Example sentences of "[prep] the fewest " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no candidate wins more than half the first preference votes , the candidate with the fewest first preference votes is excluded , and his or her votes are transferred to the remaining candidates , according to the voters ' second preferences . |
| 2 | The best cork is the smoothest and densest , with the fewest veins . |
| 3 | Also at this stage , candidates with the fewest first preference votes are eliminated and their ballot papers shared out to those candidates who appear as second preferences on those papers . |
| 4 | After the cross-country phase , the penalties are added up and the competitor with the fewest penalties wins . |
| 5 | The desegregation of education helped bring sports such as American football inside their reach during the 1960s and , by 1972 , black players comprised 40 per cent of the total of professional footballers , most , however , occupying ‘ positions with the fewest intellectual and leadership demands ’ ( Eitzen and Sanford , 1975 , p.959 ) . |
| 6 | There was too much poverty , and hardship fell on those with the fewest reserves and resources . |
| 7 | Because it 's got the , it 's the one with the fewest er detergents , |
| 8 | The highest prevalences have been recorded in dogs of less than six months of age , with the fewest worms in adult animals . |
| 9 | Joyce Anderson , of Thornton Hough , said : ‘ We are not really in a race against time , the winners will be the party who come back with the fewest miles on their clock . |
| 10 | To teach herself to handle thought , she made it a practise never to permit herself to touch a brush until she could answer these questions , in writing , in the fewest possible words : ‘ What attracted me to this subject ? ’ 'Why do I want to paint it ? ’ 'What is the thing I am trying to express ? ’ |
| 11 | To be an effective business correspondent one should have a sound knowledge of English , which includes correct spelling , grammar and punctuation , and also be able to construct sentences so that the exact meaning is conveyed in the fewest possible words . |
| 12 | Because the patient is trying to communicate in the fewest possible words , and a sentence missing its function words is easier to understand than a sentence missing its content words . |