Example sentences of "and [verb] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he climbed on to the winner 's rostrum and became the proudest man in the world as the British National Anthem echoed around the massive Montjuic Stadium . |
| 2 | Gordon accepted the title and became the largest land- and vineyard-owner on the island . |
| 3 | The firm expanded its activities still further under his direction and became the largest employer of labour in Oldham , the workforce rising from 400 in 1837 to 6,000 in 1870 . |
| 4 | He had received a special trading privilege from Rudolf in 1592 and became the richest man in Prague . |
| 5 | BNS was established at Pontypool in South Wales post-war , and became the biggest nylon producer in Europe . |
| 6 | Question : what did Spanish film-maker Aldomovar do before he achieved world domination and became the trendiest thing on the planet ? |
| 7 | He points out that under John Akers , IBM has built its desktop computing business to $8,500m in worldwide sales in 1991 , giving it 19% market share ; remained the worldwide leader in information technology revenues , at $62,800m last year up nearly 30% from $48,500m in 1985 when Akers took over ; and avoided the worst crisis that could have befallen it — which would have been to sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck — it spent $6,600m last year . |
| 8 | By her insulation , Czechoslovakia has bought herself a safe and steady misery and avoided the worst buffetings of the decade : only 27.3 per cent of the country 's trade was conducted outside the Bloc in 1978 , compared with over 50 per cent in the case of Poland and Romania . |
| 9 | Maurice Melloul 's guidelines for the success of the purchasing agent in Dow corning sum up the professionalism that lies behind the words : ‘ The agent must : exercise close cost control build long term relationships bring negotiations to a ‘ win-win ’ conclusion promote and sell the best image of his company be knowledgeable about the supplier 's market and end-use applications . ’ |
| 10 | I noticed that this did not feature in their party political broadcast , wrongly entitled ’ Made in Britain ’ and alleging that virtually nothing was made in Britain , when we not only have the successes mentioned by my hon. Friend the Member for Bury , South ( Mr. Sumberg ) in his constituency but export far more television sets than we import and make the best hi-fi in the world , and when one in ten personal computers sold in the world are made in this country — in Scotland . |
| 11 | While other options were being carried out , and before the text was ready to receive entries for completely new words and meanings , it might well be desirable to begin to assemble these new entries and hold them ready in advance , so as to speed production and make the best use of the system 's storage capacity . |
| 12 | Within the limits imposed by the descriptors , ie mandatory learning outcomes and performance criteria , centres are free to implement PSD modules in a variety of ways to meet local needs and make the best use of existing resources , including the expertise of teaching staff and others . |
| 13 | ‘ Divide into groups of four and make the best paper aeroplane ’ . |
| 14 | The person chosen puts his face in the frame as if he is a picture and then he has to try not to laugh as the rest tell their best jokes and make the funniest expressions . |
| 15 | Cushions & Covers design and make the widest range of styles in cushions . |
| 16 | Cushions & Covers design and make the widest range of styles in cushions . |
| 17 | They were the first to study magic and remain the greatest masters of it in the known world . |
| 18 | Mr makes there was an under , enumeration of figures and that has been made clear in the reply the reply is quite clear about the basis on which the structure plan is being promulgated and the total projected total population in two thousand and six regards the historical data , that should be taken , as far as I 'm concerned , as matters of fact , will of course not be absolutely accurate and as far as projected data is concerned all that we can do any of us can do is to try and make the best estimates possible and I am satisfied that our officers will have done that . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've discussed the idea of continental championships in each of the disciplines and bringing the best skiers together for a Masters final late in the season . |
| 20 | They were therefore accused of putting the clock back and bringing the best hope of Christendom to an impasse . |
| 21 | In the next chapter , we deal with activity by chip-based electronic book publishers and review the latest products reaching the market . |
| 22 | He flung open a pair of doors she had not even noticed in the gloom and revealed the largest room she had ever seen , endlessly high , and filled with the grey light of the sea . |
| 23 | She looked down at the floor and made the slightest movement with one hand . |
| 24 | And if you are lucky enough to stumble upon a village show you will be warmly welcomed and given the best seats in the house — which might mean a patch of ground under the village banyan tree . |
| 25 | I usually lift and clamp the best swedes and leave the smaller and damaged roots to be grazed in situ by sheep . |
| 26 | The new philosophers ‘ cut off and deny the noblest parts of nature and then sweep together the dust of agitated atoms and tell us that they have resolved all the phenomena in nature ’ . |
| 27 | France Telecom said Spheris will be completed by the end of this year , when it receives its Minitel and Unix workstation functions and integrates the latest specifications , X.400-88 and X.500 . |
| 28 | The first Tyneside agency was the Tyne Improvement Commission which transformed the river by deepening it , rechannelling it ( to such an extent that a piece of Durham ended up North of the Tyne ) and building the largest harbour on the east coast and the only harbour of refuge accessible in all weather and tide conditions . |
| 29 | For over a century , Amdega have been designing and building the highest quality conservatories . |
| 30 | One point to remember : when several people are chasing you , make sure that they have , in fact , become separated before you jump out and ambush the nearest pursuer . |