Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandy Seymour was among drivers , managers and police officers helping to publicise the latest aspect of Operation Blade , the campaign by Strathclyde Police to clamp down on knife crime . |
| 2 | Cider makers and drinkers have been gathering to find the best farmhouse cider in Britain . |
| 3 | Especially when the usual Boys ’ Club up there can hardly wait to see the highest-ranking female in the industry 's history come a cropper . ’ |
| 4 | At the back of the hotel the army suddenly produced a generator designed to penetrate the deepest slumber and then added a searchlight which they shone , lighting up not only the surrounding countryside in their search for Red Brigade terrorists , but our hotel rooms as well . |
| 5 | The District Council has accommodated the highest proportion of Greater York growth of all the districts surrounding York over the last ten years , and therefore I think it likely that it would expected to accommodate the largest proportion of the fourteen hundred dwellings that would be accommodated in the new settlement , erm I do not think that any of the settlements or that there is sufficient land within the Southern Ryedale area to accommodate that level of development without adversely affecting character of the settlements , or compromising greenbelt objectives , as I mentioned this morning , and also I question whether or not erm whether th most of the settlements in the Southern Ryedale area have only a minimal s minimal service base anyway on which to tack any large housing growths , and I do n't necessarily foresee any subsequent rise in the service base of those settlements as a result of the housing being added on to them . |
| 6 | We want to provide the best package and extend our services . ’ |
| 7 | It will not promise to provide the best price in between . |
| 8 | This analysis would be expected to provide the best chance of demonstrating a treatment effect , but no such response was found . |
| 9 | In practice a combination of teaching methods and media can be expected to provide the best basis for programmes of library user education , different methods being adapted to different parts of the programme and to the teachers and students concerned . |
| 10 | Naturally you expect to find the highest quality construction in the world in a Mercedes , but the 500SL we tested had numerous faults that we thought ‘ undermined Mercedes ' quality image and appearance ’ . |
| 11 | However , George Earl 's oil painting ‘ St Bernards in a snow drift ’ , ( above ) is expected to attract the highest bid . |
| 12 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise seasonal goods — eg camping equipment will be promoted in the spring , ready for the summer . |
| 13 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise … goods . |
| 14 | Jill , charged to find the oldest building in town , located one of the few pre-earthquake buildings in downtown Jackson Square , part of the financial district . |
| 15 | There is a misapprehension that Northern Ireland is the only category 1 area that will not benefit from that , but that fund is designed to help the poorest member states , not poorer regions or provinces within the more prosperous nations . |
| 16 | You want to experience the deepest anguish of my heart ? ’ |
| 17 | He is also chairman of Lloyd 's , the insurance market which is expected to announce the worst loss in its 300-year history later this month . |
| 18 | Programmers who want to use the latest technology find this frustrating . |
| 19 | A life assurance contract is designed to give the best return if the investment is maintained for the full term . |
| 20 | A life assurance contract is designed to give the best return if the investment is maintained for the full term . |
| 21 | I want to underline the biggest mistake which I believe bands make when they are starting out . |
| 22 | It defaults to give the shortest route , although this may well be the most expensive . |
| 23 | You will need to consider the best route to a flat landing area well before the green so that you can run the ball onto the putting surface . |
| 24 | I 'm about 5'7 ’ and found it fitted me fine , although as with all sacks , it took a couple of days of walking to get the best adjustment . |
| 25 | Japan , which was expected to pay the largest share of the UN 's cost in Cambodia , had announced its intention to organize a donors ' conference in Tokyo before March 1992 . |
| 26 | Undoubtedly , as a general rule , the seller wants to get the highest price for his property , and the purchaser wishes to give the lowest , and in that sense it may be said that an expected difference between the parties is to be implied in every case , but unless a difference has actually arisen , it does not appear to me to be an " arbitration " . |
| 27 | The horse with the highest rating in each race is deemed to have the best chance on form , though other influences will be discussed in the guide . |
| 28 | The horse with the highest rating in each race is deemed to have the best chance on form , though other influences will be discussed in the guide . |
| 29 | These high-performance , rugged tools are claimed to offer the best value for money on the market for the enthusiastic d-i-yer and tradesman , and for the first time offer the possibility of a battery recharging time of just a quarter of an hour . |
| 30 | England 's retiring manager Micky Stewart promised to investigate the latest row at Uxbridge last Sunday but that is unlikely to affect the £15,000 winter contract already offered to the country 's top players . |