Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the most " in BNC.
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| 1 | they are between jobs and are taking time to search for the most appropriate job with the highest wage ( search unemployment ) ; |
| 2 | To search for the most appropriate policy-tools which will enable the government to achieve its economic objectives more satisfactorily . |
| 3 | Restrictive practices concerned with crewing nationality are to continue for the most part until the end of the century . |
| 4 | Travel and feature writers from all over the world had stayed in Crystal Springs , going back to their desks to write for the Most part glowing reports . |
| 5 | She prided herself on her ability to sift through the most innocent conversations and turn them into major scandals . |
| 6 | He had barely a scratch upon him , he was hardly blown by comparison with these , and he stood off while they breathed , and at the last lighted down from his tired horse , to meet with the most valiant on equal terms . |
| 7 | My subject was French history , and although my focus was on a relatively obscure piece of ecclesiastical history I had the good fortune to work with the most genial and scholarly of humanists , Professor Alfred Cobban of the University of London . |
| 8 | All the most popular colour specification systems are provided , including CIELAB , Munsell , NCS and Pantone , allowing the designer to work in the most convenient manner . |
| 9 | However , Tizard does acknowledge that the issue is complicated by social inequality — children who come into care tend to come from the most powerless sector of society . |
| 10 | There is perhaps no better assurance of the reality of a fundamental drive than when it is seen to flourish in the most difficult and primitive circumstances . |
| 11 | Who the other call was to Jihan has never revealed , but it is certain that it must have been someone of the highest importance , and that her purpose was to obtain from the most authoritative source possible some outside indication of what was happening in Egypt . |
| 12 | The report also criticised the current boom in real-life crime re-enactments , which again tend to concentrate on the most violent crimes . |
| 13 | A further refinement that has often been adopted is to rank the supposed users in order of importance and then to concentrate on the most important . |
| 14 | We had cause to talk of the most famous when I referred to Gergiev 's handling of the masterly scene in The Queen of Spades where Hermann encounters the withered Countess deshabillée , its shadowy pianissimos conjured with an underlying intensity that brought Mravinsky to mind . |
| 15 | Many Koreans went voluntarily or forcibly to Japan , mostly to engage in the most menial of jobs . |
| 16 | Sancho meanwhile had himself crowned king of Leon , and thus came to rule over the most extensive kingdom in the whole of Christian Spain . |
| 17 | Well educated in Latin , French , German , Flemish , Spanish and Italian as well as in the Gaelic which enabled him to talk to the most suspicious and recalcitrant Highlanders , he gathered about him scholars and artists to add distinction to what soon became not merely the constitutional but also the cultural capital of the north . |
| 18 | The ASP rule-book asked the judges to look for the most radical manoeuvres in the most critical section of the wave ( that is , nearest the curl ) . |
| 19 | Whatever their own political persuasions , journalists tend to look for the most interesting outcome of any given set of circumstances . |
| 20 | The company claims that unlike other safety kits , the Dixon Home Care has been stylishly designed to fit into the most modern fitted kitchens . |
| 21 | Trying to get an edge — which will count for very little unless the price is right , the IBM Personal Computer Co says that all its new business-oriented personal computers will be designed to comply with the most comprehensive worldwide health , safety and ergonomic standards by year-end : the promise covers desktop and floor-standing units , displays and keyboards ; it claims it will also be the first computer manufacturer in the world to test these products for compliance with the International Standards Organisation Standard 9241 , which addresses the health , safety and comfort of display terminal users starting with premium PS/2s . |
| 22 | The stuff about which they were all so concerned seemed to vanish into the most inaccessible shadows of the house . |
| 23 | The gently curved outlines of the Club buildings protect the huge terrace area when the breeze is strong and create a real ‘ sun trap ’ to help with the most important thing — your sun tan ! |
| 24 | If the countries of the poor world are to escape from the most serious forms of dependence , and if they are to get the best social and economic benefit from their resources , it is essential that they have control over their resources . |
| 25 | He started going to ‘ Aid Spain ’ meetings and after listening to a medical student who had returned from the country he decided to help in the most direct way . |
| 26 | The views of his French contemporary , the Carmelite , Jean de Venette , corresponded almost exactly ; not without reason did the poor people of France have little trust in the nobility who abused them and their property and virtually held them to ransom in the most disgraceful way . |
| 27 | GKR — long established , entirely British , and with a name for utter discretion and high quality work — was able to win over the most conservative and privacy-obsessed Board directors . |
| 28 | The list is not comprehensive or detailed but tries to focus on the most salient points . |
| 29 | Time-Warner defended Ice-T 's rap song Cop Killer — ‘ bust some shots off , dust some cops off ’ — on grounds of freedom of expression ; while the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has allegedly encouraged film-makers to focus on the most degraded aspects of human nature , showering Oscars on The Silence of the Lambs , the story of two serial killers , one of whom skins people while the other eats them . |
| 30 | What is easier than to look at the most conspicuous item in the marketing budget and one which is largely the concern of an outside supplier , at that ? |