Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Like most Romanians , who were not in a position to exercise any discretion in the matter , the couple had an almost slavish regard for the most commercialized features of capitalist culture . |
| 32 | It should also be pointed out that this is the pattern for the most usual spellings for the other vowel and diphthong sounds : |
| 33 | To search for the most appropriate policy-tools which will enable the government to achieve its economic objectives more satisfactorily . |
| 34 | Now , for the most polluting substances , control over their impact on the environment as a whole will be consolidated in the hands of one agency , Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) . |
| 35 | Within 60 years , the nineteenth-century fascination with the Middle East begins to lose its romantic edge , even for the most mundane travellers . |
| 36 | The illusion that the country was performing adequately persisted , however , well into the second half of this century — partly because the empire provided protected markets for products that were not good enough for the most advanced countries , partly because of the accident of victory in two world wars . |
| 37 | The failure to conclude the Uruguay Round had injected uncertainty into the international trade system , causing trade disputes to resurface , and had led to the " impression that there is one law for the most powerful members of GATT and quite another for all the rest " . |
| 38 | More dangerous , however , is the ease with which anti-racists ( who see racism as the prime enemy ) have largely fallen in behind this new religious definition of community , despite its damaging implications for the most vulnerable groups , particularly women . |
| 39 | The stalemate among the 39 participating countries was gradually broken in the late 1980s as relations between the superpowers improved [ for the most recent developments on the negotiations , see pp. 38217 ; R153 ; 38986 ] . |
| 40 | Once assumed , the title could only be renounced in return for the most substantial concessions , and as long as Edward called himself Ring of France he could pose , with some success , as an alternative government to the Valois monarchy . |
| 41 | In the most serious corruption scandal to face the government of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro , the Comptroller-General Guillermo Potoy made public on July 17 a report which accused a former deputy Minister of the Presidency , Antonio Ibarra , of misappropriating US$1,000,000 in foreign aid funds intended for the most disadvantaged sectors . |
| 42 | All the outer states capitulated to the Republic except for the most easterly islands which proclaimed a Republic of the South Moluccas . |
| 43 | The ASP rule-book asked the judges to look for the most radical manoeuvres in the most critical section of the wave ( that is , nearest the curl ) . |
| 44 | But I do not believe that these trends fundamentally affect my case , for the most radical criticisms of medicine come , not from such illness groups , but from ‘ minorities ’ who have seen medical dominance as reproducing the class relations which have brought about their oppressed status , e. g. radical women 's movements and black urban Americans . |
| 45 | By not considering the results of case management practice and research in greater depth and learning more about the value it has for the most needy clients of the health and welfare system , we are in danger of failing to learn the lessons which others have learned , and of having to re-live their mistakes . |
| 46 | According to Servan-Schreiber ‘ Centre Mondial is a place for the most eminent scientists to find a computational environment of unmatched quality . |
| 47 | Fruit squash-makers Kia-ora are again backing the week , providing cash prizes for the most deserving playgroups in the PPA awards later in the year . |
| 48 | At the point when a person has no more pressing desires and needs and he is contented and feels fulfilled , then he is ready for the most wonderful experiences and the real joy of life . |
| 49 | For each junction type the value of B is lowest for the most risky exemplars . |
| 50 | It is possible that there is quite genuinely some impairment of recall for the most risky situations , however , such risky events were simply extremely rare . |
| 51 | America Online Inc is challenging Prodigy Services Co , which just announced plans to charge usage fees for the most heavily-used databases on its viewdata service , by cutting prices to its own 250,000 subscribers : the company says it deliberately waited until after the Prodigy announcement to disclose its new pricing , hoping to maximise attention for its move and woo subscribers away from the IBM Corp-Sears , Roebuck & Co joint venture ; under its new plan , subscribers will pay $9.95 a month for five hours of access to all its services , a rate that it claims is less than half the price of Prodigy 's new tariff ; extra hours will cost $3.50 each ; at Prodigy , subscribers pay $14.95 a month for unlimited access to many of the features but from July 1 will pay surcharges after spending two hours on widely-used bulletin boards . |
| 52 | The Famous Grouse Awards at the Café Royal , London , paid tribute to some of the greater moments in the competition , handing out awards for the most notable feats . |
| 53 | Rare is the commercial , even for the most drab products , in which the cast is not prettier than most people . |
| 54 | The key requirement is to vet people for the most senior positions . |
| 55 | They were not the only respondent of the survey who identified another clear advantage of headhunting , especially for the most senior positions : that staff who were prepared to move jobs actually prefer to be headhunted , rather than face the time-consuming task of ploughing through advertisements or the slightly demoralising task of putting their names down with agencies . |
| 56 | I still believe that even for the most senior colleges , there is value in an external incentive — provided that the Council does not continue for ever its inspectoral function , and becomes instead more of an advisory body in partnership with the colleges . |
| 57 | In the latter case Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. referred to the ‘ wholly mistaken notion that it is somehow demeaning for the most senior judges to have their decisions examined and passed upon by those who are judicially their juniors . ’ |
| 58 | Second , the old-boy network offered a time-honoured alternative to advertising , particularly for the most senior appointments . |
| 59 | The civil service procedures for the most senior appointments are well established . |
| 60 | FOR OVER 25 YEARS ALITEX HAVE DESIGNED AND BUILT SUPERIOR STRUCTURES FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY . |