Example sentences of "with the slightest " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have flown with a number of people who , with the slightest lowering of the nose or the gentlest stall , look as though they are having an epileptic fit . |
| 2 | They prepared Cameron for his appearance in the High Court of Justiciary by one final interview , a dry recapitulation of what had been said before , with the slightest of hints that it would go well for him if he divulged something about the United Scotsmen , who evidently still preyed on their minds . |
| 3 | It is , however , a lovely feeling to be cutting through timber with the slightest of pressure . |
| 4 | Far more pertinently , the parallels with what is happening now scream at anyone with the slightest sense of history . |
| 5 | Anyone with the slightest interest in aviation will know of the array of technical devices which enable a pilot to navigate himself and his aircraft with pinpoint accuracy around the globe . |
| 6 | But the Japanese have decided that anything with the slightest chance of helping to make better microchips deserves a close look . |
| 7 | He said that no pilot of Mr Hancock 's experience would attempt such a flight with the slightest hint of monsoon weather . |
| 8 | Paddy offered it to him , with the slightest of smiles while Denis held the paten below his uncle 's chin . |
| 9 | He was so candid that , for a moment , Kelly expected him to reveal that they had had dinner together , but with the slightest hint of a cautionary glance in her direction , he merely referred to ‘ a follow-up meeting away from the office ’ . |
| 10 | Never buy a Koi with the slightest trace of fish-pox , for you risk transferring it to your existing fish . |
| 11 | With the slightest of limps I walked to reception to find Kenneth waiting , and after saying goodbye to Candy , we joined José , waiting behind the wheel of the hotel limo . |
| 12 | I propose to devote a whole chapter to so-called ‘ association copies ’ , partly for the selfish reason that I am myself devoted to them and partly because , looking at them as objectively as I can , they seem to me to offer one of the most satisfying branches of book-collecting , especially to anyone with the slightest sense of history . |
| 13 | There is a wealth of useful information directly applicable to private flying , and Combat Ready must be mandatory reading for anyone with the slightest interest in becoming a fighter pilot . |
| 14 | One of the first to break its buds is honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum , the first grey-green leaves venturing out with the slightest hint of warming . |
| 15 | But the odd thing was that it did n't fill me with the slightest sense of humility or feelings about the separateness and ‘ otherness ’ of nature , but with sheer , shouting joy at sharing that old world on a new morning with my wild Scots kinfolk . |
| 16 | And with the slightest bend of her head she indicated the Zoo around them beyond the Cages and all the incarcerated creatures it contained . |
| 17 | Extraordinary in Yorkshire , where the most profound emotion slowly worked up and out , tightly wrapped into the cold air , channelled through flat vowels , into a word or at most a single sentence , while all the rest was conveyed only with the slightest movement of the body . |
| 18 | With the slightest of sighs , Maria put out a hand , her fingers still loosely curled into her palm . |
| 19 | His face was still , his mouth held in a taut beautiful line , his eyes as cold as an arctic glacier as he encouraged her to continue with the slightest nod of his head . |
| 20 | that with the slightest |