Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [adj -est] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His memo to his valet , then the late Stephen Barry , relating to the meeting is typical of the elaborate planning undertaken for the simplest royal date . |
| 2 | The number of levels ranged from two to five , but only one scheme had a level designed for the lowest ten per cent of attainers . |
| 3 | After weighing for the heaviest berry — duly recorded in the ledger by the recorder — any prizewinning berry is removed before they are weighed for the heaviest twelve awards and then again selected for the heaviest six . |
| 4 | I understand that the move has been made for the best scientific reasons . |
| 5 | If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between . |
| 6 | If she was prepared for the worst then , God willing , it would n't happen . |
| 7 | Control is vested in local planning authorities , who are under a duty to ens–e that all land and property within their area is used for the best possible purposes in view of the shortage of land and the needs of the community . |
| 8 | Something similar has started appearing on British television , so if they have to be shown surely the details could be kept to a minimum and shown for the shortest possible time . |
| 9 | After weighing for the heaviest berry — duly recorded in the ledger by the recorder — any prizewinning berry is removed before they are weighed for the heaviest twelve awards and then again selected for the heaviest six . |
| 10 | But , remember , the team is scored for the best three out of four . |
| 11 | The sum of £25 will be awarded for the best new captions to the cartoons below , which were first printed in 1881 and 1938 . |
| 12 | Two bottles of J&B will be awarded for the best new captions to the cartoons below , which were first printed in 1881 and 1938 . |
| 13 | JR sent for the latest aged debt report , quickly extracted from it the top 20 customers and found what he now expected to find — that more than 80% ; of the total debts were due form these , although by number they amounted to considerably less than 20% ; of the total customer file . |
| 14 | THE right-wing opposition alliance appeared last night to have crushed France 's ruling Socialist Party and to be headed for the biggest Conservative victory in France 's history . |
| 15 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |
| 16 | This method has been used with success in the study of the coinage of archaic and classical Greece , where , for instance , the evidence of several large hoards has enabled a fairly detailed sequence and chronology to be established for the earliest Greek silver coins , made in the fifty years or so before about 475BC . |