Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rational consumer will choose point W on the budget line which places him on the highest attainable indifference curve , I 1 , . |
| 2 | While Blanche tries to pass him in one of the passages he grabs her and he hurts her in the cruellest and most brutal way . |
| 3 | Frankly , none of that interests me in the slightest . |
| 4 | Because now I know there 's nothing behind the fancy shirt that interests me in the slightest . ’ |
| 5 | Combined with their reluctance to enter the war , the Turks entertain great hopes of their army , upon which a major portion of the budget is spent : and they can not fail to recognise something ludicrous in an attitude which , at one moment , abhors the idea of fighting and at another lauds it as the noblest activity of man . |
| 6 | It 's all good-humoured teasing and winding up , and for my part I 've long since ceased to care whether or not anyone regards me as the worst climber in the world or some sort of antediluvian relic with no rights to any opinion on ‘ rock climbing as it is done these days . ’ |
| 7 | For many black people , this is the only form of protest open to them in a society which is racist and discriminatory and which consigns them to the lowest positions in the class structure . |
| 8 | He regards it as the greatest force at man 's disposal . |
| 9 | ‘ It reminds me of the worst period in German history when members of certain institutions are held collectively responsible for what we now know was a misguided security doctrine , ’ Gen Schwanitz said . |
| 10 | The court which sentences him for the latest offence will have to decide whether to return him to prison to serve a period equal to the balance of the sentence which remained on the day the offence was committed . |
| 11 | That puts it in the worst quarter of local authorities . |
| 12 | Today , the average intake of 20g a day puts us among the lowest fibre-consumers in the world . |
| 13 | This strikes me as the best way of getting a real working knowledge of computers . |
| 14 | For instance , when we did Jesus He Knows Me on the newest album , he said ‘ Live , I think we 'll want a guitar solo at the end of this , and it has to be a kind of fast , frantic type of guitar solo . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You think you buy into somewhere crime can not reach and then it hits you with the worst kind . ’ |
| 16 | While not as flexible as an overdraft or the Managed Rate Facility , they offer the advantages of : cheaper borrowing , especially as adding Barclays name to a bill provides you with the finest rates available on the Discount Market . |
| 17 | The numbers attending are still disappointing but I believe that it is fully justified if for no other reason than that it provides us with the best — and most cost effective — corporate publicity we are likely to obtain . |
| 18 | She 's a good girl , provides us with the largest eggs you 've ever seen . |