solution that offers the best balance between advantages and disadvantages — the animals gain the greatest degree of mutual protection from predators whilst sacrificing the least in terms of their ability to find food in the inhospitable terrain . |
| 24 | The split with the PDC left Endara 's government without an assured majority in the Legislative Assembly , where the PDC constituted the strongest bloc with 28 seats ( against only seven controlled by the Arnulfistas , and 16 and four controlled respectively by their remaining ADOC partners , the Nationalist Liberal Republican Movement ( Molirena ) and the Authentic Liberal Party ) . |
| 25 | He spends the day with the shepherd and helps him milk his ewes , and at the end of the day he sees that the shepherd puts the best milk he has in a wooden bowl , which he places on a flat stone some distance away . |
| 26 | The board is there to ensure that the share-holders achieve the best return on their investment . |
| 27 | The drivers had the hardest job , concentrating on holding their positions and keeping out of the way of the front and rear gunners . |
| 28 | Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are using biotechnology to produce a protein in large quantities which can ‘ filter ’ the blood of AIDS patients and remove the agent causing the worst symptoms . |
| 29 | The most common type of instrumental argument relies , as a reason for recognizing the validity of consent , on the facts that the agent has the best information to judge whether it is best to create the right or not and that he is sufficiently motivated to act for the best . |
| 30 | Generally , the grain runs the length of a carving , but in some cases , it may be necessary to slightly alter the angle of the drawing to get the best effect by using the end-grain . |