Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the fact that I succumbed to a mild form of food-poisoning through eating at the cheapest restaurants — a meal could he obtained for ten ( old ) francs or less , but less meant the more chance of prostration — I have never known Paris so surpassingly beautiful as that year . |
| 2 | In nature , so to say , chicks soon learn — within the first three days after hatching at the latest — who their mother is , and follow her thereafter . |
| 3 | After hearing about the latest methods of transporting troops about the battlefield , it is reassuring to know that the leg , foot and boot still work ! |
| 4 | After weighing for the heaviest berry — duly recorded in the ledger by the recorder — any prizewinning berry is removed before they are weighed for the heaviest twelve awards and then again selected for the heaviest six . |
| 5 | The firm has also introduced a new front linkage with lift capacities of 3500kg ( 7715lb ) for fitting to the latest 3670 and 3690 tractors as well as the 3680 . |
| 6 | With a string of achievements already to his credit , including the development of such diverse destinations as Dallan in China and Rostov-on-Don in Russia , the former chief executive of the Greater Glasgow Tourist Board hopes to see Derry move forward as a ‘ unified community capable of competing with the best in Europe ’ . |
| 7 | In preparation for this , the first decade of the regime was devoted to the development of the infrastructure , in particular the railways and canals , so that by 1860 France had reached a point where it was felt she was capable of competing with the greatest economic power of the age . |
| 8 | He was apparently found to be running a temperature , but after a long season of competing in the best company , he may be past his best . |
| 9 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 10 | Properly installed — and full instructions accompany the Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm — a smoke detector will warn you of smouldering in the earliest stages of a fire and give you the vital few minutes that really could make the difference between death and survival . |
| 11 | And he made a number of management changes which reinforced the impression that Eurotunnel had become a company capable of acting in the best interests of bankers and shareholders and standing up to the demands of the Anglo-French contracting consortium . |
| 12 | With the strain of listening for the slightest sound a desperate tiredness had set in and I was having to force myself to stay awake . |
| 13 | Notice that talk of caring about the weakest and most vulnerable first may already , even when expressed so generally , have important implications for any consideration of the allocation of scarce technological resources to the care , for example , of neonates . |
| 14 | Seeing the merit of paying in the highest monthly premium ( £35 ) , they can each look forward to a tax-free payment at the age of 65 — £37,500 for Alec and £37,800 for his wife — which will help bring the retirement home of their dreams well within their reach . |
| 15 | Through our experience and knowledge derived from sales in the area we are able to ensure that you have the greatest chance of selling at the highest figure . |
| 16 | For the buyers in the labour market operated on the principle of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest , though sometimes ignorant of proper cost-accounting methods . |
| 17 | For most voters , when an election was contested , it was a case of staying with the safest , and strongest , patron . |
| 18 | ‘ And I 've got the challenge of playing with the best players in the best stadiums . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I disapprove of killing at the best of times , Ace , but , and this is vitally important , you must never kill anyone with a role in recorded history if you can possibly avoid it . |
| 20 | Remember , thermal soaring is more about staying in the strongest area of lift than flying at an ‘ efficient ’ angle of bank ; it usually pays to turn steeply , as the small turning circle enables you to keep in the narrow cores of strong lift . |
| 21 | For a somewhat less biased view of the global scene it 's worth sending for the latest Report on the State of World Population from the UN 's Fund for Population Activities ( 485 , Lexington Ave . |
| 22 | Having discussed planning , state of service and efficiency of the service , the team were then challenged with standing on the highest ‘ High Street ’ in the UK . |
| 23 | That is , in acting on the best reasons I will also inevitably transcend reason and take a deliberate decision ( e.g. to buy a sliced loaf ) concerning some aspects of which reason is undetermined . |
| 24 | Before deciding on the best treatment , the doctor asked her about her health generally . |
| 25 | Then spring again , and with the greening of the land the creature gave birth to birds before waiting in the deepest thicket for the call of the Men who were hunting and gathering from the forest . |
| 26 | All the common direct access devices , whether disk , semiconductor ‘ disk ’ or mass storage device , have a track concept that is important in deciding on the best arrangement of indexes . |
| 27 | His stance should be relaxed , not fixed , since an unspecialized stance provides mobility and avoids the waste of valuable reaction time involved in switching to the best stance with which to meet an oncoming attack . |
| 28 | They may be a long way from performing in the Greatest Show on Earth , but getting there has certainly got them in a spin . |
| 29 | Use of the network is free apart from the charge involved in linking with the nearest KIDLINK network ‘ node ’ . |
| 30 | If your lounge is equipped with batteries of spot-lamps and other sophisticated facilities , you could spend an hour or so trying out all kinds of variations before arriving at the best effect . |