Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In his opening speech party chairman Aleksandur Lilov declared that factional splits posed the greatest threat to the party 's future . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The final straw came when two prospective clients became the latest victims of crime . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Cars got the biggest response . |
| 7 | Official and unofficial anti-Semitism ensured that educated Jews faced the greatest obstacles to entering a satisfying career . |
| 8 | Searches of nucleic acid ( GenBank/EMBL rel. 71 ) and protein ( NBRF-PIR rel. 32 ) databases showed the best match ( 21% identity ) to a tyrosine-specific transport protein from Escherichia coli ( accession number , GRECY ) , which appears to contain 12 transmembrane domains . |
| 9 | After newspapers , books showed the largest decline er , and the fifteen million variance is shared roughly one fifth by Addison Wesley and two fifths apiece by Penguin and Longman . |
| 10 | The most violent of the revolts and the most serious disorders have occurred in places where tyrants perpetrated the worst outrages . |
| 11 | Scotland 's most deadly striker scored 14 goals in the game , and he received good assistance from Kenny Stibbles , who scored seven , and Paul Golden , who hit another four , as the Scots recorded the highest score ever in a European indoor championship match . |
| 12 | It 's a question of finding the right sources — like penitentials , books prescribing penances for a variety of sins , of which sexual sins formed the largest category . |
| 13 | This collection of demands gave the widest scope for an agitation against the government on several issues thought to appeal to radical Liberals and Left Labour alike . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure the inspectors did the best job they could , ’ says Mr Reed , choosing his words carefully , ‘ but the whole process is very undesirable , very unsatisfactory . |
| 15 | Even in 1984 these provinces had the lowest enrolment levels and female attendance rates , and the highest drop-out rates in the whole country . |
| 16 | The drivers had the hardest job , concentrating on holding their positions and keeping out of the way of the front and rear gunners . |
| 17 | The resulting sensations had the strangest effect on her thinking processes , she discovered . |
| 18 | The Phase 1 schools had the largest share of these resources . |
| 19 | Castile itself had been named after the fortresses built along the border between Christian and Moslem Spain , and essentially those who held these castles held the greatest degree of control over the lands on either side . |
| 20 | The Iraqis made the fullest use of these defensive advantages in 1984 to supplement the positions they had prepared on dry land while awaiting the half million or so Iranians whom US satellite photographs had identified as massing on the frontier near Basrah . |
| 21 | Public utilities such as electricity , gas , water and telecommunications provided the best examples of what were considered to be natural monopolies , although when technological advances are made , certain industries formerly classed as natural monopolies may cease to be so ( eg telecommunications ) . |
| 22 | It was a different story around the rest of the country , where business was brisk and supermarkets reported the busiest day of the year . |
| 23 | Earlier this month , a survey revealed the province 's building contractors suffered the sharpest decline in workload of any UK region in the last three months , with a decline of 4.5pc on the previous quarter . |
| 24 | Rural areas suffered the biggest increases . |
| 25 | It has been found , for instance , that widowers comprised the largest proportion of late-onset elderly alcoholics . |
| 26 | The Conservatives suffered the biggest reversal of fortunes losing two seats in its North Down power base . |
| 27 | The Conservatives suffered the biggest reversal of fortunes losing two seats in their North Down power base . |
| 28 | The Conservatives suffered the biggest reversal of fortunes , losing two seats in their North Down power base . |
| 29 | The buildings above these laundries displayed the densest clustering of washing poles . |
| 30 | After considering all entries , the judges decided the best order to be : |