Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , some of our greatest melodies are given settings of the greatest simplicity , and to add ‘ counterpoints ’ would rob the music of some of its beauty . |
| 2 | It was essential that our recommendations should arouse enthusiasm among the best teachers ; if they disliked our plans , the National Curriculum would never be properly implemented in the classroom . |
| 3 | The modules provide experience in the broadest definition of enterprise activity and need not be confined to the setting up of a profit-making business venture . |
| 4 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
| 5 | Main picture Aquilegia ‘ McKana Hybrid ’ x Olympica strain has spurs of the palest pink |
| 6 | The breakwater and pier provide protection from the worst weather and sea conditions , dissipating the high seas and swell caused by gales from the north , east and south . |
| 7 | Back in the thirteenth century , Marco Polo described Bukhara as the finest city in all Persia and Tabriz as the most splendid city in the province ( of Iraq ) , neither of which corresponds to our contemporary understanding . |
| 8 | Rose , who has responsibility for the largest mortgage book in the South East of England , said she was delighted . |
| 9 | However , over the past five years , a new industry has developed that makes and markets machines whose purpose and promise is that they can outthink humans in an arena traditionally thought to demand reasoning of the highest sort . |
| 10 | The Fusion scheme has been set up by AMD to provide designers with the broadest range of tools possible for each device . |
| 11 | The World Data Matrix ( Appendix A ) contains data for the largest 100 countries of the world and some of the African countries whose borders have been digitized are not included . |
| 12 | In any event by 1606 he had certainly attracted patronage at the highest level : his sponsors for freedom of the City were Lady Arabella Stuart , third in line to the throne , and her future father-in-law Edward Seymour , Earl of Hertford [ qq.v . ] . |
| 13 | This enables the National Central Control to supplement supplies coming ashore in order to meet demands during the coldest of winter days . |
| 14 | The students from that time remembered a man with a sharp sense of the ridiculous ; who ragged them but was too shy to be intimate with them though they liked him much for his friendliness and his humour ; who was famous for long , sudden , and embarrassing silences ; who was so eccentric that none of them believed that he could later be a man of distinction in England or his Church ; a man who loved theology — they never met anywhere else a man who so loved theology , and who regarded theology as the highest intellectual activity for humanity ; a fierce defender of liberty of opinion , for Marxists as for anyone else ; whose principal theme was the glory of God , and who was evidently touched by his ideas of Plato ; who did not give the impression of a mind of exceptional ability — there was not enough knife in the mind — but who gave the impression of being an exceptional person ; who disturbed other people 's prayers in chapel with convulsive fidgets and sudden face-rubbings — they regarded him as tense in his devotions and were afraid of a nervous breakdown ; who had a manifest and rare mystical sense of the immediate presence of God , a presence so brilliant that it could almost overpower . |
| 15 | As is often the case in matters of corporate governance , the lead is likely to be taken by the chairmen of companies in which standards of governance are already high , rather than by those who head companies with the greatest scope for strengthening their public accountability . |
| 16 | The new WBC champion said he ranked Bowe among the best heavyweight fighters today , but was ‘ confident ’ he would beat him if the two met . |
| 17 | Downing Street drew attention to the latest public spending figures , which show the Government may sharply undercut its £37 billion public spending borrowing requirement target for this year . |
| 18 | Sometimes the hospital will want to carry out a post mortem , and the hospital will need consent from the nearest relative . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , that 's the sort of thing I remember about him , ’ said Desmond , adopting sycophancy as the easiest way out . |
| 20 | Even if its policy advice role were reduced , the nation still needs managers of the best quality to run the public services . |
| 21 | We are confident that our strategy — to provide customers with the best solutions and to provide the best technology in core areas of competence — is the right strategy for our customers , partners , shareholders , and employees , ’ he said . |
| 22 | We 're building on this success to provide customers with the highest standards we can offer . |
| 23 | Of course , New York also has access to the largest , richest markets . |
| 24 | In a report to the Conseil des Ministres ( the Cabinet ) she wrote , ‘ Our companies often encounter resistance from West German companies in gaining access to the best parts of this market ’ , adding later , ‘ I am very European , but it is quite unacceptable to build Europe on the basis of an imbalance with Germany ’ . ' |
| 25 | They are wrecking amendments of the worst type . |
| 26 | The Department needs to know about the incidents that staff experience as they do their work , in order to plan to make working conditions safer , and to train staff in the best ways of dealing with violence if they meet it . |
| 27 | Even Ruskin reflected the common view when he argued that ‘ busy metaphysicians are always entangling good and active people , and weaving cobwebs among the finest wheels of the world 's business ’ . |
| 28 | Naturally I approached Bates in the strictest confidence , but all too quickly I learned that he is just a gin-sodden loud-mouth . |
| 29 | These conditions can be very useful in setting up a user search profile , which is one reason that information retrieval systems often use a serial file for new accessions , which are matched against user profiles intended to inform users of the latest accessions in their subject field . |
| 30 | However the chopper drive does have the advantage that the available supply voltage is fully utilised , enabling operation over the widest possible speed range , and the power losses in forcing resistors are eliminated , giving a good system efficiency . |