Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] [adj -est] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |
| 2 | I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe . |
| 3 | Clarke was the luckiest player on earth not to be sent off for the clearest professional foul imaginable on Strachan after 69 minutes . |
| 4 | Then it headed straight for the nearest suitable planet and effected a landing . |
| 5 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
| 6 | SIR Patrick Mayhew refused to discuss the enveloping Iraqi supergun row , when he arrived in Dublin today for the latest Anglo-Irish conference . |
| 7 | Have the flexibility of being able to shop around for the best possible deals and get the best professional advice ; |
| 8 | Shop around for the best possible deals and the best service . |
| 9 | Ideally , I suppose , we should look around for the thickest available development of a particular unit if we are to find anything approaching continuous sedimentation . |
| 10 | Quickly introducing herself to the sister-in-charge , she looked around for the nearest unattended patient . |
| 11 | FREE-market economics took on a new meaning last week as schools received an invitation to shop around for the cheapest General Certificate of Secondary Education exams . |