Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patients were asked to write down the highest of three blows for the paper and pencil diary and to enter the values of all three blows into the computer . |
| 2 | With such a variety of similar instruments and competitive rates it is difficult and costly in time for all participants to know exactly the best terms and rates . |
| 3 | TURKEY will be on an incredible £12,000-a-man bonus to pull off the greatest result in their football history at Wembley tomorrow . |
| 4 | ALSO , Liverpool wo n't want to write off the best part of £1 million spent on recruiting Souness : £500,000 a year salary and £400,000 compensation to Rangers . |
| 5 | Until MS-DOS 6.0 arrives on the scene sometime near March 1993 and we see what disk compression it offers , Xtradrive seems to provide probably the simplest way to get more capacity from your hard disk . |
| 6 | Whilst we were very pleased with its towing capabilities and cruising speed were were extremely disappointed with its ability to pull up the slightest incline . |
| 7 | Children who came hoping to try out the latest Streetfighter games nearly ended up in street fights themselves . |
| 8 | ‘ Said she wanted to find out the latest angle on the police battle against drugs . ’ |
| 9 | However , you will probably have obstacles such as window reveals , door openings and built-in furniture in the room , all competing to be the centre of attention , and you have to work out the best ‘ centre point ’ while trying to avoid having very thin cut-tile borders and edges anywhere . |
| 10 | Second , identifying other people 's best practices gives you the benefit of their knowledge and experience ; you do n't have to try to work out the best way of performing a particular task — you just learn from whoever is already doing it that way . |
| 11 | Pausing a moment to work out the best route , the Doctor set off to find a stair leading down . |
| 12 | Forget the original lecture situation and sit down with the speaker to work out the best way of communicating his or her message on the video screen . |
| 13 | In keeping with these objectives departments were ‘ called upon to examine the way they managed all aspects of their programmes and to work out the best pattern of managerial responsibility , financial accounting and control ’ ( ibid. , para. 14 ) . |
| 14 | And until we 've looked honestly at the mess you 've landed in , we ca n't hope to work out the best way out of it . ’ |
| 15 | Try to work out the best solution to your background problem , then forget altogether about conventional seating ( one or two sofas , armchairs , occasional chairs ) . |
| 16 | The Overseas Development Minister , Lynda Chalker , is to visit Russia to try to work out the best way to distribute British emergency food supplies . |
| 17 | He explains that most specialist dies are , of course , catered for , including vegetarian dishes , which , I noticed , were unusual enough to tempt even the staunchest of meat-eaters like myself . |
| 18 | Birds possess a similar skill as you will discover if you try to dismantle even the untidiest and most apparently haphazard of twig nests . |
| 19 | Eddie Dayan , Lowndes ' managing director , said it was too early to know how the latest round of interest rates would affect sales , but the company has put on hold its £10m store refurbishment programme , which was three-quarters complete . |
| 20 | As it was so worthwhile a visit , we would like to know where the largest Aquarium is — can you help please ? |
| 21 | The Prime Minister was attending the first meeting at the Royal Society of Arts in London of the Walpole Committee , an amalgam of private industry whose objective is to talk up the best that Britain has to offer . |
| 22 | It is surely rather a lot to ask an alien species , perhaps 50 light-years away , to pick up the faintest of traces and then instantly respond . |
| 23 | He nodded with patronising approval , and she had to do battle with an urge to pick up the nearest heavy object and hurl it at his infuriating head . |
| 24 | Outside Europe international finance would pool its resources to open up the biggest prize of all — the vast reservoir of cheap labour awaiting Western exploitation in China . |
| 25 | We tend to think that it is a modern problem , trying to set up the best lifestyle so that the need for personal commitment to the home is balanced with other social and career activities . |
| 26 | Its primary function is to sharpen up the best of good practice . ’ |
| 27 | While the two aircraft commanders get their heads together to sort out the best approach to the problem we have been set , the two pilots sort out the flying side of life . |
| 28 | While the tannery try to sort out the best hides before they 're sent , these flaws can not be helped , so Klondyke cut round them , since otherwise the scar might eventually open up and spoil or even split the strap . |
| 29 | Southampton must pay 25 per cent of the fine now and the other £15,000 will be suspended for a year to give boss Ian Branfoot time to sort out the worst record in top soccer . |
| 30 | Then he ordered Ram to serve out the reddest shot he could find in the furnace , watched it loaded and , motioning the pensioners back , himself took the portfire and touched it to the vent . |