Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the help of the ESRC , the Yorkshire Dales National Park hope to transform countryside interpretation into an active and creative means of bringing landowners , policymakers and the public together to work on the best way to manage one of the great scenic treasures of northern England , yet maintain a healthy rural economy . |
| 2 | Against Ireland the English backs showed wit , poise , passing skills and pace enough to set against the best . |
| 3 | He was hard enough to resist at the best times . |
| 4 | It is grosser than in any European country and you have only to look down the nearest street to see it . |
| 5 | She squared herself , and moved along to look into the nearest of the rooms . |
| 6 | A salmon is slippery enough to handle at the best of times , but one of this size … . |
| 7 | Their relatively humdrum job these days is merely to argue about the best mechanism for finding out what the people want , the best way of looking after the country 's interests abroad and , in economics , the rival merits of maximising productive efficiency and maximising compassion for the poor devils who get least out of the efficiency . |
| 8 | That 's real adventure — bright enough to shine through the densest of Scottish mists . |
| 9 | On 19 December 1946 the leader of the indigenous forces in Vietnam , Ho Chi Minh , initiated the rising against French colonial occupation , which was eventually to lead to the bloodiest and politically most crucial local war this century . |
| 10 | A Cabinet committee , expected to be chaired by the Prime Minister , will be set up soon to look at the broadest possible scope of environmental policy , taking in road traffic , housing , agriculture , the rural economy , energy , and industrial development , as well as the obvious ‘ green ’ areas of policy such as planning , waste disposal and pollution . |
| 11 | To start negotiations having to rely on the generosity of the other party is not to start in the strongest of positions ! |
| 12 | Sid 's the kinda hombre who does n't climb down from his saddle just to pander to the latest flight of fancy that the LA music scene has retched up , far preferring to follow his own happy trail . |
| 13 | She was delighted by the carefree lightness of her voice as hastily she began to move to the side of the bed , inwardly quaking but determined not to reveal by the merest movement her reservations to him about revealing her total nakedness by the growing light of day as it filtered through the perpendicular blinds . |
| 14 | When we seek a context for B , it may not be wise always to work within the largest parse tree containing B. The contexts found from large trees are too specific . |
| 15 | You press a button and a hand pops up to point to the nearest person with the right time . |
| 16 | Thus to the question ‘ Why do you feel affection for your children ? ’ or ‘ Why are you inclined to assist animals ( or fellow citizens ) in pain ? ’ , it would sound lame and otiose to reply that it is because your children are kind and decent , or that you assist others in the hope that they will assist you , or that you do both to contribute to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of creatures . |
| 17 | Earlier this season , Haslemere might have collapsed at this stage , but they came back to equalise with the best goal of the game . |
| 18 | The last few years have seen the age of the fitness fanatics — those who rush headlong to join in the latest craze whether it is jogging , aerobics or weight training . |
| 19 | Even at the faster rate , it would take over 1300 years simply to count to the smallest of the above numbers . |
| 20 | It would be very difficult even to get to the nearest start . |
| 21 | He heard the sound again , followed by the whistle and thud of a crossbow bolt whining overhead to slam into the nearest tree . |
| 22 | X/Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever : it expects to invite 50 to 75 user groups worldwide to participate , get 35 to 50 of them actually involved and circulate 10,000 multiple-choice questionnaires in six languages : English , French , German , Spanish , Chinese and Japanese ; it is now trying to figure out how to get feedback from the non-industrial nations ; results will probably appear in Rome in early December . |
| 23 | X/Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever . |
| 24 | Cheltenham on Gold Cup day glitters … the best in the land are there to race for the richest prize … we 've three questions to ask you in our competition … first is about jockeys … |
| 25 | Not only do you need to know where to go for the best prices , but you need information on when shops open and how to get there . |
| 26 | Avoid trying to jump white water , aiming instead to jump at the steepest part of the wave which is normally the part about to break , the critical section . |