Example sentences of "for the [adj -est] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | For in 1918 he just missed a scholarship to Winchester College ; and in those days the scholarship at Winchester was regarded as the crown for the cleverest boys in England . |
| 2 | But certainly here , for the clearest moment in Eliot 's later plays the savage and the Christian are joined in reproach of the oversophisticated city ; , though it is essential , too , to remember that that city also contains Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly whom Eliot once described as possibly ‘ a god in the machine ’ . |
| 3 | The best treaty will aim for the smallest loss in world welfare . |
| 4 | Buy feed that is suitable for the smallest fish in the pond . |
| 5 | ‘ For the nicest day in my whole life . ’ |
| 6 | Fenella retrieved her plate , keeping an eye out for the fastest claw in the East End . |
| 7 | Derbyshire 's 22-year-old batsman Chris Adams , who now holds the record for the fastest century in the county 's history , is another with hopes of a place in the Australian sun this winter . |
| 8 | Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire not only won several first prizes in the North-Eastern Railway 's own competition , but it also won a prize of £10 offered by a London weekly paper for the prettiest station in Britain . |
| 9 | Jonathan Tan , a sixthform student at Manchester Grammar School , won the 1991 RSC award for the highest mark in the GCE A-level chemistry examination set by the JMB . |
| 10 | Taking money for playing still disqualified a man for the highest honours in amateur eyes , but profiting from sporting fame indirectly through directorships did not . |
| 11 | It was this alleged inability to set the record straight which increasingly became the central focus of Republican attacks on the degree to which Clinton 's character was suitable for the highest office in the country . |
| 12 | Top cash are on offer to professional and amateur players with £150 added for the highest break in the competition by bookmaker Joe Suckling . |
| 13 | ‘ Brighty ’ earned the Golden Boot award for the highest scorer in Division Two in 1987–88 , in which he hit 24 goals , and his efforts in the following promotion term , in which he played in every match , took him into the select group of men who have netted over 50 League goals for our club . |
| 14 | Amid predictions that the emergency meeting could be the SED 's last party congress , the Communists have accepted ‘ full responsibility for the deepest crisis in the history of the GDR ’ . |
| 15 | Since the Minister is so concerned about the gold belonging to the Baltic states , will he see justice done for the poorest country in Europe , Albania , whose gold is in the Bank of England and was stolen from that country four decades ago ? |
| 16 | That is almost £500 below the minimum subsistence level for the poorest people in our society . |
| 17 | All of those things were barriers , discouraging and preventing access to education for the poorest people in our society . |
| 18 | The projects failed both to protect natural forest , and to improve prospects for the poorest people in the area , according to the report 's author , consultant Michael Flint . |
| 19 | Paul Beck , Ackers Trust Canoe Club Chairman , receives the Stand Club Trophy for the greatest participation in the Strand Touring Awards scheme for the second successive year . |
| 20 | There are areas , one or two of which I will go on to elude to , which I still think are actually going to make for the greatest savings in the coming financial year and thereafter . |
| 21 | Unless something is done , dealer margins will continue in free fall and the customers will continue to shop around for the best price in the belief that service is universally lousy , and that 's in nobody 's interest . |
| 22 | There is great competition by businesses , especially shops and offices , for the best sites in the city centre . |
| 23 | R.L. Soale 's ‘ Peace Perfect Peace ’ ( above ) , is a more typical entry to the marquetry classes , and won the Jack Fletcher Trophy for the best piece in the Secondary category , for marquetarians who have never won an award . |
| 24 | Deport Peter Schmichael for having an out of date work permit , let Scumtona and Hughes run off to the Cayman Islands for a peaceful life together , Ryans potty training to let him down at home games as well as away , Lee Sharpe to OD on E and think he 's playing for the best team in the country . |
| 25 | The award for the best dog in the Alton and District Canine Society 's show at the Drill Hall went to an Old English sheepdog , Bleakdown Major , shown by Mr. T. Cass of Shalden . |
| 26 | For the best results in a given situation , archaeologists and radiocarbon scientists must work together , from the planning of a sampling strategy to the interpretation of the results . |
| 27 | We seem to be on firmer ground , however , if we suggest that a singer who draws upon a training in the English choral tradition will not readily perform in a way that is bogus , trivial or solipsistic , for the choral tradition is none of those things ; it embodies the results of countless individual strivings for the best results in conformity to a communal discipline . |
| 28 | He awarded the trophy for the best exhibit in the show to Marian Cresswell for an orange clivia pot plant . |
| 29 | The Summers Challenge Cup for the best exhibit in the show , a beautiful arrangement of spring flowers in a basket , was won by Mrs. J. Ayling . |
| 30 | There will also be an award for the best garden in town . |