Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The submarine , which was eventually to provide the best means of delivering the torpedo , was still an infant ; only one or two curious submersible craft had been built and they had not yet affected naval thinking . |
| 2 | It was one of those gorgeous early mornings when the sun has just risen but it 's still dark enough to see the brightest stars . |
| 3 | The first stages are fitted with input offset adjustments just large enough to cancel the largest field likely to be encountered , namely the total inclined component in the middle latitudes . |
| 4 | ‘ Many farmers think it saves money only to treat the best cows in the herd — those which have had clinical mastitis or those with a known high cell-count . |
| 5 | For years those fans have suffered the frustration of supporting the team through thick and thin only to see the best seats at big matches filled by the detested ‘ fur-coat brigade ’ . |
| 6 | To coincide with the change , the Haslemere company have reorganised into three divisions — environmental , maritime and engineering — all of which will work together to find the best environmental solution . |
| 7 | The food plant for both the small tortoiseshell and the peacock is the stinging nettle , so to stand the best chance of finding their caterpillars , start inspecting large clumps of nettles about the middle of May . |
| 8 | The plastic box used ( see parts list ) is also high enough to accept the highest component on the p.c.b. , namely the mains transformer . |
| 9 | I am also visiting the various sites over coming weeks and look forward to hearing your views about how we can work together to secure the best outcome for AEA and its employees . |
| 10 | She bent down to retrieve the best china from the floor , whilst Ray picked up teaspoons with one hand and dabbed at the goat 's milk with the other holding his handkerchief . |
| 11 | This shawl-collared swing coat falls flatteringly from the shoulder and is roomy enough to envelop the chunkiest of knits . |
| 12 | Each element of the array could be a fixed length character string , but this would be quite wasteful of memory as this fixed length would have to be enough to fit the longest word in the list . |
| 13 | But he is confident enough to assert the best way to tackle the problem of low intelligence among deprived children may be through measures designed to improve their nutrition . |
| 14 | One crop that seems to have flourished in the late eighteenth-century Weald was hops ; the rapid expansion of the Georgian population produced an urgent demand for more beer , not only to escape the worst features of contemporary living but as a very basic foodstuff for the poor . |
| 15 | It was at this time that many growers began to group together to form the earliest co-operatives in Champagne . |
| 16 | But when we tol When we told us they said Oh they 'd have come down to match the nearest competitor , and we thought oh why did he quote up there in the first place then . |
| 17 | We would still be wasting a lot of space because some names , addresses etc are longer than others and our " slots " must be large enough to hold the longest . |
| 18 | It is vital that our children have the best possible education to allow them not only to have the best possible standard of life and maximise their opportunities , but for the benefit of Britain , so that we can compete in the world in trade and industry . |
| 19 | ‘ Liverpool are lucky enough to have the best fans in the world and I know they 'll turn up the volume and strike fear into Spartak . |
| 20 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 21 | And yet we want to be able to exploit new opportunities and new technologies as they come along to get the best out of our systems for our businesses . |
| 22 | ‘ This trio only has long-term chances of survival if it uses all chances to work together to get the best results , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Added to which , a serious takeover bid by the Navy at a time when the Services needed to stand together to mitigate the worst excesses of the Sandys Reformation , would have been unforgivable . |
| 24 | So National Savings , that 's not a bad decision , cos I mean National Savings are absolutely secure , and the other thing is that you do n't need to put twenty five thousand pounds in to get the highest rate , you 'll get the highest rate from two thousand pounds upwards , so it 's very good for small amounts . |
| 25 | This heavy gauge Chinese wok with wooden handle is 33cm/13in in size — large enough to toss the tastiest stir fry for the hungriest family . |
| 26 | So-called direct tactics would n't be good enough to beat the best teams at international level . |
| 27 | It is one of the remarkable features of the Bible that it contains enough to occupy the greatest intellects for a lifetime , and yet the simplest soul can read and understand , and in reading with an obedient heart find God himself . |
| 28 | It is necessary to follow the routines exactly to obtain the best results . |
| 29 | The French refused to take part in the project because Dassault was not to receive the largest proportion of the contracts and , in June 1992 , Germany decided that , since the threat from the Warsaw pact was gone and she was unlikely to participate in out-of-area conflicts , she had no more use for the aircraft . |
| 30 | Extremely soft water may not contain sufficient calcium to maintain growth of the skeleton while excessively hard water is thought not to favour the best quality of coloration and finnage . |