Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cereals and root vegetables make the largest contribution , and are most often cooked to aid digestion . |
| 2 | The results reveal little departure from the traditional view that applicants from large , old-fashioned institutions make the best employees , although UMIST and Loughborough are ranked highly , largely because of their more vocational courses . |
| 3 | The heavy clutch and cumbersome gear change remain the worst feature . |
| 4 | Gore-starved GAVIN MARTIN and DANNY KELLY pick the best war flicks of all time and say ‘ get 'em on TV — pronto ! ’ |
| 5 | Experts say the latest outbreak is n't as serious as the epidemic of '89 … but they 're warning the worst is still to come . |
| 6 | The scientific network of research centres such as Harvard University , California Institute of Technology , Cambridge University and York University provide the highest degree of input at the leading edge of technology in the field . |
| 7 | ‘ Unitary authorities provide the best means for securing local services at the lowest cost . ’ |
| 8 | The symphonies of Haydn and Mozart of course provide the simplest ( and hence some of the very best ) models since , even when the score contains trumpets and drums , these are nearly always used simply for ‘ noise-making ’ purposes , and the bulk of the work is allotted to strings , woodwind , and horns . |
| 9 | For example , coins provide the fullest and most systematic source for the names and titles of Roman emperors and may sometimes provide the basic framework for the chronology of their reigns . |
| 10 | Old newspapers are being preserved by photographing about 200 volumes a year to microform , priority being given to those for which readers make the greatest call . |
| 11 | The old axiom that hungry fighters make the best ones is countered by the quote from young , struggling players : " Eat beans , and play like beans … " |
| 12 | There are 16 of these guaranteed equity investments but financial advisers Pall Mall Money Management and Brooks Macdonald Gayer will each send a free guide to help Assets readers pick the best . |
| 13 | It is the solution that offers the best balance between advantages and disadvantages — the animals gain the greatest degree of mutual protection from predators whilst sacrificing the least in terms of their ability to find food in the inhospitable terrain . |
| 14 | Queries and disputes provide the greatest excuses ever for not paying accounts . |
| 15 | Disturbance and high tides pose the greatest threats to the breeding birds . |
| 16 | In Chichester Harbour the highest count recorded until 1961 was of 1,550 birds in February 1959 , but it is doubtful if any counts covering the entire estuary were made before 1966 . |
| 17 | The data of During and Spencer provide the clearest evidence yet that enhanced activation of glutamate receptors contributes to the initiation of focal seizure activity . |
| 18 | Down to nine men , our lads deserve the highest praise for a 3–3 draw . |
| 19 | Whatever the precautions adopted it is sensible that the breeding animals receive the highest protection and staff not directly involved with breeding should not enter the breeding area . |
| 20 | Blocks of strong colour in striking combinations create the newest and most daring of today 's looks . |
| 21 | Their sharp eyes select the lowest part of the lip of the fall . |
| 22 | In the case of a hunter this training is far more intense , because the intricacy of forest paths and the difficulty of tracing animals demand the greatest power of observation . |
| 23 | Those doctors who have been trained to practise Ayurvedic medicine ( a traditional type of Indian medicine ) have been able to show that foods such as fresh vegetables , rice and pulses produce the clearest and most balanced mental state . |
| 24 | Is not aircraft noise the worst form of air pollution in London ? |
| 25 | However , it is considered that during the first stage of the expansion of GIS use the largest group of new users are non-computer-literate professionals who frequently have a highly developed insight into spatial data . |
| 26 | But if anybody refuses to believe that about 270 B.C. Lycophron could say about the Romans : " And the fame of the race of my ancestors shall thereafter be exalted to the highest by their descendants who shall with their spears win the foremost crown of glory , obtaining the sceptre and monarchy of earth and sea " ( transl . |
| 27 | ELTON John and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin have signed a contract with Time Warner in Los Angeles that will give them a £26m advance the largest cash advance in music publishing history . |
| 28 | In the equatorial rain forests of the north , the Amazon and its tributaries form the largest river system in the world — an area of 750 million acres . |
| 29 | The most fancied contender seems to be the teenage Hungarian girl Judit Polgar the youngest ever qualifier as a grandmaster , one month younger than Fischer . |
| 30 | Truly the cassowaries have the loudest — er , I mean the loveliest — voices in all the world ! " |