Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [art] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's not ease of use which made WordPerfect the best seller . |
| 2 | That kind of attitude , putting the interests of others before her own , has earned Steffi the highest respect . |
| 3 | Husband and wife Graham and Gill Moore said they found Sunday the best time to shop . |
| 4 | An expert on Oriental destinations , Mr Collins labelled Angkor the greatest tourist asset in South-east Asia , and the keystone of its future development . |
| 5 | Jane found Algox the hardest job to bear of any that she 'd ever had . |
| 6 | Had times been normal we are sure that Mr Crawford would have made Otago the foremost province in the Dominion . ’ |
| 7 | The combination of a national broadcaster and the world 's leading sports management agency must give Britain the best chance of success in a difficult contest . ’ |
| 8 | Such business acumen has made Glasgow the third-biggest earner of contract income among all UK seats of higher learning , beaten only by London and Oxford . |
| 9 | The royal grant which had offered Richard the best chance of a viable power base had been that of the forfeited de Vere estates , made in August 1462 , but these had been restored to the earl of Oxford at the beginning of 1464 . |
| 10 | The royal grant which had offered Richard the best chance of a viable power base had been that of the forfeited de Vere estates , made in August 1462 , but these had been restored to the earl of Oxford at the beginning of 1464 . |
| 11 | I mean I give Bruce the biggest bit you know |
| 12 | ( When Leonard came to write his second novel , he paid MacLennan the finest compliment of all — and the riskiest — by imitating his theme , as we shall see . ) |
| 13 | Give God the slightest opportunity , open yourselves to the spirit , even to the smallest degree , and you 'll be amazed what can happen . |
| 14 | I never knew how much Albert and Mary gave Mum and Dad , but they threw money around like water ; as Mum had said , she was going to give Mary the best turn-out in the district . |
| 15 | So if I 'd still been giving Clive the best part of my days , occasions for dalliance would have been rare and risky . |
| 16 | Construction of a sixth train , due to be completed in 1993 , will make Bontang the largest operating LNG facility in the world . |
| 17 | Could you think of any other words that we could use to describe Manyara the eldest sister ? |
| 18 | It took White the best part of this season to repair the psychological damage , but are we to believe him when he claims that he will win the World Championship unless he gets ‘ a terrible illness or someone plays like God ’ ? |
| 19 | Suppose that Archbishop Fisher thought Bell the best person despite his age for one of these sees , could he get Bell 's name past the prime minister ? |
| 20 | So they negotiated a takeover of Thomas Kerfoot , a well-established supplier of generic products , which instantly gave Medeva the largest market share in the UK . |
| 21 | These talents grow out of over $414 billion in assets , making DKB the strongest funding base in Japan . |
| 22 | She shivered , knowing instinctively what would have resulted if she had encouraged Luke the slightest bit . |
| 23 | The Dictionary of National Biography concurs with Jowett and gives Smith the longest entry of any pure mathematician . |
| 24 | There was every reason , apart from the unexpectedness of the news , why this should have given Eliot the greatest distress . |
| 25 | Death and injury on our roads touch all our lives and the Council continues in its determination to achieve the target and to make Lothian the safest region in Europe for all categories of transport and road user . |
| 26 | The popular music element now makes Mayfest the largest event in that field in Britain . |
| 27 | Tragedy that makes Diana the loneliest mother this Christmas |
| 28 | Clinching the deal with Lockheed makes Dowty the biggest manufacturer of propellers in the world . |