Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] the [adj -est] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some trial and error should eliminate the laziest papers , whose critics do no more than pillage catalogue introductions , or even press releases . |
| 2 | The social worker must believe the best results for everyone are achieved when both parties have an equal right to be heard . |
| 3 | We are specialists and must maintain the highest standards in our work . |
| 4 | If the underconsumption thesis is correct , then richer societies should have the highest levels of military expenditure . |
| 5 | Why wo n't I admit that I must have the shortest arms in the world ? |
| 6 | While she remains there , in any capacity , we must have the gravest doubts whether safety will ever be taken seriously at Larksoken . ' ’ |
| 7 | Where a person was not capable of understanding , the doctor must apply the best interests of the patient test . |
| 8 | Oh yes it says this is the first world cup the new way of playing the qualifying rounds , this is the first world cup where every team has to play each other and it should mean the best sides make the semi-finals . |
| 9 | If people who are most vulnerable to unemployment must pay the highest contributions to the government unemployment insurance scheme , it becomes very difficult to achieve a significant redistribution of income , wealth , or welfare . |
| 10 | In the best sense , this should combine the best elements of East and West . |
| 11 | However , progress on all these scores is being made , and , if it is maintained into the 1990s , should help the oldest individuals to maintain their independence — and their health — for longer periods of time . |
| 12 | The new subject of International Relations must find the best ways of making leaders aware of the dysfunctional nature of war , or , if it failed in this , appeal directly to the populations concerned . |
| 13 | Then we 'll drive back to the city and dine in a little ristorante in Trastevere where you 'll eat the best carciofi alla giudia in all of Roma . ’ |
| 14 | These creamy milk shakes are so thick , you 'll need the widest straws you can find ! |
| 15 | And so they 'll spend the coldest months , snuggled up in wooden boxes . |
| 16 | • We 'll feature the best entries and the setting-up of the winning tank . |
| 17 | The three used to compete with each other to see who could steal the best clothes or who would take the biggest risk . |
| 18 | The following quotations illustrate some of the frustrations and misunderstandings that could hamper the best-laid plans . |
| 19 | In fact I would hazard a guess that one , if not both of these races , could provide the closest contests of the day . |
| 20 | They actually reached Klagenfurt a few hours after us , so we could secure the best buildings and put sentries in them . |
| 21 | This was considered fairer because the amount of advertising time would be small and expensive , which could favour the wealthiest clients . |
| 22 | This covers a large portion of flat land and could take the largest planes available , even by today 's standards . |
| 23 | Thus , regulating the total quantity of pollution and conducting a series of spot checks on individual producers to see that they are not violating agreed standards is a relatively simple policy which may avoid the worst outcomes . |
| 24 | Sorry , information was wrong there , but nevertheless you 're near the top of the tree in trying to help get more nursery places in the county and you know that you 're being you may have the best intentions , but you do n't have the facilities to do very much about it . |
| 25 | You may produce the cheapest typewriters , but everyone is moving to word-processors . |
| 26 | Beforehand , managers used to pick the best players and play the rest around them . |
| 27 | Again speaking about ‘ this new rush of crime ’ , The Times wondered whether ‘ they had learnt the new crime at play , and practised ‘ putting the hug on ’ ’ as boys used to rehearse the best tricks of Jack Sheppard' . |
| 28 | This would eliminate the worst cases of cruelty and would substantially reduce the number of whales killed , as only those beached would be gaffed and killed , and the rest could be driven back to sea . |
| 29 | However , apomixis through pseudogamous agamospermy has been confirmed in a species of Hopea ( Dipterocarpaceae ) and inferred in two of Shorea on the presence of polyembryony or triploidy , e.g. S. macroptera , which is the first of the section to flower , when the pollinator numbers have not yet built up ( see section 6.3 ) and would experience the greatest vicissitudes if dependent on insects . |
| 30 | There is truly not a single county which can safely be eliminated from a chance of winning one of the main trophies , although Gloucestershire , cruelly deprived of the English half of their anticipated new-ball pair , David Lawrence and Courtney Walsh , and Leicestershire , would need the biggest swings of the lot to upset the opinion polls . |