Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Las Vegas money machines — where lights whirl , the jackpot flashes and the sound of cascading money plays for the smallest win — so the sprung plywood floor of the wrestling ring thuds and echoes with exaggerated effect . |
| 2 | Search literature refers to the best path as having the lowest cost . |
| 3 | Moreover , blanket support by volume of output ensures that most of the support goes to the wealthiest 25 per cent of landowners , who produce 75 per cent of output . |
| 4 | Eighty per cent of our bilateral aid goes to the poorest countries . |
| 5 | David Goldsmith looks at the latest developments in equipment technology |
| 6 | With the obligatory ‘ W ’ across its malformed chest , the tousle-headed little aberration appears in the latest set of increasingly hep ‘ Be more than just a number ’ ads , |
| 7 | Again , the term comes from the earliest attempts at explaining the disorder . |
| 8 | In practice the output rises sharply when the echo returns from the nearest point on the planet but dies away slowly as echoes arrive from surrounding regions of the planet 's surface . |
| 9 | In hand-to-hand combat the enemy fights against the highest WS of the chariot crew . |
| 10 | Because of this Barro treats as the best prediction that could be made by rational agents of the value of . |
| 11 | Inishowen in Co Donegal is among nearly 20 clubs sending swimmers to Lisburn , where the action begins with the youngest age group ( 10 's and under ) at 9–30am . |
| 12 | The realization of the capacity depends on the earliest blueprints and the infant 's experiences of mutuality , giving and receiving or , sadly , its absence . |
| 13 | George made two or three telephone calls from the nearest box , handed over the minute inspection of Orlando Benyon 's shed to the appropriate people , made contact with the police pathologist and his own chief at C.I.D . |
| 14 | A great Himalayan climb draws on the deepest resources of body and mind . |
| 15 | She is prepared to trust God and the story closes with the simplest words of acceptance : |
| 16 | The Russian village community belongs to the youngest type in this chain , ’ [ Hobsbawm , 142–3 ] , and in the same letter Marx goes on to refer to an ‘ all American author ’ as one of his authorities for such a statement . |
| 17 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 18 | The Bank of England is , of course , free to respond as it chooses to any such bids or offers but , as well as being concerned to finance the government 's borrowing needs on the best possible terms , the Bank has a publicly-expressed interest in the liquidity of the gilt-edged market . |
| 19 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
| 20 | Currently , the annual saving is in the region of £5 billion , only slightly more than the sum that the Government gave away in tax cuts to the richest 1 per cent of taxpayers in the 1988 budget . |
| 21 | Pop looms as the largest thing in our lives , but as something we 've lost control of . |
| 22 | A narcissistic concern with visual appearance accords with the best efforts of sales and marketing teams , and the design of any book is a vital factor . |
| 23 | The votary of ahi sā strives for the greatest good of all , which means that he goes beyond utilitarianism . |
| 24 | In one of Europe 's sickest countries — Scotland 's heart disease and cancer rates cluster round the top of the league tables — Glasgow 's health record remains among the worst . |
| 25 | The children , however , keep cropping up in his life and a growing emotional tie develops with the eldest , Judith ( Siri Neal ) . |
| 26 | Left : Universal winter-flowering pansies are indispensable for adding colour splashes during the bleakest months of winter . |
| 27 | Amongst these are the Turkish Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 at Paris , and the terrible collision on the ground at Tenerife between Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s which to this day accounts for the greatest number of fatalities in a single accident . |
| 28 | The share price falls below the lowest current exercise price for 4 consecutive trading days or halfway between the lowest exercise price and the next potential series . |
| 29 | Prof. Tom Thomas , chairman of the polytechnic 's research degrees committee , said : ‘ This is a crucial signal because it demonstrates that the work of the polytechnic extends to the highest levels of scholarship . |
| 30 | If , on reaching the lowest level , the points have not been re-aligned positively , with a set tolerance , the procedure returns to the highest level and successively provides a rotational correction down through the system again . |