Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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61 My sincere thanks to you all for the most beautiful flowers that were sent to me in hospital during my recent operation .
62 When you begin classifying , look for the most obvious groups first .
63 This property was built right on the water 's edge in the pretty harbour of Malcesine , just 10 minutes walk from the cablecar station for the ride up Monte Baldo for the most stunning views .
64 Before he succeeded Balfour then , Law was not associated with any of the features that were to characterize his party leadership ; his contribution was to use the leadership in the service of all of these causes , to make himself the spokesman for the most spirited sections of the party .
65 I look forward to your suggestions for the most glaring omissions .
66 With the golden share intact , the company is under no immediate pressure to negotiate with the likes of GM and Ford and is likely to press for the most advantageous terms available .
67 If it has less incidence of such needs , does it not follow that it should score highly in the narrow spectrum of examination results for the most able pupils ?
68 ( b ) Counteract the tendency for the most able craftsmen preferring to work as sub-contractors .
69 When the Dada brochure , Cabaret Voltaire , was published in June 1916 it was ‘ a catch-all for the most diverse directions in art which at that time seemed to us to constitute ‘ Dada ’ . ’
70 And the recent World Bank and IMF meetings did not sound encouraging for the most indebted nations who are constantly forced to make cuts where it hurts most : health , education and food subsidies .
71 Even the most popular of girls soon discovered that in this highly competitive world where models vied with one another for the most glamorous jobs and the wealthiest and best-looking men there was far more bitchiness than in the provinces — and Paula was far from popular .
72 It is therefore hardly surprising to Marxists that Western medicine has been more interested in curative services for the most productive groups and that nonproductive groups like the disabled , mentally ill and handicapped are less well served .
73 The fear is that stretched resources have led to a reduction in places specifically for the most troubled children .
74 Such works are normally used for the most unskilled tasks ; insofar as they receive any training , it is brief .
75 But as a consequence , he will now face the sort of brutal attention reserved for the most lauded players in Serie A — the sort of stern treatment Lineker himself encountered and overcame in his successful time in Spain with Barcelona .
76 For those authors completing theses before 1969 , for the most prolific authors , and for ‘ problematic ’ authors ( e.g. those whose citations contained some variations in forenames or initials , so that unambiguous attribution of authorship necessitated further investigation ) , manual searching of BIG was carried out , and for other authors GeoRef was searched online .
77 For those authors completing theses before 1969 , for the most prolific authors , and for ‘ problematic ’ authors ( e.g. those whose citations contained some variations in forenames or initials , so that unambiguous attribution of authorship necessitated further investigation ) , manual searching of BIG was carried out , and for other authors GeoRef was searched online .
78 They must always be seen to have sufficient room in which to manoeuvre if they are to create a spaciousness for the most difficult changes in épaulement as pose follows pose .
79 This chapter includes a selection of quotations for the most common subjects you are likely to want to cover : love , marriage , weddings , family , work and hobbies and so on .
80 For we have already seen that there is no reason why , along with the mature elements of the superego which serve the interests of adjustment to reality , immature , primitive elements should not also become externalized in those aspects of the state which represent it as nurturing , protecting and providing some measure of wish fulfilment for the most regressive desires .
81 Even then , they can lose the post for the most bizarre reasons ; Downing Street myth has it that Richard Cobb failed on his first attempt to get the Oxford Chair of Modern History because he wore bicycle clips throughout his interview .
82 There is a tendency for the most positive attitudes to be held by the primary school teachers , and the least positive by the secondary school teachers .
83 Remember — it 's always worth turning up even for the most popular events , but we suggest that you check with the Box Office on availability first .
84 It multiplied capital punishment for the most wretched categories of offenders .
85 Poor Andy knew nothing about the fact that his bride was planning to sport shorts for the most important vows of her life .
86 In France the post of Secretary of State for War was given for the first time to a soldier ( the Maréchal de Belle-Isle ) in 1758 ; and in the second half of the century there was a slow but steady tendency for the most important officials concerned , the intendants d'armées and the contrôleurs des guerres , to be military men .
87 By the time you 've bought a Warlord , a Battle Standard Bearer , Bosses for your units , and Big Bosses for vulnerable Goblin units , plus magic weapons and armour for the most important characters , the chances are you wo n't have many points left .
88 Barrister David Ashton , acting for the liquidators of the Isle of Man Savings and Investment Bank , told the court that good news was on the way for the mostly small depositors , many of whom lost their life savings when the Douglas-based bank collapsed seven years ago .
89 Given the triumph of fundamentalist Islam in Iran and the strength of similar forces in Afghanistan , many who saw no justification for Soviet intervention in law in 1979 could see one on grounds of ‘ national security ’ : much as such justifications were offered for the flagrantly illegal annexations of western Poland , the Baltic republics , Bessarabia , northern Bukovina and parts of Finnish territory in 1939–40 .
90 When he played the old rustic Arthur Fallowfield , radio audiences all over Britain — to say nothing of those listening to the BBC 's various overseas services — sat up waiting for the virtually immortal words , ‘ the answer lies in the soil ’ .
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