Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Top awards are given for the best net and best gross scores with over £200 in cash prizes . |
| 2 | Surely she had n't almost fallen for the oldest trick in the book ! |
| 3 | I had fallen for the oldest James Brown/James Brown joke in the book . |
| 4 | The climate sensitivity , T 2x , solar forcing scaling factor , β , and percentage of the observed temperature variance explained for the best-fit simulations associated with the greenhouse-forcing-alone , greenhouse-plus-solar and solar-forcing-alone analyses . |
| 5 | Scott , from South Shields , is one of the five men nominated for the Best Director Oscar for his gripping work Thelma and Louise , a violent female buddy buddy movie labelled waggishly as Bitch Cassidy . |
| 6 | Top cash are on offer to professional and amateur players with £150 added for the highest break in the competition by bookmaker Joe Suckling . |
| 7 | Elton John is being considered for the best actor nomination for his Coca-Cola advert . |
| 8 | A snorkel and diving goggles have often been recommended for the deepest powder snow . |
| 9 | Since the Minister is so concerned about the gold belonging to the Baltic states , will he see justice done for the poorest country in Europe , Albania , whose gold is in the Bank of England and was stolen from that country four decades ago ? |
| 10 | Thus the best libretto ever written for the best opera ever written is scarcely tolerable as reading matter . |
| 11 | Yet Iago suddenly wheeled his pony again , and made for the highest point of the ridge , where he could look back over the valley , and see as far as the scattered outer copses and the rim of the forest . |
| 12 | As a new word is read from the ASCII file , the head list is searched for the longest string available from the start of the word . |
| 13 | In this case , the offender would be liable ( at the discretion of the sentencing court ) to be ordered to be returned to prison to serve up to almost six years of the original sentence , in addition to whatever sentence is imposed for the latest offence . |
| 14 | His work was crucial to the initial break into the German enciphered teleprinter systems used for the highest level of German services communications . |
| 15 | The bass clef is used for the lowest parts of the horn 's compass which is a wide one , extending from sounding . |
| 16 | Mechanical woodpulp is acidic and is used for the cheapest types of paper like newsprint or certain types of cartridge paper . |
| 17 | At the other , encoders wishing to ensure that their texts can be used for the widest range of applications , will want provide a level of detailed documentation approximating to the kind most often supplied in the form of a manual . |
| 18 | Days when you are out all day can then be used for the simplest pieces . |
| 19 | DesignaKnit will warn you of this and will also advise you of the number of stitches and rows needed for the best result , in terms of both detail and proportion . |
| 20 | Having placed these matters on record in its minutes , the London committee proceeded to its own business : ( i ) a prize of 10 guineas was offered for the best description of not more than 20 cases of glanders ; ( ii ) the circularisation of honorary and subscribing members , asking for their ‘ communications on the veterinary art ’ . |
| 21 | He gave detailed instructions for the procedure to be followed if no suitable dissertations were submitted , concluding : ‘ But if no such dissertations , worthy , in the opinion of the said Examiners , of any such reward as aforesaid should be offered for seven years , then a Medal , to be purchased with the said accumulations , shall be offered for the best dissertation on any Veterinary subject thought worthy by the said Examiners of such reward , but at all times the Foot of the Horse is to be the subject preferred , and next to that the nature , causes and treatment of Glanders , and the diseases of the Eye in horses : And if there should be no successful dissertation at the end of seven years , then the amount of the said accumulations shall be disposed of by the said Governors in such manner as they in their discretion may think proper , so as they are applied for the promotion of Veterinary Science ’ . |
| 22 | In addition , a £100 prize is being offered for the best photographs taken of these two events to be judged by the experts at the Museum . |
| 23 | Contestants in fancy dress will be judged at 10.20 with a prize offered for the best outfit . |
| 24 | The marriage game was played for the highest stakes by kings and emperors and counts ; there is no reason to suppose it reached these proportions elsewhere in the social scale . |
| 25 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |
| 26 | With two wins already gained and two more strong performers to come , the middle position is ideally suited for the weakest member . |
| 27 | Although forewarned by the bombardment , the Germans had not temporarily withdrawn from the heights ; so the troops in their trenches were bombarded for the best part of a week and could receive no food or relief from the devastating artillery fire . |
| 28 | He 's never given enough clean clothes and he 's chastised for the slightest thing . |
| 29 | Thus the scene was set for the worst disaster in the history of the British Army . |
| 30 | The prospect of a man of fitzAlan 's size ever losing control , no matter what the cause , was enough to make any sane woman run for the nearest convent . |