Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They seemed to be pandering to the silliest stereotypes . |
| 3 | The other 27 per cent would have to be connected to the nearest telephone line or ( in the future ) to a cable-television system . |
| 4 | In flow processes , the supply of raw materials has to be planned to the highest standards in order to avoid complete plant shutdown owing to unforeseen shortages . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 9 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 10 | Climbers ' eyes tend to be drawn to the cleanest and most direct route up a rock face , while in a similar way walkers piece together peaks and ridges to create their own ‘ direct ’ routes — albeit ( usually ) on a more horizontal plane . |