Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain . |
| 2 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 3 | They talked on for the best part of an hour , ending in agreement that there was no solution to this problem , short of the mass emigration of millions . |
| 4 | The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North . |
| 5 | The rotary input gain control can be set to the optimum level so that the overload light flashes momentarily on for the loudest peaks of signal . |
| 6 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 7 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 8 | Her poor academic record was traded in for the sharpest of wits , her gaucherie for poise . |
| 9 | If , however , you feel unable to do this , it would still help us if the questionnaire could be filled in for the largest course , and some indication be given of provision in other courses . |
| 10 | Wroughton airfield near Swindon was the busiest in the world this weekend , as more than fifteen hundred aircraft flew in for the largest rally of its kind outside the United States . |
| 11 | And with Robert Jones — another triumphant Lion of '89 — the ace in the Welsh scheme , Australia are in for the biggest examination of their status since they acquired it at Twickenham last year . |
| 12 | We were in for the worst . |
| 13 | Alistair , Wendy and Anna come in for the worst of it . |
| 14 | she never finished her explanations of formulae because she used to stop halfway through for the cleverest girls to give the answer . |
| 15 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |
| 16 | Clarke was the luckiest player on earth not to be sent off for the clearest professional foul imaginable on Strachan after 69 minutes . |
| 17 | ‘ Roll up , roll up for the Greatest Show on Earth , ’ Jack cried expansively , waving his arms around . |
| 18 | A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land . |
| 19 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 20 | Fenella retrieved her plate , keeping an eye out for the fastest claw in the East End . |
| 21 | the name of the game is to race over the mountains … you can either go flat out for the fastest time … or take a treasure hunt sort of trail where you find and check in at remote control points … the route you find yourself … |
| 22 | We can only pray and hope it 'll turn out for the best . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 'll all turn out for the best , you mark my words . |
| 24 | Yet all turned out for the best : on 20 July 1836 , Daniel Jones returned Benjamin his indenture , only too pleased to inscribe on the back of it the fact that he had appreciated the boy 's seven years with him , and making him a generous gift of five pounds in the process . |
| 25 | ‘ Joan , it will all turn out for the best — I know it will , ’ Anne assured her , seating herself on the edge of the bed . |
| 26 | It would turn out for the best in the end ; it must . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , it all worked out for the best . ’ |
| 28 | Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing . |
| 29 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
| 30 | To have self-confidence is great and it helps when you apply for a new job , but to eat up your seed corn because you 're sure all will turn out for the best is foolhardy . |