Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 The hot rocks technique holds out the best hope for exploitation of geothermal energy .
2 Grief brings out the best and the worst in all of us , I 've discovered .
3 hoping to dominate … the world of athletics this weekend is Gloucester hammer thrower Lorraine Shaw … she 's UK champion … the first from the city 's club ever to win a senior outdoor title … this weekend Lorraine takes on the best in the world as she competes in the AAA championships in Birmingham … the amazing thing is that up until this year she was a discus thrower …
4 Parenthood brings out the worst , it seemed to him ; vicarious ambitions and frustrations raged all over the lawns and games fields of Croxford House on sports day .
5 A charming children 's story in which a small helicopter takes on the biggest financial brains in Europe and the USA , and loses badly .
6 Company secretary tries out the latest conveniences at head office — Portaloo 's !
7 ‘ This competition brings out the best and the worst in fashion students .
8 Shakespeare brings out the worst in him , and this book is fuller of phoney , slapdash theories , illegitimate leaps and rushes where angels fear to tread , and discredited references , Sufic influences , Shamanic initiations , dreams , Black Elk , and Idries Shah on the Rosicrucians , than anything since Robert Graves .
9 I thrive on the role as extra pressure brings out the best out in me .
10 Sir : The world must be grateful to Charles Richards for his exposure ( 'Intifada brings out the best in Israel 's black art' , 30 September ) of the depths to which Israelis will sink in what he rightly describes as their news manipulation .
11 ( If the limescale was indeed clumping together , this is what one might expect — a sand filter takes out the finest particles ) .
12 In one corner , a blue computer screen blips out the latest scores for anyone with good enough eyesight to read the small print .
13 Open daily C6 S8 V7 £39 ( set three-course lunch £12.50 , three-course dinner £15.25 ) Castle Hotel ( 0823 272671 ) Taunton , Somerset Stylish cooking of outstanding local produce brings out the best of British classics in this smart , smoothly-run hotel .
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