Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , Windows applications do n't tidy up after themselves when removed , so in this month 's Steps , I 'll be explaining the cleanest way to remove an application from Windows . |
| 2 | How can the Prime Minister claim to be seeking the best deal for Britain when he is determined to get the worst conditions for British workers ? |
| 3 | I was supposed to be investigating the latest camcorder craze to sweep America — amateur home porn — but found myself dreading the thought of viewing the tapes . |
| 4 | The idea is a simple one ; begin working our dwindling woodland again and we could be providing the best argument for preserving it . |
| 5 | Chester College was recently found by a Government survey to be providing the best value for money higher education in the country , beating the likes of Oxford and Cambridge . |
| 6 | Now I have , and I 'm telling you that if you marry him then you 'll be committing the biggest mistake in your brief little life . ’ |
| 7 | Just in so far as we cause the Government to persecute those who believe in peace , so we may be doing the greatest service … to stimulate the national consciousness in [ the ] direction [ of peace ] . ’ |
| 8 | Anybody who dreamt of surrendering that basic safeguard at this time would be doing the gravest disservice to current and possibly to future generations in Britain . |
| 9 | They were , therefore , more likely to have a regular partner , to have less contact with former friends , and to be spending the greatest proportion of their time fulfilling a traditional domestic role . |
| 10 | It could even now be starting the greatest revolution our British culture has ever known . |
| 11 | She said that the public were becoming agitated because the council did not appear to be taking the toughest line possible . |
| 12 | Servette though will not be taking the slightest chance . ’ |
| 13 | What 's more , at the end of the year we 'll be choosing the best tip of all , and the gardening genius who dreamt it up will win a fantastic holiday for two — with spending money — in exotic Thailand . |
| 14 | Town are still second in the first division , but are reckoned to be playing the best football . |
| 15 | The company will be showing the latest version of its Window database , Superbase 2 , and the new multimedia extensions to Harvard Graphics for Windows . |
| 16 | " We may be witnessing the largest extinction of a marine animal ever recorded " , according to Robert Bullis , the director of the US-based Laboratory for Marine Animal Health . |
| 17 | Sales of mainframe systems are still thought to be earning the biggest profit . |
| 18 | Next weekend Newtownards Sailing Club on Strangford will be hosting the Ulster Windsurfing Championship , while further down the lough Strangford Sailing Club will be organising the latest round in the North Coast Trophy for Optimists . |