Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so many spectators had trudged out to the furthest holes along the seashore . |
| 2 | At the extensive St Aldhelm 's Quarry architectural stonework is carried out to the highest standards . |
| 3 | ‘ A great deal of time and effort has gone into ensuring that all materials and finishes co-ordinate effectively and that the work was carried out to the highest possible standards , befitting a grand old Bank , ’ said Tony Caroli , Property Project Manager . |
| 4 | The execution of these ideas with regard to graphical presentation and production of an addictive shoot-em-up arcade game have been carried out to the highest professional standard . |
| 5 | I am determined that the highest and most stringent safety requirements should be adhered to , and the regulatory bodies must be satisfied that any work done at Dounreay is carried out to the highest standards . |
| 6 | No , he 'd scarper , and leave me to get hauled off to the nearest loony-bin . |
| 7 | Bright children are dragged down to the lowest common denominator . ’ |
| 8 | Before Edward 's reforms of 1289–91 , offices were normally farmed out to the highest bidder . |
| 9 | However , studies of children 's communicative abilities prior to the onset of spoken language have indicated that the origins of communication may be traced back to the earliest days after birth , and that full mastery of the morpho-syntactic devices for expressing complex meanings may not be fully understood until early adolescence . |
| 10 | She 'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger . |
| 11 | With his skill as the basis , the Embalmer will not be content unless all other departments with which he has contact are brought up to the highest possible standard . |
| 12 | As for the civil service , it had to be cut down to the lowest level necessary . |
| 13 | These are rounded off to the nearest number of complete bars . ) |
| 14 | This comprises a char for the letter ( 1 byte ) , a boolean for the continued flag ( 1 byte ) and a long integer for the next edge index ( 4 bytes ) — a total of 6 bytes which is rounded up to the nearest word boundary ( on a Sun Sparc 2 file server ) , hence 8 bytes . |
| 15 | They feel that , on alcohol advertising in particular , the EC has ducked the issues posed by a single market and satellite broadcasting ; and that as a result regulations may be cut back to the loosest common denominator . |
| 16 | He also appears to be physically generating a new language , having gone back to the simplest animal and natural cries . |
| 17 | Thank you very much I think er councillor said that in er Tory erm motions goes against er Conservative er national policy but what it does identify is a very worrying sub text to the Tory policies of the moment because w means testing for hou for housing welfare has gone back to the worst aspects of the nineteen thirties politics basically . |
| 18 | Tools , especially bellows , were passed on to the eldest boy , younger sons had the opportunity to rent workshops of their own . |
| 19 | I started with highest worked on to the lowest . |
| 20 | Thus , for example , rather than barring production above current levels of , say , asbestos at each plant throughout the nation , a ceiling on national production could be imposed with the rights to manufacture within the total being auctioned off to the highest bidders . |
| 21 | It had to be worked out to the finest detail and Endill went to the library to find pictures of a catapult to help them on their way . |
| 22 | For there will never be any new thing other than that which has been before , but everything is repeated down to the minutest detail . |
| 23 | She must have faced up to the worst outcome , in the process . |
| 24 | When the realization of this news had permeated through to the remotest island , the initial market euphoria subsides , as does the level of output . |