Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the temperature fluctuations appear the same on all scales , the spectral index on these scales is constrained to be ( ref. 9 ) , and we shall discuss only the asymptotically scale-invariant form , originally introduced to explain galaxy clustering , and later shown to be a consequence of inflationary models . |
| 2 | I would n't trust even the most loving one not to leave when another man offers more . ’ |
| 3 | It 's designed to protect and soothe even the most sensitive male skins and prices start at £2.45 . |
| 4 | It can lighten even the most leaden of social occasions . |
| 5 | ‘ This first phase of our Skerneside Revival will carry on the very important initiative of the Railside Revival . ’ |
| 6 | By contrast you will appear all the more reasonable . |
| 7 | The Boos ' welcome maturity makes Sugar appear all the more primitive and pained . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've spent the last seven months among people who can speak only the most rudimentary English . ’ |
| 9 | To that end this meeting will bring together the most prominent scholars in the field to set the agenda for the future direction of cultural studies . |
| 10 | In the modern period radical elite theorists have extended the argument to explain how a politically neutered Parliament , normally controlled by a majority party leadership , functions to disguise or dress up the constitutionally uncontrolled concentration of power within the executive branch in Britain . |
| 11 | The person who gets on with the job instead of wasting time in chatter may show up the less zealous and cause the chatterers to feel vaguely guilty , which of course they wo n't like . |
| 12 | It predicts that swarms of robots will carry out the most dangerous tasks and soldiers will be able to adapt their genetic make-up to improve the body 's protection against chemical and biological warfare . |
| 13 | This will bring out the most attractive reddish colour of the plant . |
| 14 | On the other hand , there are some posts which must tax even the most hard-working individual , such as … |
| 15 | Padlocking steel collars onto the corner legs will help prevent even the most determined thief from moving your caravan . |
| 16 | Thirdly , the Maastricht summit of December 1991 will bring about the most significant changes in European development since the foundation of the European Community . |
| 17 | What makes it look all the more daft is that they will often have to wear the same number tabard all the way through , which over top hat and tails makes them look like someone wearing his vest over his dinner jacket . |
| 18 | Dent 's comment at the time when that Act was still before Parliament as a bill has a curious irony to it , which will become all the more apparent from the discussion which ensues later : |
| 19 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 20 | Of course people do not become frenzied quite as readily in 1993 as they did in 1919 , but with the assistance of one of Edinburgh 's premiere restaurants , The Witchery , The Scotsman and the House of Sandeman have devised an evening which should enthuse even the most jaded citizen . |
| 21 | It 's not a hard walk up the spur that leads to the summit , and the lust to be able to see far into the rough bounds of Knoydart hiding behind Sgurr Thuilm will motivate even the most indolent hiker . |
| 22 | Other species are attached to rocks by means of tough threads ( byssus ) that enable them to hang on even in turbulent situations ; mussels can colonize even the most inhospitable rock surfaces in this way . |
| 23 | Colour and foliage can set off the most ordinary-looking house ‘ whereas a poorly kept garden with no trees or shrubs seems to place a dead hand on the house itself . |
| 24 | Joe Cunnane , I 'm sorry , but er Chairman , but I did actually miss probably the most important point I should have made about Tadcaster |
| 25 | The law must resort to some kind of moral and social evaluation of conduct if it is to identify and separate out the most heinous killings . |
| 26 | ‘ We can transform even the most neglected and overgrown backyard , ’ says Charles Held . |
| 27 | Next year I shall plant crown imperials , Fritillaria imperialis , round the garden as I am told this will deter even the most persistent mole . |
| 28 | The newcomers will be hoping that the unsettling bid talk will die down so they can set about the more urgent tasks that lie ahead . |
| 29 | But , more important , the participating schools should not take only the very clever . |
| 30 | Things do , of course , indeed they seem to succumb to The Second Law of Thermodynamics at a rate that must occasionally surprise even the most paranoid of entropy theorists . |