Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this may well be the fact that IT , like almost all innovations , has emerged and has been developed to the highest standard in countries with strong democratic forces which are able to counterbalance any propensity for excessive power concentration . |
| 2 | We are committed to the highest safety and environmental standards and put great store by the contractual arrangements in place for the return of wastes . |
| 3 | Over the next three years we are committed to the biggest investment in Britain 's transport infrastructure in our history . |
| 4 | It places a great responsibility upon us to ensure that the children of Sunderland are given the very best possible value-for-money meals , while also ensuring that public funds are used to the best effect . |
| 5 | ‘ Counterfeiting techniques have become highly sophisticated and in many cases the packaging has been copied to the finest degree so that the ordinary consumer would have absolutely no idea , from the outside , that they were n't buying the genuine article , ’ explains Mike Wadsley . |
| 6 | A spokesman for the Scottish Home and Health Department confirmed that the facility had been sold to the highest bidder , but declined to reveal the purchase price . |
| 7 | ‘ I am a poorer man by some 200 £ than when I came to the Province ’ , he told Gould , apologising for his inability to pay his subscription to Birds of Australia , ‘ and my salary has been reduced to the lowest figure and is far below what I enjoyed as a private Gentleman . ’ |
| 8 | Bleached bodies lie beached in the full heat , revealing sights that should never be disclosed to the closest lover let alone half of Teesside . |
| 9 | They should be designed to the highest mobility standards , making them easy and safe to move around in . |
| 10 | Richard was immediately content , as he only was when something could be ascertained to the nearest degree of accuracy . |
| 11 | The other 27 per cent would have to be connected to the nearest telephone line or ( in the future ) to a cable-television system . |
| 12 | He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England . |
| 13 | This is the Central Television Percy Thrower Trophy , very handsome trophy it is too and it 's going to be presented to the best gardener around here ; that 's after the break . |
| 14 | Otherwise , one 's eye will be drawn to the darkest flower or leaf in the picture , which will act as a distraction from the overall shape and impact of the picture . |
| 15 | In 1889 , all the members of the Nez Perce tribe were offered allotments of 160 acres on the Lapwai Reservation ; the surplus to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 16 | Will they too be sold to the highest bidder , regardless of the interests of local people ? |
| 17 | It 's little more than a century ago that women were still being led to market to be sold to the highest bidder — in England . |
| 18 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 19 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 20 | It seems , however , that if the auction is in fact held , then anything advertised to be ‘ without reserve ’ must be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 21 | Sea Scouts Claire Lowis , Samantha Lambird , Christopher Pinnegar and Mark Gent are seen with the ball , which will be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 22 | In any surveying practice , labour is the key issue and since it is an expensive commodity it must be used to the highest level of productivity . |
| 23 | The local topography , soil types , relative areas of upland and lowland will all be important considerations , but ultimately the ability of a community to feed itself will be the deciding factor ; in a subsistence economy , at any period , land will be used to the best advantage . |
| 24 | In each case the argument was much the same : in crisis , it was the duty of politicians to come together so that the best men could be used to the greatest advantage , and so that shibboleths of party could be discarded . |
| 25 | Haslam paints the picture of a corporate impresario who recognises the various talents and skills of those around him and orchestrates events so that these talents may be used to the greatest benefit of the enterprise . |
| 26 | ‘ See , ’ the girl said proudly , ‘ these flowers made of gems , I created the pattern for them and designed the slippers in such a way that the amethysts would be shown to the best advantage . ’ |
| 27 | Marina , having escaped being murdered due to the intervention of pirates , is sold to a brothel , her virginity to be auctioned to the highest bidder . |
| 28 | A bottle of bubbly will be awarded to the best article written using one of the headlines adopted in this edition of Environment Issues . |
| 29 | The shop stewards also decided that all accident and emergency cases would be taken to the nearest accident and emergency department . |
| 30 | if it is accepted that biotechnology is here to stay , how can it be controlled to the best advantage ? |