Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [art] [adj -est] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Edmonds quoted a study by the National Institute for Social and Economic Research which concluded that Labour 's proposals were ‘ surprisingly well targeted on the poorest families . ’ |
| 2 | The vines surround the village on all sides , but those grown on the highest slopes , on either side of the D10 to the west of Ambonnay , are by far the most successful ; on the plain , either side of the D9 , the vineyards are noticeably inferior . |
| 3 | The passengers were saddened by the thought that they were unlikely to see their native land again but probably neither before nor since has a group of people set out with more determination to establish a society founded on the highest principles of religion and education . |
| 4 | Once sample preparation has been completed the simplest analyses may be performed on the largest particles . |
| 5 | When you er I mean you 're in that er situation , how do you cope with the idea that you need the money , you need the job , but you 've got to somehow sell yourself and get employed on the best terms ? |
| 6 | In future , aid budgets therefore need to be concentrated on the boldest triers among the poorest countries — countries ( as in Africa and south Asia ) that lack basic infrastructure and where poverty is most acute . |
| 7 | For the most extreme form of quoted speech without source markers can be found on the earliest pages of certain infant reading schemes which are based on severely restricted vocabulary and a word recognition model . |
| 8 | Coun Ken Walker ( Lib Dem ) said : ‘ The state of the river is better than it was two or three years ago but I would like to see more resources spent on the worst sections ; in the town centre . |
| 9 | The theme is redemption through battle and Aldrich 's raw , violent , magnificently acted movie shows how war relied on the worst instincts in men to achieve the best results . |
| 10 | The Cathedral arms were placed on the largest candles — not the tapers which the pious burnt in the side chapels but the candles which were placed on the high altar . |
| 11 | The broadcasts are now transmitted using three megaphones situated on the tallest buildings in the area and the station was officially launched in August 1990 . |
| 12 | CUMIÈRES : Belemnite chalk , with seams rich in sand , sandstone , clay and lignites exposed on the highest slopes . |
| 13 | best advice and best execution take reasonable steps to ensure that a transaction is effected on the best terms available at the time |
| 14 | It is most unlikely that either of these areas has been used for arable in the last 1500 years , and this is confirmed to some extent by field names recorded on the earliest maps ( of the early nineteenth century ) and in medieval documents . |
| 15 | This was characteristic of Gresley , who ensured that he and his design team were fully informed on the latest developments abroad and adopted ideas pioneered elsewhere if they were proved relevant to his needs . |