Example sentences of "[vb base] to [be] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards they appear to be the best of friends again . |
| 2 | To tackle the poem 's lexicon , for the purposes of translation , is always to be brought up short by what appear to be the simplest words and expressions . |
| 3 | The notes of some of the patients treated have been rescued , and appear to be the oldest surviving records of the clinical use of the material . |
| 4 | December I want to be the longest-serving manager under Peter Swales . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to be the best ’ she explains proudly , ‘ it does n't matter how long it takes . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think I have much else to prove … other than that I want to be the best player in the world . |
| 7 | I do n't want to be one of the best in the world , I want to be the best in the world , and everyone I come up against is a stepping stone to me getting over that bridge . |
| 8 | ‘ And you want to be the best flower-seller in the whole of Lancashire , do n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | Why are n't I number one ? ’ , adding , ‘ If I 'm in the game , I want to be the best . ’ |
| 10 | you , you want to be the best and no one |
| 11 | I 'm not here to be flattered I want to be the oldest . |
| 12 | But now I think it 's such a terrible job that DJs deserve to be the highest paid people in the country . |
| 13 | It was n't satisfying in terms of sound , though , because you ca n't get any sound , even though you 've got someone you consider to be the best guy out on the desk , but who happens to be three hundred yards away ! |
| 14 | We have considered alternative definitions of a legal problem and indicated what we consider to be the best working definition to adopt , but this discussion will remain largely academic ( save in estimating the extent of unmet legal need ) unless there is some effective way of ensuring that those who have legal problems , however defined , secure legal assistance . |
| 15 | The award will be made each year by the Directorate to the person whom they consider to be the best trainee from within the Department . |
| 16 | We have offered what we consider to be the best works of fiction by Third World writers — not just of this year , but of any year . |
| 17 | This contract is the one I consider to be the biggest one of my career as it will take me into my peak . |
| 18 | Define what you consider to be the worst problems ( no more than three ) . |
| 19 | Define what you consider to be the worst problems ( no more than three ) . |
| 20 | What seem to be the earliest human figures on Geometric vases are less precisely geometrised than these , and later they fill out and loosen up a little ; but from beginning to end of the period they are thin silhouettes conceptually conceived . |
| 21 | For our purposes you just need to take any bit , either the beginning , the middle or the end , that seem to be the best bit , the interesting bit . |
| 22 | They must act in what they believe to be the best interests of the company . |
| 23 | It says that judges should follow whichever method of deciding cases will produce what they believe to be the best community for the future , and though some pragmatic lawyers would think this means a richer or happier or more powerful community , others would choose a community with fewer incidents of injustice , with a better cultural tradition and what is called a higher quality of life . |
| 24 | He wrote what many believe to be the greatest novel ever written . |
| 25 | Compton has also concluded that decentralization has continued despite the energy crisis , the south is still gaining population at the expense of the north ; East Anglia , the South West and the East Midlands continue to be the fastest growing regions ; and that Wales is about to join them . |
| 26 | The survey also shows East Anglia and the South West continue to be the fastest growing regions . |
| 27 | Resist hanging on to something that wants to go and consider change to be the best way of increasing your lot rather than depleting it . |
| 28 | The old fogies tend to be the best . |
| 29 | Such areas also tend to be the cheapest to get into . |
| 30 | Quantitive data , such as examination passes , tend to be the easiest to measure , and schools have rightly worried about the use to which these can be put when comparing one school with another . |