Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj -est] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge said : ‘ I regard it as my duty at the earliest possible moment to order the discharge from prison of Lord Blandford . |
| 2 | Joe put his great strong hand on my shoulder in the gentlest possible way . |
| 3 | LASMO aims to conduct its business to the highest possible professional standards . |
| 4 | We hope that the European Court will make its ruling at the earliest possible moment so that the House of Lords can give a judgment . |
| 5 | That is fundamental to the needs of our economy in the years ahead ; fundamental to the prospects for unemployed people ; and fundamental also to the creation of opportunities for our people not only to obtain work , to have and to hold down a job , but to obtain work and jobs which give them satisfaction , which are truly rewarding and which enable them to fulfil their potential to the greatest possible extent . |
| 6 | All professionals will have , as an objective , the desire to provide a service to their client at the highest possible standard using whatever resources may be required . |
| 7 | This time , after setting the passages in their context in the briefest possible way , we will turn to them straight away . |
| 8 | Warnie had retired from me Army at the earliest possible opportunity , in December 1932 , and moved in with Jack and Minto as a permanent fixture . |
| 9 | For an officer in Northern Nigeria to complain that his emir refused to take his advice was to put his career at the gravest possible risk ; he could expect in due course to be moved to ‘ easier work ’ — in other words , to administrative oblivion . |
| 10 | The designer must therefore achieve a " spatial feel " for his scheme at the earliest possible time . |
| 11 | Amanullah 's pursuit of his two most cherished objectives , to modernize his country in the shortest possible time and to make it independent of Britain , soon brought him into headlong conflict with Humphrys , whose previous eighteen years in India , mostly among the tribes across the frontier from Afghanistan , had not prepared him to deal with a ruler of such independence of mind . |
| 12 | He had ‘ guested ’ for the Palace effectively during the 1st World War and proved his ability in the best possible way for Northampton Town against us in the two seasons immediately after it so , when Manager Edmund Goodman needed a duality centre-forward to replace Bert Menlove , who had moved to 1st Division Sheffield United in March 1922 , he acted with decision and haste . |
| 13 | A collection letter has only one purpose — to collect your money in the shortest possible time . |
| 14 | In Britain 's heyday we provided financial subsidies as well ; but though we have retained our fighting abilities , as was demonstrated by the Falklands Campaign , the decline in our resources relative to the superpowers now limits our influence and inhibits our quest for the greatest possible measure of national independence . |
| 15 | It is pushing your products , your people and therefore your company in the best possible light . |