Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 2 | Young people differ in their interests and aptitudes , and we need a range of schools to offer them the best opportunities . |
| 3 | The impressive hardware , the ( rather primitive ) motion-control techniques , and the startling light effects made it the biggest single breakthrough . |
| 4 | However , although Leese 's virulent anti-semitism and racial fascist beliefs made him the nearest equivalent in outlook to an English Hitler , his personality and attitude to leadership were very different . |
| 5 | No wonder Spurs rate them the best they have faced . |
| 6 | The evening will be semi-business anyway , so your qualifications make you the best candidate . ’ |
| 7 | Midland eurocheques offer you the best of both worlds — the convenience and security of cheques and a cheque card , wherever your travels take you in Europe . |
| 8 | As a Golf Plus Club Member you can enjoy up to a 20% discount on a year 's subscription to Britain 's best golf magazines bringing you the best pictures and best coverage of your favourite game . |
| 9 | On top of that , scoring the third in the 3–1 win over the Sky Blues made him the youngest scorer of a First Division goal . |
| 10 | Air Miles and Enterprise have joined forces to bring you the best quality holiday at reduced prices … all you have to do is go shopping ! |
| 11 | Air Miles and Sovereign have joined forces to bring you the best quality holiday at reduced prices … all you have to do is go shopping ! |
| 12 | The speaker was an undoubted first-rate man whose achievements make him the greatest British theoretical physicist since Maxwell and one of the great figures of twentieth-century culture . |
| 13 | She had owned good horses such as Manicou ( who had won the King George VI Chase in 1950 ) and Monaveen ( who had finished fifth to Freebooter in that year 's Grand National as his royal owner 's first runner in the race ) , but in Devon Loch she had a chaser who apparently had all the attributes to win her the greatest steeplechase in the calendar : he was a big horse , strongly built and bold yet intelligent enough to look after himself in the hurly-burly of four and half miles and thirty fences . |
| 14 | Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow 's leaking out , the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones , power centralised , corruption institutionalised , and a generation created which 'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out . ’ |
| 15 | Rosita was a bit old but she kept her body in good condition and the men liked her the best . |
| 16 | Brittany Ferries give you the shortest drive to the Western Loire . |
| 17 | The bookies gave him the tightest odds of any of the outgoing MPs , but he was still two-to-one on to win . |
| 18 | Television commentators call it the biggest meeting outside the Olympics , and while that is an exaggerated accolade the standard of competition is amazingly high . |
| 19 | In putting the Collection together , our music editors combed a thousand hit parades to bring you the finest moments in rock'n'roll . |
| 20 | Since 1892 , we at Bob Martin have been developing , improving , refining and perfecting our Flea Treatments , Wormers and Condition Tablets to make them the best you can get your paws on . |
| 21 | Sawle acknowledged this on the eve of the final Test when , asked to defend the dumping of Marsh , he made the point that it had been the bowlers — Craig McDermott ( whose 31 wickets made him the highest Australian wicket-taker in a series against India ) , Bruce Reid ( a wrecker in the second Test before breaking down again ) and Merv Hughes — who had been the key figures throughout the series . |
| 22 | Although the polls give him the lowest performance rating of any post-war leader , Mr Major doubted there would be a challenge this year . |
| 23 | David Owen 's late endorsement of the Tories makes him the strongest contender for the Hong Kong post , but do not write off Maude just yet . |