Example sentences of "[adj -est] [noun] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps Roy 's finest goalkeeping feat while he was with the Palace was in a Reserve match at Luton in 1950 , when he saved a thrice-taken penalty magnificently each time ! |
| 2 | The Sunday Express has begun to reap the rewards of a series of promotions with its largest circulation increase since it was relaunched under the editorship of Eve Pollard in May last year . |
| 3 | The figures in Appendix I , Table 4 suggest that paying off credit agreements typically absorbs roughly twice as high a proportion of income for someone in the lowest income group as it does for people in higher income groups . |
| 4 | But even if you ca n't you have to be the lowest cost supplier if you possibly can . |
| 5 | Of the two the Almond has the poorest water quality as it serves four sewage works directly viz Whitburn , Blackburn , East Calder and Newbridge and two works by tributaries , Fauldhouse via the Breich Water and Winchburgh via the Niddrie Burn . |
| 6 | A few evenings on this field , which had previously seemed barren , produced : crotal and rumbler bones ; medieval and Georgian buckles ; fifty copper coins ( 17th to 19th century ) ; buttons , a 17th century spoon ; a piece of 18th century watch fob ; and the smallest barrel lock that I have ever seen . |
| 7 | 3 The earliest spelling record that we can find , with where appropriate , other variant spellings showing the historical links . |
| 8 | The ginger-haired lad was heading towards the nearest bus stop when I managed to catch him up . |
| 9 | A radio paging system means staff can be bleeped when needed , all they have to do is go to the nearest intercom substation and they are straight through to reception or the management office . |
| 10 | Throughout the Communist world , the videotape recorder was the greatest status symbol because it implied ready access to a constant supply of Western videotapes . |
| 11 | Right , now they 're both ethers try and name them first in naming them take the biggest hydro-carbon chunk that you can find and pretend that that was an alkane so the smaller chunk then becomes the substituant . |
| 12 | ‘ Japan is our biggest export market and we have seen what protectionism has done for the US automotive industry . ’ |
| 13 | Little hard news has come out of the world 's biggest advertising group since it put the division on the block . |
| 14 | Mayer was never fond of Goldwyn and one day became so enraged with him in the showers of the Hillcrest Country Club that he knocked Goldwyn into the towel cabinet . |
| 15 | In my view , a although there 's a current debate about this there has not been the fullest public consultation and I would er myself be minded to invoke the er E C directive on this er in order to try and er to make sure that the the public feel they are fully aware of what the proposals are . |
| 16 | A total investment of £70 million in the two 5,600 dwt , 22 knot ships marks the company 's biggest freight development since it was founded in 1965 . |
| 17 | The sale to the public of 50 per cent of British Telecom ( BT ) in December 1984 was , at the time , the largest privatisation issue and it provided a major spur to the whole programme . |
| 18 | Made from peanuts , nougat , and chunks of glacé cherry , and covered in a thick coating of milk chocolate , it was the best candy bar that he 'd ever come across . |
| 19 | We 've launched the series of six Beatrix Potter videos , the first two have been very successful , the first one sold three hundred and fifty thousand copies and is er I think it 's number three in the best seller list and we 'll give you one of these to take home and er and , and watch to your leisure . |
| 20 | george Best said ‘ You 're my best mate pal so you are , hic , you and me against the f**cking world , hic , f**cking best mate a bloke ever had , hic , do you want a fight or what , hic ’ George then vomited and began coughing up blood so I grabbed hold of Dennis Law who said ‘ Younaaaa theeeerm Maanchessterr Uuuniitedd younaanarr ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ So even the performing seals are disgusted with his cheeseparing by now , and that night the lyric soprano breaks one of the hoops of her crinoline in the middle of her best love song because he would n't run to proper whalebone , and I take myself aside and say to myself … . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah I 've got it tomorrow well , the latest Friday morning but I mean it 's not as , I 've got ta get it now . |