Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the most [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should yawn my head off in a palace , and I should laugh during the most solemn ceremonies , and I should certainly beat my Ministers . |
| 2 | Ten years ago I remember I used to think that it was our mental hospitals which later generations would regard as the most staggering and incomprehensible blind spot of our time , on which they would look back as we do upon the generations which burnt witches or tried by ordeal . |
| 3 | He looked at me , calmly threw his jacket into the car and then launched into what I can only describe as the most unbelievable martial arts display I have ever seen . |
| 4 | We would certainly strive for the most equitable route . |
| 5 | They did n't know much but they told you what they did know in the most cryptic way possible to whet your appetite and make you speculate . |
| 6 | Whatever the origins of the present crisis , does he agree that the brunt should not fall on the most vulnerable in the community — the elderly , the handicapped and school children ? |
| 7 | An egoist who tries to ground his ethic in ‘ Be aware ’ would have to break down the analogy between personal and other viewpoints ; and to do so he could not appeal to the most obvious difference , that while ‘ here ’ and ‘ there ’ are exchanged by the agent 's movements , and ‘ now ’ is continuously changing into ‘ then ’ , he remains to himself unalterably ‘ I ’ . |
| 8 | In this way , the expert can concentrate on the most difficult problems . |
| 9 | It would be impossible to describe full-body massage in this little book , so we will concentrate on the most important areas in aromatherapy massage , the back , head , face and neck . |
| 10 | This book will focus on the most recent set , that for 1985 , mid-way through the Thatcher term . |
| 11 | Participants will focus on the most effective ways to disseminate news and information , including placing news and feature articles in the local and national press . |
| 12 | All I have to do is think of the most unpleasant thing possible . ’ |
| 13 | If you intend using a small cast will it consist of the most fluent readers — those with the strongest voices — the best dancers — the top recorder group ? |
| 14 | If you want it , you 'll find it can grow in the most unexpected places . ’ |
| 15 | Although this particular complication must be exceedingly rare , it bears out the point that syphilis is a multi-system disease and in the secondary stage can present in the most unlikely ways . |
| 16 | The development of immunoprophylaxis for group B streptococcal infections may ultimately result in the most appropriate intervention with the least effects on the neonatal microbial flora . |
| 17 | Also , as you age you lose your protective reflexes when you fall and this can result in the most bizarre types of bruises , ’ |
| 18 | A prime example this year has been the committee 's extensive concern with the prospect of standard fees being introduced in the magistrates ' courts , with the risks which that will bring to the most junior members of the profession . |
| 19 | It was doubtful , he said , whether the Vietnamese government could succeed without the most generous , if not passionate , French assistance ; and yet how France 's partners within the French Union could evolve had never been defined : indeed no one knew what the French Union meant . |
| 20 | What do you see as the most serious problems that society , or the planet , is facing at present ? |
| 21 | In the future , consultancies which are established specialists in one kind of public relations service may well emerge as the most profitable of operations , just as financial PR has proven the money spinning PR speciality of the 1980s . |
| 22 | We make these plans on an natural level , and yet , we do not plan for the most important event of all time , when we will stand before God and he will ask that question , what have you done with Jesus that is called the Christ ? |
| 23 | We got charge accounts at Bloomingdales and stores like that , so we were always dressed fabulously and we were always sitting around in fabulous restaurants , charging for fabulous meals with all manner of people , which was all Tony 's plan to make it look like the most successful rock and roll company going . |
| 24 | ‘ You can look like the most arrogant duchess when you choose . |
| 25 | No doubt there is something mildly shocking about such behaviour , academically considered , though on a long view The Structure of Complex Words may look like the most sustained compliment ever paid by a critical mind to a great dictionary . |
| 26 | That may not sound like the most exciting plot you have ever heard but every MP in the Commons seemed to think it was better than Indiana Jones , The Terminator and Alien rolled into one . |
| 27 | FRIDAY Dr & The Medics Silly hippies in Roy Wood cast-off costumes do n't sound like the most appetising evening out , and their brief foray into the charts was a considerable embarrassment , but the good Dr 's tongue is in the right place ( in his cheek ) and a jolly time is guaranteed . |
| 28 | The strategy of encouraging , supporting and protecting deliberate non-payers is deeply flawed , as it will rebound on the most vulnerable . |
| 29 | New guidance from the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse , Alcohol Concern and the Local Government Drugs Forum with input from other specialists and the DoH , aims to help authorities look at the most effective and useful ways of assessing the needs of alcohol and drug misusers and managing their care . |
| 30 | Let us look at the most common non-verbal signals which affect perceptions . |