Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj -est] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many large churches , built to enable the greatest possible numbers to attend Sunday Mass , the circumstances of worship too often hinder an effective liturgy of the Word . |
| 2 | DEC has never used a Western Research Labs-designed computer architecture , although the unit was originally set up to find ways of building the fastest possible computers . |
| 3 | He constantly proclaimed that the sons of blacksmiths and grooms made the best veterinary surgeons — a general proposition supported by Percivall in 1842 — although he denied that he ever said surgeons made the worst . |
| 4 | To begin with I made a rough drawing and then began to place the colours using the nearest equivalent values from a set of 36 Polychromos Pastels : blue violet , No. 137 , lemon , No. 107 and night green , No. 155 , for the mass colouring of the plant ; an African violet , rose carmine , No. 124 , light blue , No. 147 , and blue violet , No. 137 again for the silk scarf ; orange yellow , No. 109 and orange light , No. 113 for the vase and so on , until I had an abstract pattern of colour distilled from the still life subject . |
| 5 | From southern latitudes , where Sagittarius can pass overhead , there is plenty to see ; I have always found that the best way to identify the various clusters and nebulæ is to take them ‘ one by one ’ , using the nearest naked-eye stars as guides . |
| 6 | It was excavated by Bushe-Fox in 1911–12 , and has been excavated more extensively within the last ten years by Barry Cunliffe , using the latest archaeological techniques . |
| 7 | Above all , we need a European strategy to promote the highest possible levels of education and training amongst people currently marginalised in the workforce : women , ethnic minorities , older workers and people with disabilities . |
| 8 | According to a series of studies the group has published , Germany and the UK remain the largest two markets , growing by 16% and 32% respectively . |
| 9 | Those with children at RC schools expected the highest moral standards . |
| 10 | True , each sub-period was historically specific : while the years 1978–81 showed equally bad rates of manufacturing job loss in all the major areas of the North of Britain ( Table 5.4 ) , the aftermath in 1981–84 revealed the worst continuing rates in northern England ( the Northern Region , Yorkshire & Humberside and the North West ) . |
| 11 | Light entertainment , sport , feature films , soap operas and crime series got the highest regular audiences , followed by sport , drama and general interest series , chat shows , the news , documentaries , one-off plays and current affairs . |
| 12 | ‘ I do love big breakfasts because we are not far from Bury and they make the best black puddings in the world , but I do want to stay healthy so my wife Judith makes sure I keep a very balanced diet . |
| 13 | At present , the aeronautics and pharmaceutical industries make the largest positive contributions to Britain 's balance of payments , capturing almost 12 per cent of the world 's market for its products . |
| 14 | Those who said they would prefer the smallest possible instalments , spread over a long period , were most commonly people in lower socio-economic groups , people with current credit commitments , and people with whom the amount they said they would borrow ( if they borrowed money ) was relatively small . |
| 15 | But Sefton Council 's all-female dog warden team provide the gentle touch which turns the fiercest four-legged fiends into pussy cats . |
| 16 | These countries have won the biggest overseas slices of Calpers 's $14 billion fund . |
| 17 | With shelves arranged geographically and sub-divided by country , it is the intention of the shop to define an area and then provide the best available publications pertinent to that place . |
| 18 | With the scale 1 to 10 ( 10 representing the strongest negative emotions you still feel when you contemplate those occurrences ) put a number by each of the events you have listed . |
| 19 | After becoming the oldest 100 metres winner in Olympic history , he said : ‘ I 'm 32 , going on 23 , and I feel pretty good . |
| 20 | In particular , the convention committed signatory states to ( i ) adopting the best available techniques for controlling marine pollution ; ( ii ) reducing discharges of toxic waste to harmless levels by the end of the century ; and ( iii ) observing a 15-year moratorium on the dumping of radioactive waste . |
| 21 | I can buy the best legal brains in the business , so it 's no use your fighting . |
| 22 | Fortunately this is much easier than explaining the latest technical developments . |
| 23 | The architects say the building has been designed to meet the highest archival standards so that the records can be stored at the correct temperature and humidity . |
| 24 | Substantial investment programmes in information technology and new effluent treatment plant to meet the latest regulatory requirements were also initiated . |
| 25 | With the current high unemployment it should be possible to attract the best possible persons to these important positions . |
| 26 | In 1762 he was involved in the clash between moderate and evangelical factions over appointments of clergy to Edinburgh charges , and his well-meaning attempts to secure the best qualified candidates and to appease all sides provoked further animosity over civil and judicial promotions . |
| 27 | Only this would ‘ free the best constructive forces for the struggle for socialism , for our values and our ideals ’ . |
| 28 | The Information Service companies that reported the highest pre-tax margins were Macro 4 at 46% ; Micro Focus and Sage Group level at 33% ; Barbour Index at 31% and Total Systems 27% . |
| 29 | The innovative group has the highest mean scores of all three groups on all dimensions , with the exception of ‘ conflicts ’ , and the stagnated group has the lowest mean scores , also except for ‘ conflicts ’ . |
| 30 | The innovative group has the highest mean scores of all three groups on all dimensions , with the exception of ‘ conflicts ’ , and the stagnated group has the lowest mean scores , also except for ‘ conflicts ’ . |