Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Top awards are given for the best net and best gross scores with over £200 in cash prizes . |
| 2 | A snorkel and diving goggles have often been recommended for the deepest powder snow . |
| 3 | Since he 'd arrived at Montpelier Square he had been listening for the slightest movement elsewhere in the flat . |
| 4 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
| 5 | This was it , the confrontation-point which he had been dreading for the best part of a week . |
| 6 | Programme makers are searching for the best children 's museum in Britain . |
| 7 | If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between . |
| 8 | When money is tight , passengers are looking for the best deal . |
| 9 | I understand that the move has been made for the best scientific reasons . |
| 10 | They 're meant for the best . ’ |
| 11 | Gentlemen ushers in knee-length black tunics fuss about , directing last-minute guests to their seats , although most have been waiting for the best part of an hour , making stilted smalltalk to conceal their pride . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the good news will bring some welcome relief to those homeowners who have been waiting for the best part of 1991 to sell their home . |
| 13 | Recent scholarship suggests that the tactic of anonymity may have been employed for the best of reasons . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The next hurdle for Petrochemicals will be to go for the highest level Q1 Gold award which will involve another step up in performance . |
| 16 | Anyone going beyond silent forms of disaffection had still to be prepared for the worst from the servants and supporters of a regime now in extremis . |
| 17 | Let us hope for the best but be prepared for the worst . |
| 18 | Meanwhile emergency services are warning that this was a very lucky escape and that boat users should always be prepared for the worst . |
| 19 | Health Promotion will be looking for the best young smile of the week . |
| 20 | Essentially , you will be looking for the fullest possible information , not only about how fantastic the colour is , but about all the other factors we have been discussing , and how candid are the comments on the shortcomings . |
| 21 | All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects . |
| 22 | He had always claimed to be acting for the best ; not selfishly , but for all men , as the great sage Confucius had said a ruler should act . |
| 23 | Days when you are out all day can then be used for the simplest pieces . |
| 24 | At the other , encoders wishing to ensure that their texts can be used for the widest range of applications , will want provide a level of detailed documentation approximating to the kind most often supplied in the form of a manual . |
| 25 | He gave detailed instructions for the procedure to be followed if no suitable dissertations were submitted , concluding : ‘ But if no such dissertations , worthy , in the opinion of the said Examiners , of any such reward as aforesaid should be offered for seven years , then a Medal , to be purchased with the said accumulations , shall be offered for the best dissertation on any Veterinary subject thought worthy by the said Examiners of such reward , but at all times the Foot of the Horse is to be the subject preferred , and next to that the nature , causes and treatment of Glanders , and the diseases of the Eye in horses : And if there should be no successful dissertation at the end of seven years , then the amount of the said accumulations shall be disposed of by the said Governors in such manner as they in their discretion may think proper , so as they are applied for the promotion of Veterinary Science ’ . |
| 26 | Begin the list with the projects that have been waiting to be finished for the longest period of time . |
| 27 | PRIZES will be awarded for the best carnations and bonsai at the Royal Horticultural Society 's show in Greycoat Street , London SW1 , to be held this Tuesday ( 11am-7pm , admission £2.50 ) and Wednesday ( 10am-5pm , admission £1.50 ) . |
| 28 | Notice was to be given to the pupils that prizes would be awarded for the best essay on the eye of the horse , embracing its anatomy and physiology , and also the laws of light applicable to vision , the chemical composition of the humour , and the pathology , treatment and results of the disease known as constitutional ophthalmia . |
| 29 | The sum of £25 will be awarded for the best new captions to the cartoons below , which were first printed in 1881 and 1938 . |
| 30 | Two bottles of J&B will be awarded for the best new captions to the cartoons below , which were first printed in 1881 and 1938 . |