Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other more experienced skiers are earmarking March or April as the best candidates for reliable cover . |
| 2 | The report concludes " there can be no confidence in an exercise which , having searched the whole UK mainland and continental shelf , identifies two nuclear sites as the best candidates for a repository " . |
| 3 | The hostel staff advised us about the best areas for walking , and also arranged for the essential guide , to keep us on the right path and to protect us from the buffalo . |
| 4 | So they made different decisions about the best places for their industries . |
| 5 | On the contrary , it is precisely these conviction — about the best techniques for reading a statute , about the proper place of statutes in a constitutional structure , about the connection between a constitution and the idea of law , about the soundest conception of justice — that will determine for him which elaboration of abstract convention is best and therefore what the law requires . |
| 6 | But while residents might be resigned , the District Council is furious about the latest proposals for the resevoir . |
| 7 | As the days , weeks and months dragged on and the fine weather turned to biting snow , preventing builders or delivery vans from approaching Remaisnil , the frustrations for Laura and Bernard became at times overwhelming , One of the lowest moments for Laura was an interview she agreed to give to Susan Raven of the The Sunday Times , for ‘ A Life in the Day of ’ series . |
| 8 | Isolated in the middle of the pacific Ocean , 3,200 miles from Tahiti , and with a sea-crossing of almost a month stretching out before him to the next port of call , Darwin 's stay in this inhospitable volcanic outcrop must have been one of the lowest points for him on the entire trip . |
| 9 | Statistics show the number of accidents dropping 15pc since 1981 to give the region one of the lowest rates for fatal and serious accidents . |
| 10 | But the government shielded consumers from the worst excesses of inflation by reducing the community charge burden , and businesses kept their price rises down to one of the lowest levels for 24 years . |
| 11 | Carey had , from the beginning , planned for the work to be extended through native evangelists and Krishna went on to become one of the best ambassadors for Christ to his own people . |
| 12 | Sailing : This is one of the best areas for sailing in Austria . |
| 13 | September is one of the best times for sowing wildflower seeds , particularly the many mixtures now available . |
| 14 | For the mink in America , winter is one of the best times for muskrats . |
| 15 | This is one of the best times for catching worms . |
| 16 | One of the best reasons for upgrading to version 4.5 is its dramatic increase in speed over previous versions . |
| 17 | However , in the midst of a changing countryside , it is rural and suburban gardens rather than fields and hedgerows that now provide some of the best havens for these mammals , as they do for much of our native wildlife . |
| 18 | The seated press behind the neck with a barbell is one of the best exercises for training the 3 heads together , but seated dumb-bell presses are also good if no barbell is available . |
| 19 | The practice of kung fu requires strong legs and one of the best exercises for the legs is the horse stance . |
| 20 | One of the best authorities for the next couple of years of Burton 's life — back in the UK , waiting for the demob in various rural localities — is the actor Warren Mitchell . |
| 21 | June is one of the best months for badger-watching . |
| 22 | Geraniums are one of the best flowers for containers . |
| 23 | She would have liked them to go to his regimental museum and I still feel that would be one of the best homes for them . |
| 24 | I think it 's one of the best jobs for a girl that there are do n't you ? |
| 25 | Education is also one of the best tools for reducing resistance and obtaining commitment to a change . |
| 26 | I think it 's one of the best ideas for ages . |
| 27 | " It 's one of the best plants for a gloomy town garden , " says Tricia . " |
| 28 | Books for Giving is a present giver 's delight — a compilation of the best books for Christmas with more than 200 titles . |
| 29 | Following a statement to Parliament and his Woolwich speech in March and April 1965 , Crosland set up an informal planning group under the Minister of State , Reg Prentice , ‘ to discuss the future pattern of advanced work in the further education system ’ and ‘ the related question of the best arrangements for the government of such colleges ’ . |
| 30 | Yet for all the theories put forward about the qualities required to win the Masters , it provides one of the best opportunities for a rank-and-file player to win a major title . |