Example sentences of "be [verb] that [art] [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally it has been recognized that the largest concentrations of first-class villas often clustered around the small towns in preference to major towns or cities . |
| 2 | It has also been argued that the highest diversity is found in elevated sites most protected from fluvial erosion . |
| 3 | It has been argued that the best predictor of behaviour is not the possession of knowledge per se but behavioural intentions which are themselves predicted by attitudes and the subjective norm for the acceptability of the behaviour in question . |
| 4 | It has been shown that the best time of year for such exams would be in March or April when temperatures are lower . |
| 5 | I derive the greatest satisfaction from the fact that the Government , through the Gracious Speech , are saying that the highest priority will be given to the improvement of public services . |
| 6 | However , it might be supposed that the poorest conditions of all for producing plural continuations ( mixed conditions , especially in the ‘ with ’ condition ) would show the highest proportion of use of both . |
| 7 | It should never be forgotten that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line . |
| 8 | It could be argued that the best way of dealing with attempted suicide would be to prevent its occurrence in the first place ; but this is not an easy task , and one that often extends beyond the reach of the clinician . |
| 9 | It may be thought that the highest-scoring universities in this list attract a higher than average proportion of indigenous students with local area research interests , but examination of the names of thesis authors from Strathclyde and Dundee universities , and confirmatory personal communications with the relevant departments , suggest that many of their students are not of local origin , but have come to the universities from overseas . |
| 10 | It must therefore be recognised that the greatest protagonist of deregulation are largely acting out of self-interest , and that they themselves demonstrate remarkable inconsistency and reversals in their arguments — depending on which area of that self interest they may be pursuing at any particular moment . |
| 11 | It should be noted that the largest threat to totalizing control of schools in Ireland has so far come from the integrated schooling movement . |
| 12 | When it is realized that of the fifteen largest corporations in the world in 1978 , three were car manufacturers , eight were oil companies , and one was in chemicals , it can be appreciated that the largest corporations within the most concentrated sections of international capital formation are committing more than their share of law violations . |
| 13 | I seem to remember being told that the latest policy is to turn water cannon on the nurses ; that does not strike me as the most helpful approach . |
| 14 | Again it 's claimed that the smallest unit — the 300 — can be used on fishtanks . |
| 15 | For the beginner , however , this negative pitch angle is exactly what is not required and it is recommended that the lowest pitch that the blades can reach should be +1° . |
| 16 | Network server manufacturer Auspex is boasting that the latest addition to its product line can process more than 2,250 NFS input/output operations per second — five times the maximum NFS performance of Sun 's Sparcserver 690MP . |
| 17 | Although it is seen that the greatest benefits are likely to be gained in this design situation by taking a design controlling attitude ( high level approach ) to CAD implementation , there are very few companies where this has been attempted , let alone achieved . |
| 18 | The guide-books say little : Samuel Wallis visited it and named it Boscawen Island , perhaps after the great admiral of Finisterre ; the best vanilla in the Pacific is grown there ; and it is rumoured that the finest kavo — that faintly narcotic drink prepared from the powdered root of a local pepper plant , and an important part of rituals and celebrations in the South Pacific — is Tafahi kava , and that it renders all Tafahians perpetually slightly dopey . |
| 19 | It does not penetrate the primary school although it is acknowledged that the earliest thoughts — mainly in the form of fantasy — about one 's choice of life-work do formulate themselves when children are between 8 and 12 years of age . |
| 20 | It is estimated that the largest proportion of searches takes place following the consent of the occupier . |
| 21 | It is suggested that the best solution is to combine both methods . |
| 22 | Since 1983 it has been established that the strongest risk factor for the development of malignant melanoma is the presence of a large number of benign naevi . |
| 23 | Napoleon was to find that the best roads in Europe could not create a European market . |
| 24 | The reason was that we were touching three million unemployed at that particular point in time , and it was felt that the best way of making an impact was to highlight this in the way in which it was done . |
| 25 | In conference with Gerald Gardiner , subsequently Lord Chancellor , who had somewhat late in the day raised his flag as a member of the Labour Party , it was decided that the best course of action was for the Labour Party to be asked to be represented by Gardiner at the Vassall Tribunal and to inform Radcliffe that it had no additional witness to come to him . |
| 26 | In further discussion the suggestion was made that the best course would be to introduce the Bill without any provision abolishing capital punishment and to explain in the Second Reading debate that , since the question of capital punishment was one on which there were differences of opinion transcending Party lines , the Government felt that the matter should be left to a free vote . |
| 27 | However , he was told that the best use of his talents was with children 's work . |
| 28 | It was thought that the fastest look-up would be achieved using a 26-way tree , so that was implemented , and found to be extremely efficient , but the memory overhead was too large for practical purposes . |
| 29 | At one time it was assumed that the best approach was one of stealth and caution , particularly as the most productive place to fish was invariably no more than a rod 's length away from your own bank . |
| 30 | In 1944 , as we have seen , it was presumed that the best minds must be educated in the way that was traditional , by means of the grammar school curriculum , based originally on the classics and mathematics , gradually expanded , before the war , to include modern languages and experimental sciences . |