Example sentences of "[adj -est] [noun] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should have made birdie ; he had the greatest opportunity to win the Open . |
| 2 | A former youth runner for Britain and a world class rock climber in his teens , he is also the youngest person to hold the top ‘ grandmaster ’ karate grade of Judan Hanshi and the highest graded Westerner in the martial arts of kung-fu and aikido . |
| 3 | A six year old boy has become one of the youngest people to win the All British Scrambling Championship . |
| 4 | East Germany 's ringing endorsement of his plan for speedy German unity makes him the strongest contender to lead the strongest power in non-communist Europe . |
| 5 | If a person does not want something , the quickest way to instil the necessary desire is to create urgent and inescapable need . |
| 6 | She had the oddest desire to touch the dark curls that danced on his head . |
| 7 | That 's the worst way to cut the damned stuff . |
| 8 | For everyone who lost his faith , there must have been at least another who went to outcast London or to darkest Africa to convert the faint and hungry heathen ; there was a great deal of Christian confidence , and not simply a Church in retreat before agnostic scientists . |
| 9 | Plants like these are very likely to have been among the earliest forms to colonise the moist margins of the land , but so far no fossil relics of undoubted mosses have been discovered from this early period . |
| 10 | Your very welcome Letters of the 20th of Aug. and 14th of Septr. reached us on the 23rd and 25th of Jan : they were a joyful relief to us all and were the most acceptable to me since for the first time you acknowledge I have been tried and not found wanting : believe me it will always be my highest gratification to merit the good opinions of every one but of none more than yourself : and the more confidence you repose in me the more strenuous will be my efforts to prove myself worthy of it . |
| 11 | In plotting a ‘ map ’ it is usual to use the aspect achieving the highest score to represent the vertical axis . |
| 12 | Yet , as one of the earliest writers to recognize the pernicious tendencies of contemporary land use , she has an importance . |
| 13 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |
| 14 | Policy and provision were less well-developed in the areas of diagnosis , assessment and curriculum — in other words , the precise points where a policy has its greatest potential to affect the individual child . |
| 15 | One of the oldest fire engines in the world has gone on display in Edinburgh today , alongside it 's newest counterpart to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of the founding of an organisation that helps fire services across the world . |
| 16 | One of the oldest fire engines in the world has gone on display in Edinburgh today , alongside it 's newest counterpart to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of the founding of an organisation that helps fire services across the world . |
| 17 | And the local tavernas are the best places to sample the delicious Greek cuisine or to simply sit back with a glass of ouzo and watch the world go by . |
| 18 | And the old hospital sites might be the best places to build the new units because the local population is usually tolerant , and both managerial and clinical staff have long experience of providing services for chronically mentally ill people . |
| 19 | The best place to sample the mouth-watering local dishes is a Gaststätte , a cross between a bar and a restaurant Pavement cafés , bars , beer gardens and jazz clubs abound and in the sunny summer months , Munich 's concert season offers a feast of classical music with concerts in the Residence Schleissheim and the Baroque Nymphenburg Palace . |
| 20 | The occultist , Dion Fortune , wrote that the best place to wake the old gods is on chalk . |
| 21 | FORMER army sergeant Mickey Spencer should be doing 100 press-ups this morning after fluffing Yeovil 's best chance to join the big boys in the FA Cup third round . |
| 22 | The success of the auctions is certain to convince many building societies that this may be one of the best ways to unload the vast numbers of repossessed properties they hold . |
| 23 | ‘ Writing about sex is one of the best ways to inform the gay world about itself , including issues with which it should be concerned and potential problems it might face . ' |
| 24 | Even if its policy advice role were reduced , the nation still needs managers of the best quality to run the public services . |
| 25 | Two other members of the platoon have drawn the short straw , and are now dressed in their best uniforms to perform the once-monthly guard duties at the Allied Kommandatura building . |
| 26 | According to details reported on Aug. 8 , a study carried out by the Canadian government concluded that a mixture of energy efficiency and conservation would be the best approach to achieve the 20 per cent cut . |
| 27 | BORIS Yeltsin chose the best word to describe the economic recovery plan which the Congress of People 's Deputies passed this week . |
| 28 | ‘ I am standing to win because I believe I am the best candidate to lead the Labour Party to victory next time but also because it is imperative that we have a contest in which a proper debate can take place , ’ he added . |
| 29 | So the best thing to do the best thing to do listen . |
| 30 | We believe a free market in art with neither suppression nor favouritism by government is the best way to foster the cultural revival our country needs . |