Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Injected , catalysed , with 24-valves apiece and an individual coil on each plug to speed the spark , the 2-litre 150bhp and the 2.5-litre 192bhp engines enhance the company 's reputation for building arguably the smoothest ‘ 6 ’ s in the business . |
| 2 | So this was done , and on the very next day fine grapes were found hanging on the youngest brother 's vine . |
| 3 | Lettaford in North Bovey parish , consisting of three longhouses with later farm buildings , represents perhaps the best surviving example . |
| 4 | Moreover , as interpreters of animal behaviour we have our own convenience to consider ; to dissolve species ( and human societies too , as in classical economics ) into uniformly egoistic atoms offers much the best prospect of finding simple laws to apply to them . |
| 5 | We have gathered together the largest and most spectacular collection of Indian BANJARA embroidery ever to be shown in the UK . |
| 6 | There is , however , no clear one-to-one relationship between discourse type and sender and receiver , and for many words denoting discourse type ( song , for example , or article ) we can make only the vaguest connections . |
| 7 | The poison develops a little time after the leaf has sprouted , so the monkeys can avoid the worst of it if they eat only the youngest leaves . |
| 8 | Members in AIB Bank , in Britain , have received perhaps the greatest blow yet delivered to them , when the Mediator dealing with their outstanding salary claim came forward with his Recommendation . |
| 9 | ‘ Light ’ , in fact , plays perhaps the largest single part in keeping the public happy . |
| 10 | Nevertheless this lamentable epitaph should not obscure the fact that at least in part he achieved his purpose of " bringing together the best in new thinking and new writing in its time 's " and that , as he confessed in an interview , editing it had been " one of the most important and rewarding " of all his activities . |
| 11 | The first being that he had driven such motor cars before , and the second that he had consumed only the barest minimum of champagne . |
| 12 | Hamer say that they are committed to producing instruments of the highest quality , using only the best woods , so that any potential purchaser may have a vintage quality guitar without the mega-buck price tag . |
| 13 | However we make sure that they are manufactured to the latest BSI standards using only the best quality materials . |
| 14 | The house was built by an Edwardian doctor using only the best materials — oak cured for eight years for the lower rooms ' panelling , fine teak for the window frames and mahogany for the fireplace . |
| 15 | Careful attention to detail ensures that we create a unique interior using only the finest timbres — maple , reclaimed pine , oak — with a range of finishes including traditional hand painting . |
| 16 | Using only the mildest ingredients , all products are fragrance-free and suitable for sensitive skins . |
| 17 | John Mabb , UK director of the NZ Meat Producers Board , made only the briefest of references to last year 's imports of chilled lamb into Scotland which led to recriminations from farmers . |
| 18 | Television offered either live coverage or by editing down the best moments presented a particularly dramatic version of events . |
| 19 | Christopher Taylor has given perhaps the best example of this in a study of settlements in the Nene Valley . |
| 20 | First and last he sought only the strictest fidelity to justice , rectitude and truth . |
| 21 | He ensures that they get to the best conferences and from time to time will organize his own , bringing in the best speakers . |
| 22 | And one who has arguably the toughest brief of all the carvers at the palace . |
| 23 | It has arguably the best-performing four-cylinder engine that you can get and more safety features than any of its rivals . |
| 24 | At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy . |
| 25 | In this section we shall consider only the simplest type , that is temperature-composition phase diagrams of liquid mixtures which form a simple eutectic . |
| 26 | You supply only the finest , do n't you … ’ |
| 27 | Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics which have a larger share of world dairy production than the EC yet command less than 10pc of the world export posed perhaps the biggest medium term threat . |
| 28 | If you are aiming almost for pure comedy , then your detective will need only the smallest core of toughness or commonsense . |
| 29 | He would need only the briefest of feels . |
| 30 | Despite the weight of the doors , access to the wardrobe interiors needs only the lightest push . |