Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a significant influence in the wave of strikes of the late Fifties , until Healy 's authoritarian methods drove away the best people . |
| 2 | In the September issue of PFK , Mrs. Biggar asked if any readers knew where the largest public aquarium in Europe is . |
| 3 | Now , Kirov had moved into a secondary stage , manipulating every conversation so that apparently casual words left just the subtlest hint of something else unsaid , yet implicitly suggested . |
| 4 | The preaching of the existence of a provident god who would supply all needs , was no doubt generally of good intent , but such preaching has been taken far too literally , especially by uneducated peoples , and the outcome has been a reduced sense of personal responsibility permitting , among other things , the production of large numbers of children for whom the progenitors had not the slightest hope of providing . |
| 5 | Mr Heseltine was asked on LBC radio whether , if the Conservatives ended up the largest party with , say , 320 seats , Mr Major would not get on the telephone to do a deal to secure an overall majority . |
| 6 | Two author studies made up the highest proportion of articles in both journals . |
| 7 | You will need to gauge the distances covered so the best way is to take a car ride around your proposed route and use the odometer to measure the distance between familiar landmarks . |
| 8 | His wares made up the largest individual parcel in a massive consignment of plate exported to the Tsarina Anna in 1726 , much of which again had paid no duty . |
| 9 | The earliest aero-engines had only the crudest form of speed control , a ‘ blip ’ or magneto on-off switch . |
| 10 | The fact was that the London green belt estates represented probably the largest single initiative by local authorities in the face of the inadequacies of planning legislation prior to 1947 . |
| 11 | Ellis became chief whip in March 1894 when the fifth Earl of Rosebery succeeded Gladstone as prime minister , and found life exceptionally difficult since the Liberals had only the narrowest of majorities . |
| 12 | Taking time off from the Japan Festival at the Royal Albert Hall , the Sumo wrestlers encouraged even the smallest participants who were raising money for the Spastics society . |