Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month we 're starting a trial to discover the best-tasting strawberries . |
| 2 | But until the moment he scored the equalising goal , the article claimed , ‘ if someone had held a referendum to find the worst player on the field , Gascoigne would have deserved a large chunk of the votes — or maybe all of them . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Only with patience , persistence and a willingness to approach the highest levels did I get the information and even then I sometimes failed , ’ she said . |
| 4 | The demand fur such a common culture rests either on an altogether over-optimistic belief in the educability of the majority that is certainly not justified by experience or on a willingness to surrender the highest standards of taste and judgement to the incessant demands of mediocrity . |
| 5 | For drama and excitement the Ryder Cup proved once again that it is the ultimate golfing event , and for me it was a privilege to witness the finest players in the world performing under the most intense pressure . |
| 6 | MAUREEN Baines gave a flipping good performance when she took part in a contest to find the best pancake tosser in the North-East . |
| 7 | DALLAS lawyer Bryan Garner has started a contest to find the worst examples of legal writing in Texas . |
| 8 | He has now launched a scholarship to find the best young cricketers in England . |
| 9 | My own preference when using these elite units is to mass them in a body to provide the heaviest punch possible and then unleash them against one section of the enemy line with the hope that the breakthrough will start a general rout of the enemy force . |
| 10 | We 're , we 're paid to do a job to get the best for everything . |
| 11 | Anyone who remembers the magic of the wah way infested '60s , or indeed the brilliance of The Jam is probably far too old and knackered to go to gigs , so here 's a chance to grab the best of both worlds , all in one band ! |
| 12 | Anyone who remembers the magic of the wah way infested '60s , or indeed the brilliance of The Jam is probably far too old and knackered to go to gigs , so here 's a chance to grab the best of both worlds , all in one band ! |
| 13 | Gamesmanship apart , is there really a chance to salvage the best opportunity yet for peace in the Basque region ? |
| 14 | ACCOUNTANCY is offering you a chance to win the latest product from software giant Microsoft . |
| 15 | A chance to win the latest Dustin Hoffman video and a weekend in London for an unsung hero — or heroine — in your life . |
| 16 | It has been shown above that , on the basis of the careers of a number of Muftis in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries , one might tentatively conclude that by that time it was as a practical matter desirable , if not absolutely necessary , to have taught on at least two levels of medreses beyond the Sahn in order to have a chance to attain the highest office in the learned profession . |
| 17 | She had also become agnostic , and could see no sense in expecting a God to take the slightest interest in St Andrew 's . |
| 18 | Within the National Health Service there may well be a commitment to provide the best possible medical care that the state of medical knowledge will allow and yet this may be tempered by the requirement to act within tight financial constraints . |
| 19 | The speed of the whole chip is restricted by the time it takes a signal to travel the longest distance . |
| 20 | The annual " state of the children " report , published on Dec. 17 by the UN Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) , urged governments to make available an additional US$25,000 million a year for a drive to eliminate the worst effects of poverty on children and to save the lives of 4,000,000 children a year . |
| 21 | The architect or the engineer working within the civil service may believe this to be unnecessary red tape and their culture may be dominated by a concern to do the best possible job conforming to the highest professional standards . |
| 22 | The fruit , vegetables and herbs you grow yourself often make the most delicious dishes , which is why Marshalls Seeds is running a competition to find the best family recipes . |
| 23 | CHEF Jerry Toth struck gold when he came top in a competition to find the best in Britain . |
| 24 | Rather as one might almost unconsciously adjust the position of a book to get the best light from a bedside lamp without ever really thinking of angles and directions , so must the tiger get himself into the most appropriate location vis-a-vis the three-dimensional world of scents known to both himself and his normal prey . |
| 25 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 26 | With Neodata , and its partner on the project , Electronic Data Systems Corp , Kendall Square is working on a project to create the largest production of relational database in the commercial sector , consisting of more than 1Tb of data when it is complete this autumn . |
| 27 | With Neodata , and its partner on the project , Electronic Data Systems Corp , Kendall Square is working on a project to create the largest production of relational database in the commercial sector , consisting of more than 1Tb of data when it is complete this autumn . |
| 28 | We have a duty to obtain the best value for money for the taxpayer . |
| 29 | One group of villagers are so delighted they 're holding a celebration to mark the best harvest in years . |
| 30 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food whether he is now in a position to reveal the latest survey regarding dioxin levels in milk in the Bolsover area ; and if he will make a statement . |