Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | India 's young idealists of the early Seventies gave up bright futures to work with the poorest . |
| 4 | It does no harm to write to the nearest local residents and businesses , but generally this is a long shot . |
| 5 | Is he aware that next week my hon. Friend the Member for Motherwell , South ( Dr. Bray ) will visit the United States to look at the latest technological developments in steel production — thin slab casting ? |
| 6 | Try crashing an electron into a gatepost and you might find that it decides of its own accord to orbit round the nearest dandelion . |
| 7 | Public disorder incidents are frequently transitory and fleeting events ; the constable has to make quick decisions as to what course of action to adopt for the best . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | LENNIE Lawrence has promised to be ruthless in his Middlesbrough team selection in a bid to live with the best in the Premier League next season . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It seems to me that , in this respect , we have a great deal to learn from the best American schools . |
| 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 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 14 | Here , among the sand , the birches and the occasional gnarled oak which grace the bottom of the crag , can be found gritstone gems to rank with the finest . |
| 15 | It ca n't be a good idea to allow licences to go to the highest bidder . |
| 16 | It means little for this child to perform with the greatest precision the most difficult pieces , with hands that can hardly stretch a sixth ; but what is really incredible is to see him improvise for an hour on end and in doing so give rein to the inspiration of his genius and to a mass of enchanting ideas … |
| 17 | Perspex screens will allow visitors to see into the worst-hit rooms . |
| 18 | This , together with their ability to organise clandestine activity and their promises of economic and social reform , helped the Communists to emerge as the strongest party in the first post-war elections in October 1945 , when they won 26 per cent of the vote . |
| 19 | They would also risk breach of their fiduciary duties to act in the best interests of the company rather than in their own . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | A charter which encouraged the poorer countries to move towards the best practice in the richer nations would clearly affect competitiveness in the less well-off states . |
| 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 | And only make believe:The mock-up crash to prepare for the worst . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Then get together with your team to agree on the best approach to communications , consultation and obtaining commitment in your area . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The BDA 's involvement in Europe is from a historical point of view likely to be seen in years to come as the finest achievement of the last few years . |
| 30 | When a figure such as Duck , amenable , respectful and flattering in his gratitude came to be transplanted from his native Wiltshire to mingle with the best society of the land , his mentors no longer questioned his right to such an elevation , but were immediately at pains to educate him to become an inconspicuous unit in his new social caste . |