Example sentences of "but [prep] the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the best bile you need to tune in to the critics . |
| 2 | Wexford kept his face unmoved , but for the faintest flicker of what he hoped looked like sophisticated amusement . |
| 3 | But despite the biggest backbench revolt that this Parliament has seen , the Government has dug its heels in a refuses to acknowledge the public call for action . ’ |
| 4 | But under the strictest supervision , of course . |
| 5 | In conclusion , pou [ c ] seems to be ubiquitously expressed during embryogenesis , but with the highest expression level in the CNS . |
| 6 | They fell one by one , like apples off a tree , but with the largest loss between 1955 and 1964 . |
| 7 | He was so candid that , for a moment , Kelly expected him to reveal that they had had dinner together , but with the slightest hint of a cautionary glance in her direction , he merely referred to ‘ a follow-up meeting away from the office ’ . |
| 8 | That police officer habitually , at the end of each episode , parks his red Jaguar unlocked and then strolls off — not into the sunset but into the nearest pub . |
| 9 | The expression of pain in his face became something else entirely : in some part horror , in some part awe , but in the greatest part some sentiment for which she knew no word . |
| 10 | But in the latest sign of strife among the victors , the former president Valery Giscard d'Estaing rebutted a call by the Gaullist leader , Jacques Chirac , for Mr Mitterrand to resign . |
| 11 | She was wearing a pink cotton dress which evidently belonged , not to her , but to the fattest resident , a mountain of a woman who was also asleep , whom Stephen had never seen other than asleep in all his visits . |
| 12 | They hurt , sometimes excruciatingly , but on the deepest level of all , it is somehow ‘ all right ’ ; and out of the praise and gratitude and joy that spring from it when we can grasp it , I think that we may give ourselves permission for the more mundane , but wonderfully healing emotion of happiness . |
| 13 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 14 | Players certainly gained in terms of rising wages , advertising , and other sources of income , but at the highest level they often found there were new stresses to cope with as they were ‘ declassed ’ and lost touch with their old communities . |
| 15 | The affirmation is not just by the state , but at the highest level of lawmaking in Hungary , the parliament . |
| 16 | After tricky negotiations between the two professors a judicious compromise was reached by which Heisenberg was allowed to pass but at the lowest level . |
| 17 | The cure was to provide drain-holes , not just anywhere , but at the lowest point in each compartment . |
| 18 | But at the slightest hint of danger they join up instantly and dash away like an immaculately trained line of dancers making their exit . |
| 19 | DEPOSITED ABROAD Choosing a suitable foreign currency bank account may mean shopping around , not necessarily for the highest interest rates but for the best service available |