Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second place is that probably one of the reasons that physicians feel threatened by these kind of laws is that , without the law , I can cruise along and maintain my patients ' comfort and my sanity to the best of my ability . |
| 2 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 3 | At least I know something about such problems ; they were my original reason for opposing the scheme , and I have not changed my mind in the slightest . |
| 4 | So while the Apostate 's squaring the circle with the last of Gittel 's breed , I turn my attention to the nearest branch of the familial tree of old Shmuel ben Issachar . |
| 5 | My Lord with the greatest respect that that clears my submission from the pleadings , er in the statement of claim . |
| 6 | Burns 's poetry and songs have played an important part in my life from the earliest years , not only because of their simple beauty , but also because of their directness , honesty , and wry , lop-sided , humour ; the appreciation of which stood me in good stead the last time I was in Mauchline . |
| 7 | Here , then , is my choice of the best and worst of 1992 . |
| 8 | I hauled my luggage to the nearest small hotel and took a cheap room . |
| 9 | No , I 'll treat you to them , I make my lot to the nearest bottle with Unicare if I can , how many you 've got ? |
| 10 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 11 | The judge said : ‘ I regard it as my duty at the earliest possible moment to order the discharge from prison of Lord Blandford . |
| 12 | Take time to say , ‘ How can I present my organization in the best light ? okay We 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 13 | Malik 's claim took his defence lawyer , Stephen Ferrarone by surprise : ‘ Not my idea of the best defence , believe me . |
| 14 | Joe put his great strong hand on my shoulder in the gentlest possible way . |
| 15 | But erm it is my design at the earliest opportunity to erm extend er that work through more specific and increased provision er with er current er staffing erm levels erm borne in mind . |
| 16 | I have already stated my view of the best way to stop the fighting . |
| 17 | How about a restaurant set in the vaults of a medieval monastery , lit by candles and with a menu that owes its variety to the best raw material found around the world ? |
| 18 | Typically organisations require employees to obtain two or three estimates and base their payment on the lowest one . |
| 19 | Our partnership has never been aimed at a resourcing of the school in a material sense , but has focused on the educational experiences of students and their provision at the highest quality possible . |
| 20 | But analysts warned that troubles were still brewing for the trade position as the UK maintains its deficit despite the longest recession since 1945 . |
| 21 | Her eyes were wide with sworls of silver and blue brighter than looking at the sun at its zenith in the longest day of summer . |
| 22 | She had listened to Arlene 's own voice and set about imitating it for she held her mentor in the highest esteem whilst still being a little afraid of her . |
| 23 | She paused , and smiled politely at Caroline , who gathered her will-power with the greatest difficulty and smiled back . |
| 24 | Harold Hobson wrote in The Sunday Times , ‘ It is quite extraordinarily well acted , and Patrick Dromgoole 's direction swallows its melodrama without the slightest sign of indigestion . |
| 25 | A WOMAN has been sent a council tax bill for £800 after bungling valuers put her shack in the highest tax band . |
| 26 | She did n't see Simone very often , but they had known each other from their schooldays and could pick up their friendship without the slightest difficulty . |
| 27 | Forfeiting an extra hour in bed to get up and muck out while it is still pitch dark or traipsing through muddy fields on bitterly cold days to break the ice on the water trough can take its toll on the keenest of owners . |
| 28 | Charity dropped her tray on the nearest table . |
| 29 | … when came the fashion for the vanishing author , the silent author , the transparent text … , the critics , always quick to adapt their vocabulary to the latest bandwagon , started calling the narrator both character who narrates and the producer of the text , that is , the author … . |
| 30 | it is your duty as a manager or supervisor to tell your subordinates all that they need to know to perform their work to the best of their ability |