Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rearing and plunging through bravura passagework and revelling in every opportunity for the richest variety of voicing and texture , he makes the many years since the work 's first performance roll away . |
| 2 | It 's filled with supersafe play equipment that 's paradise for the bravest of young adventurers ( 12 years and under ) and it stays open every weekend through the winter . |
| 3 | CCG HAS soared to new heights by securing the catering contract for the tallest building in the City of London , the National Westminster Tower . |
| 4 | Isaiah Berlin has pointed to the uncertainty in Marx 's attitude to this ‘ the most central of all the concepts of his system ’ and to his failure to reconcile the two views he expresses : the one , that in unalienated labour there is perfect freedom for the fullest realisation of human potential and happiness ; the other , that ‘ the need for this minimum of toil is an inescapable fact of physical nature which it is mere Utopianism to hope to conjure away ’ . |
| 5 | As an actor myself , I wanted a part , too , but there is n't a speaking part for the best man at a wedding ceremony . |
| 6 | They were used to seeing 3 × 80 oz. bottles put in with too much colour and a ‘ hope for the best ’ attitude . |
| 7 | just pushing it in and hope for the best |
| 8 | Stick yourself in the general direction of Manchester , and hope for the best ? |
| 9 | What I 'll just get on with my jibe and hope for the best . |
| 10 | This is a significant change for the fastest growing mission organisation in Britain . |
| 11 | A more dramatic change for the youngest family member came in the new year . |
| 12 | The Category D Winner for the best individual effort in achieving targets and developing new markets was Nicholas Hutchinson Regency Marine Limited . |
| 13 | If so write and tell me all about it — I 'll be sending a bottle of Moet & Chandon Champagne for the best letter ! |
| 14 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 15 | That is almost £500 below the minimum subsistence level for the poorest people in our society . |
| 16 | They suggest the sorts of function an area might be involved in , and some degree of localization is possible by varying stimulation sites and finding the one that produces the largest response for the lowest level of stimulation . |
| 17 | After his car windscreen was cleaned five times in half an hour , Mel Smith has had enough … to write a hilarious sketch for the latest BBC series of Smith And Jones . |
| 18 | It 's going to make a try for the fastest Atlantic crossing . ’ |
| 19 | The local chamber of trade sponsors an award for the best-dressed shop window , and everyone from supermarkets to building societies and banks — even firms of solicitors ( another traditionally humourless lot ) — joins in . |
| 20 | An Alton rider also shared the award for the fastest composite team , with M. Tuero of Alton CC and M. Sparkes and Antelope Racing recording 53 mins. 04 . |
| 21 | NMW is launching a new award for the silliest job title in Britain ‘ to demonstrate the degree to which posing has penetrated many companies , at the cost of performance ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Brighty ’ earned the Golden Boot award for the highest scorer in Division Two in 1987–88 , in which he hit 24 goals , and his efforts in the following promotion term , in which he played in every match , took him into the select group of men who have netted over 50 League goals for our club . |
| 23 | Jonathan Tan , a sixthform student at Manchester Grammar School , won the 1991 RSC award for the highest mark in the GCE A-level chemistry examination set by the JMB . |
| 24 | It won the Royal Television Society 's award for the Best Drama Serial of the year , and a Silver Nymph for the screenplay at the International Television Festival in Monte Carlo in 1990 . |
| 25 | There was a magazine called Kine Weekly , which would give a showman 's award for the best stunt . |
| 26 | Then he announced the winner of the Lloyd George Memorial Prize , an annual award for the best novel by a handicapped person . |
| 27 | At the Novello ceremony , Mr May also accepted an award for the best television commercial theme for Driven By You , written for Ford . |
| 28 | Lady Bailey drew out the top letter of the other sheaf , almost teasingly , like an actress announcing on television the award for the Best Actress of the Year . |
| 29 | David Ottewill 's The Edwardian Garden ( Yale University Press , 1989 ) has won the Sir Banister Fletcher Award for the best book of the year on architecture or the fine arts . |
| 30 | The award for the best dog in the Alton and District Canine Society 's show at the Drill Hall went to an Old English sheepdog , Bleakdown Major , shown by Mr. T. Cass of Shalden . |