Example sentences of "[prep] the smallest " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best treaty will aim for the smallest loss in world welfare . |
| 2 | All of Ferdinando 's wages went to Ellen , save for the smallest amount he kept for his personal pleasure . |
| 3 | Like Las Vegas money machines — where lights whirl , the jackpot flashes and the sound of cascading money plays for the smallest win — so the sprung plywood floor of the wrestling ring thuds and echoes with exaggerated effect . |
| 4 | Such divisions are artificial , for the smallest social unit , the family , is made up of people of different ages . |
| 5 | There is , after all , always some status attached to wearing the largest plaster from the real First Aid Kit , even for the smallest scratch ! |
| 6 | Buy feed that is suitable for the smallest fish in the pond . |
| 7 | From this piece , cut out a small round for the smallest parcel . |
| 8 | All the Argentines adored him and nicknamed him Señor Gracias because he was so grateful for the smallest favour . |
| 9 | We first look for the smallest , say , and set . |
| 10 | Then we declare row t and column u unavailable and search for the smallest in the remaining available rows and columns , say , and set , declaring row v and column w unavailable . |
| 11 | A pushchair for the smallest one , a bag of shopping , a handbag which carries more in the way of pins , wipes and sweets as bribes than it does personal possessions . |
| 12 | The company also added low cost 133Mb , 171Mb , 256Mb and 342Mb 3.5″ drives at $240 for the smallest , $450 for the biggest . |
| 13 | This had set the tone later reflected in the harsh rules of the Indian Penal Code 1860 ( prescribing long sentences of ‘ rigorous imprisonment ’ ) , in the Prisons Act 1894 , in gaol manuals allowing cruel punishments for the smallest breach of discipline , and in a lasting policy of spending as little as possible on the gaols . |
| 14 | For cocktail parties , use smoked salmon butter , fresh salmon paste , sardine or tunny fish butter , potted cheese , as fillings for the smallest of small sandwiches . |
| 15 | He writes and rewrites in long-hand , and endlessly checks for the smallest detail . |
| 16 | We should perhaps remember that , before the advent of television , the five-day week and DIY superstores , crowds , even for the smallest clubs , often exceeded 3,000 and for an important derby match during the 1930s Whaddon could easily pull in 120,000 fans according to some of the club 's more senior supporters . |
| 17 | The contribution erm made by each of these products after we 've used an average sales price erm is seven and a half pence roughly for the smallest size , erm about eighteen pence average for the one litre size and eleven twelve percent twelve pence sorry for the large size . |
| 18 | He succeeded in winning Stansfield 's confidence and in stamping his personal authority on all areas of the new department , including Simon 's , by intercepting correspondence and seizing responsibility for the smallest details of policy . |
| 19 | One must be grateful for the smallest grain of humour from the Germans . |
| 20 | Whatever you do , for the smallest children , has to be really worth putting into your precious 20-minute show . |
| 21 | The Black Death and subsequent outbreaks of the plague account for the smallest number of desertions , despite all the local traditions . |
| 22 | I like the desert green for the cusp of the evening , Caribbean pink for the smallest dot of night , yellow , white and red for post-pub crowds . |
| 23 | ‘ Darling , you always were more than grateful for the smallest things that anyone did for you , but in future you 'll be able to turn to me . ’ |
| 24 | If I get a decent vote I intend going to the Guinness Book of Records for the highest number of votes for the smallest expenditure . ’ |
| 25 | Bill Anderson , Scottish secretary of the Federation of Small Businesses , welcomed both the introduction of income tax self assessment and the proposed reduction of the audit burden for the smallest businesses . |
| 26 | In addition , the bands detected are rather broad and heterogenous especially for the smallest fragments from Mbo I or Alu I digests . |
| 27 | The term , ‘ minimum lethal dose ’ , is defined as the smallest amount of a substance needed to kill a nine-ounce guinea pig within four days . |
| 28 | Winchelsea , 3 miles away , was created by Edward I and is known as the smallest town in England . |
| 29 | Another misconception made most frequently by pupils in the middle or just below the middle of the complete attainment spectrum , is to regard the " longest " decimal ( or the larger of two equally " long " ones ) as the smallest , that is 0.089 in the item given above . |
| 30 | The basic syntagmatic lexical units of a sentence will be defined as the smallest parts which satisfy the following two criteria ; |