Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven players have been dismissed in the latest intercontinental group stages and last night the organising committee of four officials each from Italy and England , chaired by Bristol City 's Leslie Kew , held a crisis meeting in Pisa . |
| 2 | Whilst all of the guest rooms are furnished to the highest levels — model rooms were built for every member of staff to comment on and the opening was delayed by several months until things were felt to be completely right — the Amstel 's jewel in the crown is its Royal Suite . |
| 3 | She will ensure that women 's voices are heard at the highest level . |
| 4 | Parents strive to ensure that their children are placed in the best possible schools , follow with avid interest their educational attainments , often placing the children under great pressure if they are relatively unsuccessful . |
| 5 | During negotiations , Newco should try to avoid any general qualification that the warranties are given to the best of the vendors ' knowledge , as this could be interpreted to the effect that a vendor giving a warranty subject to this qualification has relied on the information given to him by management , and again distances the vendor from the risk . |
| 6 | To a background of loud , pumping music prizes are given to the best demonstrators and to the units — groups of demonstrators — who have made the most sales . |
| 7 | In the summary table the success rates are given to the nearest five per cent . |
| 8 | Top awards are given for the best net and best gross scores with over £200 in cash prizes . |
| 9 | Why this is so and hints on how to centre quickly are given in the newest edition of Gliding ( A & C Black ) . |
| 10 | By the late 1980s such excesses had been banished from the best classrooms ; the teachers in my Group all acknowledged the need for a sensible balance in the class-room between the formal and the informal . |
| 11 | Your ideas and comments are received by , managing director of , personally , and are treated with the strictest confidence . |
| 12 | No less than 20 different diameter rods , from 1.5mm ( 1/16in ) up to 312.8mm ( 11/4 in ) , are listed by the largest manufacturer in the UK , R.B.J. Reinforced Plastics Ltd . |
| 13 | I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels . |
| 14 | With the release of ‘ The Rehearsal ’ his ultra-modest hopes have been realised in the finest possible style , because with the obvious exception of Jimmy MacCarthy 's debut there has n't been a solo endeavour to touch this one , here in recent times . |
| 15 | Individual replies have , of course , been treated in the strictest confidence , but some of the aggregated results of the survey are summarised below . |
| 16 | Here they seem to be thrown on with an easy freedom , there they are adjusted with the nicest touches . |
| 17 | The blond Australian has been plagued by the worst possible luck over the years . |
| 18 | The reason for this may well be the fact that IT , like almost all innovations , has emerged and has been developed to the highest standard in countries with strong democratic forces which are able to counterbalance any propensity for excessive power concentration . |
| 19 | Two ‘ city successes ’ are highlighted in the latest edition of Middlesbrough News , being delivered to 58,000 homes in the town this week . |
| 20 | The results for specific questions are those actually obtained and have not been given to the nearest five per cent . |
| 21 | Obviously there are distances that could not have been jumped by the earliest animals with proto-wings . |
| 22 | For the most detailed analysis the meshes are arranged at the closest possible intervals , but greater spacings by size may be used if less detail is required . |
| 23 | Bowles was awarded a big cheque from a tabloid newspaper and if his own self-professed myths are a guideline it could have been squandered at the nearest bookies . |
| 24 | Its new pesticide proposals are regarded as the strictest in the world : " organic " and " biodynamic " farmers are to be seen as pioneers pointing to new chemical-free techniques for the rest of the agricultural community . |
| 25 | The new 160 bed hospital wing has been completed to the highest standards . |
| 26 | Americas Watch said that by 1986 overcrowding had been solved in the largest prison ( Tipitapa ) , and inmates had more facilities for work and recreation and for family visits . |
| 27 | More than 70 British beaches have been omitted from the latest edition of the Marine Conservation Society 's authoritative Good Beach Guide after new research suggests that waters previously considered safe may in fact be hazardous to health The research , carried out by the Departments of Health and Environment , reveals that previous UK standards were too lax . |
| 28 | From Elvis to The Stones to Iron Maiden parents have long been unnerved by the latest outrage on Top Of The Pops . |
| 29 | However , reliability checks have been included in the latest version of the program . |
| 30 | Chicago , LA , wherever — in America our seats of learning are surrounded by the worst , the biggest , the most desperate ratshit slums in the civilized world . |