Example sentences of "[prep] the tiniest " in BNC.
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| 1 | New studies will search for the tiniest blips in the microwave background . |
| 2 | This is because humans and dogs rely most on chasing and trapping their prey , whereas cats prefer to lurk in ambush and listen very carefully for the tiniest sound . |
| 3 | Those of a pike have become elegant filmy sculls , rotating slowly back and forth from a joint within the body , so that the fish can compensate for the tiniest variation of current and hang above a rock as though it were suspended from an invisible wire . |
| 4 | ‘ She is a stickler for the tiniest mote of dust . |
| 5 | Humble Spora arrived at Hillsborough with a reputation as one of the tiniest of this season 's European minnows . |
| 6 | A shedding of the tiniest particles of ourselves — skin and hair , threads from our clothing — but nonetheless proof that whilst the pain of loss persists , growth is equally cyclical and persistent . |
| 7 | My little band of Welsh gold with the tiniest of freshwater pearls , no good for belly-buttons so I kept it ; and I remember Tony poking the funghi marinati out of his ears with this pick . |
| 8 | She had bought him a new trilby with the tiniest of blue feathers tucked into the band at the crown . |
| 9 | He had been cooking because beef-flavoured steam droplets fell into the air around him in the fractional gravity of Mars , and mingled with the tiniest hint of sweat on his fingers were odoriferous particles of fresh garlic . |
| 10 | bigger than any number you can possibly think of , to plus infinity , with the tiniest change in X. That you could imagine . |
| 11 | It is probably quite likely that the foreigners were honest and hard working , keeping themselves much to themselves but it was clearly a tinder-box situation with the tiniest spark capable of leading to a conflagration . |
| 12 | The seas today swarm with crustacean arthropods ranging in size from the tiniest krill in the surface waters to giant bottom-living crabs with a reach like that of a man . |
| 13 | Finally , on the front panel , there 's the master volume knob and the controls for the onboard Alesis reverb/delay unit — a sixteen-notch rotary knob and a ‘ return ’ control for setting the required level of effect , from the tiniest hint of echo through to a nightmare in a bathtub . |
| 14 | ‘ You learn unbelievable things about yourself — from the tiniest things like little quirks and mannerisms to something really big , such as why you keep having the same kinds of relationships with people . ’ |
| 15 | Even in the tiniest countries , distinctive political habits — not to mention distinct political dynasties — have evolved . |
| 16 | Then , in the tiniest second like the one he 'd blown up in , he turned his flaming face away again . |
| 17 | The boy was holding a magnifying glass over a postcard and writing on it in the tiniest hand . |
| 18 | There , in the back of the journal , were the breeding charts-a dozen complex genetic patterns , each drawn in the tiniest of hands , one to a double page ; each named and dated , Ben 's own amongst them . |
| 19 | ‘ Big-band ’ Mozart ; smooth , rich , warm , mellow and played with love and fastidious concern over the tiniest detail . |
| 20 | How curious that she could now think of him without the tiniest pang ; it was as if the shadow of Max had been totally eclipsed by the substance of Luke — with all its ramifications . |
| 21 | After all my care and attention to the tiniest detail of keeping my secret I decided to tell Alec Davidson the truth . |
| 22 | It is true that all cats share many features of their behaviour , down to the tiniest detail . |
| 23 | Yet they may have made no effort to give her anywhere she can go to , having allocated a large bedroom to one of their small children and relegated her to the tiniest bedroom in the house , to which she can never withdraw unless she actually gets into bed . |
| 24 | It is not possible to accept the belief that ‘ God pervades everything that is to be found in this universe down to the tiniest atom ’ , and not at the same time accept the idea of universal brotherhood and the essential unity and equality of all earthly creatures . |
| 25 | Above all I do n't want to worry you : I 'd feel like hell on earth if you crashed on a mission and I thought it might be my fault , even to the tiniest degree . |
| 26 | They after all , they went to the tiniest details . |
| 27 | Later it was realized by Schrödinger and others that , on the tiniest sub-atomic scale , the duality of the cat 's existence exactly represented one of the ways in which the Universe works . |
| 28 | And then flip just to the other side of minus three , again minus three , plus the tiniest bit , |
| 29 | Mass 's mistake had been overshadowed by the tiniest error by his rival 's pit crew . |
| 30 | Much more authentic are the slow improvements made by training — taking several days to raise a single skill by the tiniest amount . |