Example sentences of "[prep] the youngest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children have just as much fun too — there 's a Club 13 and Club 18 as well as an active miniclub for the youngest holidaymaker ! |
| 2 | Children of all ages are never forgotten at Sunwing — there 's a ‘ Club 13 ’ and ‘ Club 18 ’ , as well as a miniclub for the youngest ( and most energetic ) holidaymakers . |
| 3 | ( The pre-war record for the youngest player in League football , incidentally , is held by Geldard of Bradford , who was fifteen when he appeared in a Second Division match in 1929 . ) |
| 4 | A more dramatic change for the youngest family member came in the new year . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if the parents and older children can manage the transition successfully , the way out for the youngest may be eased . |
| 6 | This is all very well for the youngest generation of mountain lovers , but there are surely many grown-up readers , to whom metric measurements will convey only inaccuracy and confusion . |
| 7 | The comprehension scale ( A ) correlates positively with the expression scale , although this is much higher for the youngest children ( 0.67 ) than for the oldest ( 0.32 ) . |
| 8 | Younger elderly married couples were also better off than older couples , with income levels similar to those for the youngest age-group of lone elderly men , for the same reason . |
| 9 | Halsey and his associates show that while about 50 per cent of the pupils in private primary schools were from the professional class in the age cohorts 50–59 and 30–39 years , the corresponding proportion for the youngest age cohort , 20–29 years , was almost 70 per cent . |
| 10 | Where data for the youngest maternal age group are reported , late fetal mortality is often so high even in economically more developed countries ( for instance , every third , fifth and ninth birth to young teenagers in Japan , the German Democratic Republic and Scotland , respectively , produces a dead baby ) that the relationship takes a reverse " J " shape . |
| 11 | But the pattern is the same — a figure of 2.7 per cent for the youngest ages , rising to 11.9 per cent for those aged 55-59 . |
| 12 | As the youngest Prime Minister this century , he is on course to lead the Tories to an historic fourth term in power — something not achieved since the end of the Napoleonic wars . |
| 13 | He likes Basingstoke and as the youngest member of the cast of 16 , he is enjoying himself immensely as Young Charlie in Little Tramp — he reckons it is the best show he 's been in . |
| 14 | All her family read books , so , as the youngest , she hated it , and rebelled against it . |
| 15 | He first appears speaking prose ( As You Like It , I.ii.149 ) , but when Orlando not only defeats his wrestler but reveals his identity as the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys , the Duke moves up to verse to give his displeasure more force ( 224ff . ) . |
| 16 | As the youngest midshipman , William is especially concerned to demonstrate his toughness and capability in rivalry with his messmates . |
| 17 | As the youngest royal brother , Richard had received a relatively modest endowment from Edward IV . |
| 18 | He had not been with them since before the war and , as the youngest son , he saw his older brother and sisters passing away from him : Ada had died in 1943 , and now Henry was seriously ill with leukaemia . |
| 19 | By 12 November the thrice-decorated Braham had destroyed twelve enemy aircraft and in 1942 he was posted to command 141 Squadron at Ford , near Chichester , Sussex , as the youngest wing commander in the RAF . |
| 20 | As the youngest royal brother , Richard had received a relatively modest endowment from Edward IV . |
| 21 | Eysenck wrote in New Scientist ( vol 94 , p 803 ) , that ‘ the age of six … is about the youngest age at which IQ tests can be properly applied ’ . |
| 22 | I think Caroline 's about the youngest . |
| 23 | In the evenings I taught my son , Branwell , and my wife 's sister looked after the youngest child , Anne . |
| 24 | Jessica had been getting out of the house for a while since just after the youngest of the boys had begun at school . |
| 25 | One of the youngest brigadiers in the British Army ; deputy chairman of the Conservative Party ; chairman of a major insurance company ; Warden of Winchester College — these are all solid achievements , but it is safe to guess that until this trial started most people had never heard of him . |
| 26 | She could not remember the age of the youngest child — was he one , or two , or even three by now ? |
| 27 | ENO is distressed that ‘ opera has not generally been the property of the youngest type of creative talent ’ . |
| 28 | However , it is the age of the youngest child , particularly the presence of a child under 5 , which is the major constraint . |
| 29 | ‘ Do you like salted nuts , Bertha ? ’ asked Dimity anxiously of the youngest Miss Lovelock . |
| 30 | She was one of the youngest Brownies , but she was very honest and outspoken The Pack had soon learned that Jill never feared to speak her mind and to say what she thought was right . |