Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More Queens are surviving even the coldest of months . |
| 2 | If you are avoiding fried food , it follows that you should be seeking out the best methods of cooking noted on the menu . |
| 3 | Clearly , you have to know about the strengths , tendencies and habits of a plant before we even open the secateurs , or you could be cutting away the best bloom-bearing wood ! |
| 4 | The rise in oil prices towards $19 a barrel yesterday indicated that some traders are taking seriously the latest efforts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to trim output in an attempt to achieve a target level of at least $21 a barrel . |
| 5 | We are witnessing only the latest episode in that long history , in which geography itself has been remade , and the landscape , now more than ever , is transformed not so much by the efforts of individuals , as by public policy and the stroke of a pen . |
| 6 | Second , Jones ' experiment was at the stage where its results were moving forward the fastest . |
| 7 | By choosing home grown potatoes the housewife knows she is buying only the best for her family . |
| 8 | It is in the professions where the use of microcomputers is having probably the greatest impact . |
| 9 | It is putting forward the best possible case for the prison service . |
| 10 | As he was scrambling up the steepest bit , pulling himself up by the bracken , he heard something . |
| 11 | And , using all his force , he ran and crashed into the second assassin , who was winching back the arbalest for another bolt . |
| 12 | In a very short time , the only relics of Bridget 's party were the empty glasses perched on every horizontal surface in the drawing-room , and Geoffrey Simmons , who was displaying not the slightest inclination to leave . |
| 13 | Today ranked number eight , he was taking on the best of British , Jeremy Bates . |
| 14 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |