Example sentences of "worst [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sleepy period was from midnight until noon , of which the worst part was about dawn . |
| 2 | The worst case was in July 1989 when an alternator set fell off at around 100mph at Harrow on the main line into Euston and caused a major derailment , fortunately with no more than a few injuries . |
| 3 | The worst rioting was in Podujevo , where on Jan. 29 and 31 several thousand demonstrators , many of them schoolchildren and students , fought running battles with police who resorted to rubber bullets and tear gas dropped from helicopters . |
| 4 | The PS 's worst setback was in the parliamentary by-election , for a seat near the northern industrial city of Lille , traditionally a Socialist stronghold . |
| 5 | The worst pollution is at sites near outlets from industrial potato washing units and fish and chip shops . |
| 6 | The worst shortage was of housing . |
| 7 | Lamp-oil was impossible to get and candles were scarce , but the worst shortage was of coal . |
| 8 | Their worst patch was in 1989 and 1990 , before recession really bit . |
| 9 | But the worst trouble was in Dresden . |
| 10 | Her worst mistake is in the matter of her sources . |
| 11 | His worst mistake was at the Ministry of Labour , which , foreseeably , turned out to be the crucial sector of his Government 's battlefront . |
| 12 | The worst performance was on occlusion of the punctum , which none of the participants was able to perform . |
| 13 | The worst increase is in murder cases , which , for the six forces surveyed , have leapt from 72 in 1991 to 122 in 1992 — a rise of 69 per cent . |
| 14 | For many people their worst nightmare is to be presented as naked in front of a group . |
| 15 | The worst scarcity was in coal , some forty per cent of French production having been lost owing to the German invasion of the Lille area , and the population shuddered at the approach of each winter . |
| 16 | I goes yeah it was you know i the worst time is in assembly and you think oh Jesus ! |