Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insects that fly in at the sides encounter a vertical baffle of netting that divides the trap along its axis , and tend to fly or clamber to the highest point of the baffle where the only way out is into a collecting jar . |
| 2 | But we 're not dictated to or dominated by the latest fashionable sample or the current BPM . |
| 3 | Stop for an Italian coffee at Mokafé or browse through the latest French novels in Tropismes . |
| 4 | The penetrance ( probability of having the disease for given genotype expressed as P ( disease/genotype ) ) of the abnormal allele A' was almost the same for the liability classes above class 1 , being 0.26 in the heterozygote or homozygote for the highest incidence groups . |
| 5 | When comparing fractions some pupils may compare numerators only or select as the largest fraction the one which has the largest numerator and largest denominator . |
| 6 | Those who persisted discovered the drives ' disconcerting tendency to implode or deliquesce at the merest touch of a screwdriver . |
| 7 | The task might be to review the progress of a project or to plan a piece of action or to analyse a problem or to decide on the best solution to a problem . |
| 8 | Your wife should contact your tax office , or call at the nearest local office , and ask them to arrange to open a set of records for her . |
| 9 | Kylie would spend hours listening to the radio , singing or humming along the latest hits . |
| 10 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 11 | No curriculum , new or old , can be implemented or changed without the best efforts of very large numbers of professional people . |
| 12 | And of these it is the small-to-medium family cars that sell in the greatest numbers . |
| 13 | A count is kept of the element in this array that corresponds to the latest word position . |
| 14 | Bowers , for example , reviews research indicating that speed falls from 55 to 45 km/h in such zones , with the associated implication that speeds for the fastest 15 per cent of drivers would be above 50 to 55 km/h . |
| 15 | A bright , consistent record , it showcases Dando 's newly-honed knack of tossing of unforgettable , brilliantly gauche two-minute perfect pop songs , along with a couple of awesomely beautiful country vignettes — ‘ My Drug Buddy ’ and ‘ Hannah And Gabi ’ — that stand as the best he 's written . |
| 16 | Edward Taylor has the subtlety to realise that comparisons with Christie and Conan Doyle are inevitable , so he 's steered a course that dips into the best of both camps , while creating a distinctive style of his own . |
| 17 | This is a very special eight day cruise that takes in the best of the Elbe river . |
| 18 | Those that resonate with the strongest vibrations will suffer the most damage . |
| 19 | The adult user , although accounting for the largest proportion of public library users , is an amorphous group not clearly definable unless the adults belong to the business community or to some temporarily associative grouping like adult education classes ( where indeed there may be some potential for formal user education ) . |
| 20 | The implicit extension is the set of propositions that follow from the best or soundest interpretation of the convention , whether or not these form part of the explicit extension . |
| 21 | And nor should they be , for if my contention is correct , they are simply discovering new applications for that basic idea of popular power ; they are doing no more than engaging in the latest reinterpretation , or fresh application , of the classic democratic idea . |
| 22 | The Leeds manager would never have been given air time on general football matters as he was always perceived as someone who was fronting an organisation that stood for the worst things in football . |
| 23 | He was really a very likeable lad , though a bit mysterious and withdrawn at the deepest level . |
| 24 | But which of us , locked behind a desk or in a queue at the supermarket check-out , has not had an overwhelming desire to drop everything , run into the street , hail a passing cab and make for the nearest airport to catch a plane to anywhere ? |
| 25 | widen participation in higher education and to teach and research at the highest level ; in so doing to continue to innovate within Scottish and British Higher Education ; |
| 26 | We have a mission to widen access to higher education and to teach and research at the highest possible level . |
| 27 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 28 | It is designed to display both dancer and dance to the best advantage from the audience 's point of view . |
| 29 | The following groups were banned in December : the German Alternative ( DA ) , with around 350 members and regarded as the fastest-growing far-right group ; the Nationalistic Offensive ( NO ) , with around 140 members based in Bavaria and Saxony ; and the Alliance of German Comrades , with around 60 members based in the northern port of Wilhelmshaven [ see p. 39208 for banning of Nationalist Front in late November ] . |
| 30 | The perfect way to end a meal , relax and enjoy a cup of smooth , rich-tasting Kenco coffee , selected and blended from the finest coffee beans . |