Example sentences of "we [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It has been dinned into the ears of our members without hesitation or scruple , and we repeat with the greatest force at our command that seamen , to whatever class they may belong , are false to themselves , to their cause and to their country in taking any course that may , even in the smallest degree , weaken the hands of those responsible for the conduct of the present campaign against the most ignoble foe that it has ever become Britain 's duty to tackle " . |
| 2 | So ‘ taking stock ’ is not simply concerned with ‘ How do we know if we have arrived ? ’ , but crucially ‘ Have we travelled by the best route ? ’ . |
| 3 | Finlay explains : ‘ Since we round to the nearest metre it could be 914.5 metres , say , which would make it a Munro . |
| 4 | The ground dropped sharply beneath us as we bounced off the nearest trunk . |
| 5 | In tomorrow 's EADT we report on the latest research findings on pupil behaviour in Essex and why youngsters are being expelled from schools . |
| 6 | For those who prefer the familiar punchcard machine , there have also been plenty of advances and now we report on the latest of them , the Brother KH864 . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , as the table shows , we rank among the safest countries in the world . |
| 8 | Seasonal style Great ideas for Christmas decorations READERS ' HOMES MICROWAVE MAGIC We test for the best CHRISTMAS COOKERY Festive dishes with a difference WINTER GARDENS How to breathe life into yours |
| 9 | ‘ We tried for the best part of 18 months to get Dowty to agree to a friendly deal , but both the old chairman , Lord Harrowby , and the new chairman , Roy Roberts , refused . |
| 10 | If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between . |
| 11 | First , the ‘ European bookseller Year ’ link with the meeting of the EC bookseller associations has drawn a great deal of attention , leading we hope to the largest ever London get-together of European booksellers . |
| 12 | Someone whistled them out when we came to the narrowest place , bows strung and shafts fitted , shouting to us to halt . |
| 13 | Gradually the port wing tip fell on the ground and we came to the gentlest of stops some 70/80 yards from the engineering wing perimeter . |
| 14 | Week by week we read of the latest opinion polls on this or that . |
| 15 | Wordsworth discovered and established those kinds of poetry which would best suit him ; it is in the German period that we travel to the furthest limits of the ‘ Wordsworthian ’ vision , in poems such as the ‘ Lucy ’ and ‘ Matthew ’ sequences , which are at one level blindingly clear , but in terms of prose exposition almost impossible to ‘ explain' . |
| 16 | Sometimes we walked to the nearest cove . |
| 17 | We got the coffee , he paid for it and we walked to the remotest part of the canteen , behind a sort of screen , why here I said . |
| 18 | If we succeed in the biggest executive operation , we can succeed with almost any operation . ’ |
| 19 | We must , however , now accept that these plans are developments from the original forms and that great changes may have taken place before we get to the earliest arrangement we can distinguish . |
| 20 | ‘ So you can see , Commander Talbot , what we mean when we talk about the greatest good of the greatest number . |
| 21 | As one satirical poem put it : " Though of Passive Obedience we talk like the best , " T is prudence , when interest sways , to resist " . |
| 22 | We much regret that this involved a net loss of some jobs but if we are to remain competitive against increasing overseas competition , it is essential that we operate with the lowest possible cost base and the most efficient facilities . |
| 23 | We are constantly approached by people who want our help , and we respond in the best way we can . |
| 24 | When the complexities of circumstance defeat analysis , and we grope for the best prediction or choice attainable , we do not doubt that there is a better founded prediction or better informed choice which no one perhaps will be lucky enough to hit on . |
| 25 | We went to the remotest part of Scotland and had a gorgeous peaceful time . |
| 26 | We went to the nearest pub in our sodden clothes and reflected on our great holiday . |
| 27 | ‘ We went in the best seats . |
| 28 | How is it that what seem like random discharges from a part of the brain that we share with the humblest reptiles can end up as the elaborate , coherent , cognitive activity we know as dreaming ? |
| 29 | As General Manager Edward Clarkin explained : ‘ We offer meals children will eat and enjoy , yet we aim at the healthiest types of food . |
| 30 | If we could answer these , I feel we should know a lot more than we do about the earliest history of the place and the way it has grown . |