Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Spain , we took Hal Hambra from a loss to a profit and the award of the Albanta Prize by the Spanish government and this is an award given to the best new text book in , in the Spanish educational system each year . |
| 2 | Search literature refers to the best path as having the lowest cost . |
| 3 | I had both radiators removed and transferred to the lorry and told the driver to go to the nearest large town and to contact the best plumber to help me repair the radiators . |
| 4 | I enclose some of your forms completed to the best of my ability from information given by parish councillors . |
| 5 | Conspicuously absent was Mr Ruslan Khasbulatov , the abrasive and ambitious Speaker , whose manoeuvring led to the latest crisis . |
| 6 | Moreover , blanket support by volume of output ensures that most of the support goes to the wealthiest 25 per cent of landowners , who produce 75 per cent of output . |
| 7 | Eighty per cent of our bilateral aid goes to the poorest countries . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the jury 's finding that Poindexter was part of a conspiracy involving members of the Reagan administration amounted to the clearest judicial verdict yet rendered upon the Iran-contra scandal . |
| 9 | It does no harm to write to the nearest local residents and businesses , but generally this is a long shot . |
| 10 | Doyle 's eyes flickered to the nearest table behind Rosie . |
| 11 | Check that the l.e.d.s connected to the lowest outputs flash first and that the display rapidly ‘ decays ’ when the sound stops . |
| 12 | McRae roared to the fastest times on five of yesterday 's 10 timed stages through the rain-lashed Welsh forests . |
| 13 | The two provincial elections took place against a background of public opinion polls showing PCP federal Prime Minister Brian Mulroney 's standing with the electorate dropping to the lowest for any prime minister in the history of Canadian opinion polling . |
| 14 | Hours passed and the wind worsened to the strongest it had been for days . |
| 15 | From their figure , however , it can be extrapolated that the labelling index tended to level off , at a gastrin concentration corresponding to the lowest concentration giving maximal effect in the present study . |
| 16 | Data relate to the best fit of SIC Groups to nationalized industries and public services of 1981 . |
| 17 | To see that each of her catering units operates to the highest standard possible while balancing our clients ' requirements against profitability with due regard to company policy . |
| 18 | Driving pleasure allied to the highest levels of passenger comfort provide Safrane — Renault 's new executive challenger with the credentials for a major assault on the UK market . |
| 19 | Corbett pointed to the arbalest which swung from his saddle horn . |
| 20 | This is no longer true and tea-bags are now available containing teas from selected estates according to the best crop available at the time of packing . |
| 21 | It ca n't be a good idea to allow licences to go to the highest bidder . |
| 22 | If primogeniture involves the wealth passing to the eldest child , then the process of concentration is intensified , since some heiresses marry heirs . |
| 23 | His vow of homage was not merely a promise to be true to the emperor and to serve him against his enemies , but a promise to live in obedience to God and His law according to the best of each man 's strength and understanding . |
| 24 | Because the dower is always settled on the bride and her family either in kind or in cash or both , it has inevitably led to the stigma of ‘ selling and buying ’ , to stories of a girl going to the highest bidder . |
| 25 | Adam , 52 , and former dancer Jackie had their marriage put to the toughest of tests in the early days . |
| 26 | Molluscs belong to the largest phylum in the animal kingdom and are a very varied group of animals . |
| 27 | said he now had a clear understanding that International was a large professional organisation with a product range tested to the highest level . |
| 28 | The 2.5 litre petrol engine fitted to the cheapest version is a mere toy by US standards but more than lusty enough to give the Wrangler real credibility against the Suzuki and Daihatsu offerings which inhabit this sector of the fast expanding 4X4 market . |
| 29 | Then that might had to the worst side of the American trustee system developing . |
| 30 | The magistrates investigating the corruption involving all the major parties and business must feel rather like the apprentice : the arrest of the president of a Milan old people 's home a year ago , charged with accepting bribes , opened the flood-gates and precipitated the most far-reaching corruption investigations leading to the highest levels of politics and business . |