Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [art] [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Thomas wished his sons to enjoy the best education he could provide , partly as a means of fulfilling their intellectual potential , but even more as a necessary upward step on the social-economic scale . |
| 2 | Cereals and root vegetables make the largest contribution , and are most often cooked to aid digestion . |
| 3 | The results reveal little departure from the traditional view that applicants from large , old-fashioned institutions make the best employees , although UMIST and Loughborough are ranked highly , largely because of their more vocational courses . |
| 4 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 5 | We will continue to design and manufacture our products using the latest technology and materials the U.S.A. has to offer . |
| 6 | Middle-class reformers and those with more radical opinions used the newest ideas to discredit the ‘ old-fashioned ’ science favoured by the traditional sources of power and influence . |
| 7 | Experts say the latest outbreak is n't as serious as the epidemic of '89 … but they 're warning the worst is still to come . |
| 8 | The shape matrices are then tested against those of the appropriate sub-dictionaries to find the best match , either between the unknown word and a dictionary entry , or a composite for suffixed forms . |
| 9 | ‘ Unitary authorities provide the best means for securing local services at the lowest cost . ’ |
| 10 | In his opening speech party chairman Aleksandur Lilov declared that factional splits posed the greatest threat to the party 's future . |
| 11 | Old newspapers are being preserved by photographing about 200 volumes a year to microform , priority being given to those for which readers make the greatest call . |
| 12 | The old axiom that hungry fighters make the best ones is countered by the quote from young , struggling players : " Eat beans , and play like beans … " |
| 13 | In presidential and legislative elections held in May 1989 [ see pp. 36651-52 ] Menem defeated Eduardo César Angeloz of the UCR , and the Peronists became the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies , although they still lacked an absolute majority . |
| 14 | The final straw came when two prospective clients became the latest victims of crime . |
| 15 | Results showed that the relationship between the target and context had a strong effect on performance ; words which were highly predictable were responded to more quickly than words which were unlikely , while anomalous words produced the slowest response times of all . |
| 16 | Now he , allied with Peter Thorburn and Earle Kirton , will have the chance to develop his playing methods using the best players in the land . |
| 17 | It is the solution that offers the best balance between advantages and disadvantages — the animals gain the greatest degree of mutual protection from predators whilst sacrificing the least in terms of their ability to find food in the inhospitable terrain . |
| 18 | Loving in truth , and fain in verse my love to show , That she ( dear she ) might take some pleasure of my pain ; Pleasure might cause her read , reading might make her know ; Knowledge might pity win , and pity grace obtain ; I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe , Studying investions fine , her wits to entertain ; Oft turning others ' leaves , to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburnt brain . |
| 19 | Do schools make the best use of external agencies ? |
| 20 | Cars got the biggest response . |
| 21 | Scottish Hydro-Electric controls the water level in its dams using the latest information and forecasts available . |
| 22 | Queries and disputes provide the greatest excuses ever for not paying accounts . |
| 23 | HP 's September announcement — and this is gospel — will be two high-end Series 800 multi-user business servers incorporating the latest implementation of HP 's PA-RISC chip , the 7100 . |
| 24 | Disturbance and high tides pose the greatest threats to the breeding birds . |
| 25 | Rothschild 's Old Court International Reserves has the widest choice of currencies and it is easy to invest . |
| 26 | And when she was tired , she still walked round and round the shops to find the cheapest food . |
| 27 | Blue eyes widening the smallest fraction as if to imply … |
| 28 | Down to nine men , our lads deserve the highest praise for a 3–3 draw . |
| 29 | Whatever the precautions adopted it is sensible that the breeding animals receive the highest protection and staff not directly involved with breeding should not enter the breeding area . |
| 30 | Official and unofficial anti-Semitism ensured that educated Jews faced the greatest obstacles to entering a satisfying career . |