Example sentences of "and the [adj -est] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the direction in which we must go to provide the best health service , the best opportunities and the best element of the classless society that I have talked about . |
| 2 | He said the area had ‘ an extremely unfair image because the majority of people on this estate want the best housing facilities and the best education for the children and that is certainly my view in the year and a half that I 've been at the school ’ . |
| 3 | Yeah and the best bit about it is I have n't started to indicate but it was still a dangerous place to overtake . |
| 4 | Running and wrestling are very common , and the best performer in these activities is marked out for leadership . |
| 5 | Cannigione offers exciting variety , and the best chance for windsurfers to find strong winds , especially in early or late season . |
| 6 | As already stated , the reason for the retention is the exquisite pain associated with passing urine , and the best way of solving the problem is to apply some local anaesthetic ointment until the vulva and external genitalia are completely numb and then sit the patient in a warm bath until urine has been passed . |
| 7 | With some research topics , such as asking people to say what criminal offences they have committed , the only chance of getting any truthful answers would be with a guarantee that the answers would be confidential ( no one else would be told the answers given by a particular individual ) , and the best way of ensuring this is to allow respondents not to give their names ( anonymity ) . |
| 8 | The shoes had been painted with bold unmixed colours and the best way of translating the sense of that to the painting was to do the same . |
| 9 | And the best way of achieving these ends was through developing the child 's sense of emulation and shame . |
| 10 | While they nibbled their way through the starters , Brassard talked about the Elgin Marbles , the traffic problem in Athens and the best way of making houmus . |
| 11 | In any organization it is natural for each sub-division to have its own perspective concerning the ultimate goals of the organization , and the best way of achieving them . |
| 12 | He thought she was overwrought and the best way of dealing with that was a good night 's sleep . |
| 13 | When he left the house , he went down to the riverside , and spent some time considering the extent of the job they were about to tackle , the resources they were going to need , and the best way of setting about it . |
| 14 | A proper matching of these liabilities is known as a back to back arrangement , and the best way of dealing with this issue is to negotiate a full back to back subcontract rather than rely on standard conditions . |
| 15 | So you have to try and identify the next players and the best way of integrating that new group . |
| 16 | Clearly any deliberation of future policy has to look and look very responsibly and comprehensively er both at the question of the commitments that our armed forces have er and the best way in which we can carry out those commitments . |
| 17 | Japan remains tied to the Western camp partly because the relationship has become integral to her economy and politics over forty years ' association , and partly because it appears to offer the best defence against Soviet aggression and encroachment — a long-standing fear — in Northeast Asia , and the best hope of Japan 's integrity overall in a world where she has been proved to be economically and militarily vulnerable . |
| 18 | Oil-spill experts from a number of countries flew into the area to assist with cleaning-up operations , which were largely limited to defending the intakes of desalination plants with the use of booms and " skimmer " vessels ; the slick was seen as too large for practical use of chemical dispersants , which might in any case damage marine life , and the best hope for its dispersal lay in a combination of the natural processes of evaporation and breakdown by marine bacteria . |
| 19 | And the best protection in these circumstances was seen as nuclear power . |
| 20 | Walkers in a hurry can sneak across on a passenger ferry and over the facing hill on a cart track to Dundonnell , saving nearly twenty miles and the best part of a day . |
| 21 | Maggie Byrne was a woman with plenty of love to give , and the best stimulus of all was to know that she was needed . |
| 22 | And the best hotel in Kununurra is the Overland Motor Inn . |
| 23 | Because of the vague character of ‘ disorderly conduct , ’ the White Paper proposed that actual feelings of harassment or alarm must be experienced by the bystander , and the best evidence of that would be direct testimony from the victim . |
| 24 | If you absolutely insist in giving all your information in the first answer , there 's no room for a further question , and the best kind of response is the one that leaves the next question sort of hanging on the end of it , so that the interviewer can come back with another question . |
| 25 | It can tell you what the disorder is and the best course of action should you have any of the symptoms . |
| 26 | What court was told about £1.8m gems raid and the best man to Di 's brother . |
| 27 | And the best defence against a new Davidic Messiah , advancing with his legions , would have been an established Messiah already presiding over the Empire — a pro-Pauline Messiah , who had effectively pre-empted the claims of Judaic rivals . |
| 28 | Recently , endoscopic examinations have increasingly resulted in the discovery of small polypoid gastric carcinoids with a favourable prognosis , and the best treatment of these has been debated . |
| 29 | With the best will in the world , and the best board in the world , and the best strategic direction in the world , nothing will happen unless everyone down the line understands what they are trying to achieve and gives of their best to achieve it . |
| 30 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |