Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] in the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally-Anne , her heart thudding in the strangest way when he asked her this , as though he had said something much more intimate , and then suddenly understanding by the ambiguous way in which he had spoken that he had offered her other games than chess , and his wicked expression betraying that he had seen her confusion , flushed , and he added softly , so that Matey could not hear him , ‘ Come , McAllister , give me your answer — you surely wish to please the Master in every way possible , ’ the last bit in a fake American accent so bad that she laughed out loud . |
| 2 | His lips curved in the faintest of smiles . |
| 3 | What , after all , is the difference between a priest acting in the highest sense of his vocation , or a prophet compelled into declamation , or such a saint ( even unknowing ) , opening himself up to the mercies of God , becoming a channel for them to the world ? |
| 4 | But as he inspected the size of the Tories ' losses on May 6th even the home secretary , Kenneth Clarke , usually a man to find a silver lining in the blackest cloud , admitted that the government was in ‘ a dreadful hole ’ . |
| 5 | A relief to Léonie , not to have to observe him sitting knees crossed in the best armchair daintily sipping his apéritif , one hand going up to smooth his shining black hair . |
| 6 | With the obligatory ‘ W ’ across its malformed chest , the tousle-headed little aberration appears in the latest set of increasingly hep ‘ Be more than just a number ’ ads , |
| 7 | Nocturnal birds , such as owls which depend upon their hyper-sensitive eyes to fly in the dimmest of lights , might manage to fly in parts of the cave near the entrance , but some species of swiftlet nest in chambers so deep no light whatever reaches them . |
| 8 | A few minutes later a car drew up , its brakes screeching in the best SS fashion . |
| 9 | There is a tendency therefore for young teachers to be unwilling to go to a rural school ; and for over a third of headteachers to live in the nearest large town . |
| 10 | Although the county possesses few equivalents of the great churches built by wealthy communities elsewhere in England , it has a wealth of small-scale buildings in a range of styles imported in the latest continental fashion and modified by local needs and customs . |
| 11 | He heard the tell-tale sound of a horse whinnying in the largest barn , and ran to unfasten the door . |
| 12 | In effect the duty is merely an amalgam of fiduciary duties at common law requiring an agent to act in the best interests of his principal . |
| 13 | Strinati believes in the closest possible collaboration between restorer and art historian . |
| 14 | Instead Sumner went with various other senators , representatives and the President , Johnson , to hear Hall speak in the largest Presbyterian Church in Washington . |
| 15 | His hard thighs brushed hers as he shifted suddenly , picking up the telephone nestling in the armrest . |
| 16 | A string quintet played in the largest of the reception rooms , and guests spilled out into the garden in between light showers . |
| 17 | Repub. dissolved the ancient Military orders whose origins lay in the Reconquest . |
| 18 | MORE than a million lambs died in the worst blizzards to hit New Zealand in 30 years . |
| 19 | And it was then that she saw Christie Goldsborough coming towards her along the path , his spectacular , fur-lined driving-cape swinging loose around his shoulders , his feet encased in the finest quality leather , his carriage — a shiny , high-perch sporting phaeton — waiting for him just there , in the road beyond the church wall , whenever he had a mind to take the reins in his gloved hands and go dashing off to drink champagne and eat bride-cake at Frizingley Hall . |
| 20 | They would also risk breach of their fiduciary duties to act in the best interests of the company rather than in their own . |
| 21 | Thus even if we accept that the duty of directors to act in the best interests of shareholders can be equated with a duty to maximize profits this does not provide us with any real assurance that the wishes of the shareholders are being executed by the directors or that we have a satisfactory way of controlling the discretion accorded to directors in the name of the Rule of Law . |
| 22 | At the more concrete level of legal rules , we find that many of the difficulties which the law has faced in defining the duties of directors to act in the best interests of the company stem from a conflict between the traditional contractual model of the company and the corporatist countervision . |
| 23 | Management accountable to owners can not be expected to enter into meaningful agreements , planning or otherwise , which limit their freedom under the law to act in the best interest of the owners . |
| 24 | They are just suggestions for day and half-day excursions to take in the best of the scenery , rather than the villages the tours pass through . |
| 25 | Quiet and modest in manner , speaking with an occasional stutter , his initiative , absolute reliability and willingness to help in the humblest duties endeared him to his many friends , not only in the literary world . |
| 26 | This warranty is essentially aimed at the past : the Vendor ought by now to know whether the debts shown in the latest audited Accounts have been good and collectable . |
| 27 | Major hotels and restaurants are making the most of new ideas like these and , realising the need to invest in the best modern equipment available , they are increasingly relying on equipment manufacturers to fit out their kitchens with these innovations . |
| 28 | The problems appear critical for the 20 per cent of the Merseyside population living in the poorest council housing and especially in the district of Knowsley where 48 per cent of the population ( six times the national average ) live in such areas . |
| 29 | Prost turned in the fastest time on a dry track with 1 min 20.557 secs . |
| 30 | Bob Geldof 's initiative resulted in the biggest ever sum of money being wrung out of the haves on behalf of the have-nots ; in itself and in isolation an admirable achievement . |