Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if it is accepted that biotechnology is here to stay , how can it be controlled to the best advantage ? |
| 2 | It 's very , very hard to fault this guitar ; it looks superb , it 's made to the highest possible standards and it also works a treat , combining near-total fingerboard access with a bright , responsive , almost classical sound . |
| 3 | And it 's signed with the warmest personal regards of the film director , Mr David Puttnam |
| 4 | And if it 's coming from the farthest reaches of space — where the tide of expansion flows really fast-it will still not have reached us — even though it started out on its journey at the beginning of the Universe , thousands of millions of years ago . ’ |
| 5 | It 's described as the largest humanitarian crisis to afflict Europe since the second world war . |
| 6 | It is given in The Best of Boulestin and was a feature of his restaurant menu . |
| 7 | First of all , an orchestra , if it is functioning in the best way , is a creative unit . |
| 8 | It is made with the purest of polar waters , drawn from the post-glacial streams of the Arctic region . |
| 9 | Members using FTA 's Freightcheck service can be assured that it is operated to the highest standards and specifically ensures compliance with the operator licence obligations . |
| 10 | But it appears to me that , on the face of this document , there is no intention shown so to limit its effect , and that it is framed in the widest possible terms so as to cover , not only this particular debt , but all other claims by the bank in connection with the Professional and Trades Papers Ltd. , for it is admitted that the foundation of the judgment was the guarantee , and at the time this document was drawn up there was this joint liability on the judgment to the extent of £6,000 . |
| 11 | ‘ It is written with the truest feeling for the subject upon which he treats , as compared with the sublime and beautiful , and with an earnest recommendation to those who are about to improve real landscapes to study the paintings of old masters , ’ he wrote . |
| 12 | So it is cut to the finest as far as the females are concerned . |
| 13 | It is regarded as the finest of the Cambridge college bridges ; an achievement to which the architect may have been spurred by the old St. John 's bridge , a masterpiece by Wren , barely 20 yards downstream . |
| 14 | This award is significant in that it is regarded as the highest accolade within the weighing equipment calibration field and is only the seventh certificate to be presented within the UK . |
| 15 | To the human eye and senses , even the simply constructed single bloom of the hedgerow wild rose is so sublimely beautiful in the bud that it is represented in the earliest forms of art and pictorial decoration . |
| 16 | He had chosen to see trade as linear rather than circular , upward rather than lateral , egotistical rather than mutual : ‘ When all nations are traders , there is nothing to be gained by trade , and it will stop first where it is brought to the greatest perfection . ’ |
| 17 | It is equipped with the latest UK Resuscitation Council guidelines and includes a section on paediatric arrests . |
| 18 | ‘ It was done with the best of motives . |
| 19 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 20 | David MacLehose , director of the Confederation of British Industry in Scotland , said a fall in unemployment was always welcome , especially when it was matched with the highest increase in notified vacancies at job centres for two years . |
| 21 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 22 | ‘ It had been there for years — I played there myself as a child — but it was situated in the worst possible place . |
| 23 | It was conceived as the highest body in the land , 1,000 or so of the most powerful figures in industry , agriculture and science . |
| 24 | It was turned into the highest-rated Made-for-TV movie ever produced , catapulting Nina Kenyon , the young unknown cast in the lead , to multiple awards and international stardom . |
| 25 | It was hailed as the longest ride , but Duke was convinced a still longer ride was possible . |
| 26 | All agree that it was fought with the greatest bravery on both sides and that the victory was by no means an easy one for Shoa . |
| 27 | It was fought on the narrowest of political agendas . |
| 28 | It was reported as the largest ever gathering of world leaders . |