Example sentences of "be [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding a lone man amid open ocean is doubtful at the best of times , and we had just been through the densest fog bank either one of us had ever experienced . |
| 2 | Maddison , 22 , has survived four knee operations and he said : ‘ I 've been through the worst time of my career — now , at last , I 'm getting the chance to show what I can do . |
| 3 | While Data General Corp made a net loss of $63 million for fiscal 1992 , the company maintains that it has been through the worst in its transition from proprietary to open systems , and is now seeing considerable growth in demand for its high-end multiprocessor AViiON servers . |
| 4 | He lay with her for a little while as if all had been for the best and when , with a sudden , slithering movement , she was off the bed and into her dress , he thanked her , wished her good night . |
| 5 | Well , I had done what I could to protect the new catapult and , while I was sorry that what had happened at the Rabbit Grounds had cost me a trusted weapon with many battle honours to its name ( not to mention a significant sum out of the Defence budget ) , I thought that maybe what had happened had been for the best . |
| 6 | And that would undoubtedly have been for the best . |
| 7 | Some changes are for the worst , however . |
| 8 | This could be expressed in encouraging schoolchildren to think that careers in ‘ science ’ and ‘ maths ’ are for the brightest pupils while ‘ arts ’ and ‘ vocational training ’ are for others . |
| 9 | Not to my way , gentlemen Those creeks on Winter Marsh are about the best oyster grounds in Europe ! |
| 10 | However if you go in there and there 's no one to disturb , I always look and make sure there is n't anyone first , and look at all the wall cupboards , the wall cupboards the wood has been cleaned , actually are about the largest collection of late medieval ironwork in England . |
| 11 | Kite 's numbers are about the worst we 've seen in years . |
| 12 | Recently the big news has all been about the latest electronic machines and computer programs for them . |
| 13 | What excellent company you keep in recommending Chambers — not all of them are quite politically correct but I 've been after the broadest sweep possible . |
| 14 | There now occurred something , that in retrospect , I believe to have been of the greatest significance to this journey . |
| 15 | While he was in Chinese captivity , and apart from writing poems in classical Chinese ( some of which , while they may not have been of the highest order classically , are nevertheless moving and rather beautiful ) Ho had also translated Dr Sun Yat Sen 's modern political classic the San Min Chu I into Vietnamese and this expedient flattery of China and Chinese continued after Ho 's release . |
| 16 | The care of these specimens together with that of the various under-storey plantings , and the adding of seasonal colour , have been of the highest standard in order to gain this Award . |
| 17 | Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me . |
| 18 | The 275 acres of pasture are of the best and surround the house on all sides , undulating towards distant hills — and to Dublin airport only half-an-hour away . |
| 19 | IT is , I am reliably informed by one whose manners are of the best , perfectly correct when served dinner to begin to eat even if table companions have not yet been served . |
| 20 | The wheels are of the best construction , having wooden felloes six inches deep , with strong iron centre pieces , and the inconvenience arising from sudden concussion has been guarded against so far as possible by the finest description of buffer springs . |
| 21 | These three cases are of the best , and none of them is particularly convincing . |
| 22 | Coming as it did from such a family — not only from Lazarus ' and Lyon 's own strenuous devotions to their faith , in which names are of the greatest significance , but also from that of Solomon Klinitsky-Klein , his maternal grandfather and his very similar tradition . |
| 23 | All are of the greatest interest , and any plated animal from the Cambrian is likely to be an important specimen . |
| 24 | When choosing or designing new buildings , simplicity and adaptability are of the greatest importance . |
| 25 | Root crops — mangolds , swedes , common turnips , rape , and kale — are of the greatest value in the winter feeding of cattle and sheep . |
| 26 | Bolton Report , 1971 ] : The government takes the view that the rationalization which the proposed merger would facilitate would increase the efficiency and productivity of the electrical engineering industries , and in particular the effectiveness of the export effort of the companies whose overseas sales are of the greatest importance to the Balance of Payments . |
| 27 | Furthermore , it raises yet again the economic and political implications which too frequently take second place to other matters but which are of the greatest importance for West Belfast . |
| 28 | It therefore lacks the precise single end point of studies of survival after infarction but for the patient who survives an acute coronary attack questions such as whether he will be able to return to work and earn his living , to lead an active family life and to enjoy his leisure pursuits are of the greatest importance . |
| 29 | The doctrine of precedent ensures that decisions of the Court of Appeal and House of Lords are of the greatest importance for lawyers and litigants alike . |
| 30 | These points are of the greatest importance in developing a social model for the study of linguistic change , and there is much more to say about relative degrees of network strength as they affect patterns of change : I shall , therefore , refer back frequently to these findings . |