Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] were the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mosca argued that mathematics and physics were the best paradigms for a science of politics ( 1939 , p. 4 ) , while Pareto was enthusiastic about geometry and the physical sciences . |
| 2 | In severely ill children presenting to a referral hospital at 1670 m altitude the logistic regression prediction models we have developed indicate that for newborn infants and those up to 2 months of age history of cyanosis reported by the mother was the best predictor of hypoxaemia ; a respiratory rate of >=70/min,; retractions , and grunting were the best predictors in infants 3–11 months old ; and in children 12 months and older a respiratory rate of >=60/min; was the best predictor of hypoxaemia . |
| 3 | ‘ Before we had the system , sick cards and payroll were the best method we had of monitoring absenteeism . |
| 4 | The moral faculty needed to govern the sexual instinct , organizing it on ‘ broad , well-marked mental foundations ’ .30 Chastity , continence and self-control were the highest forms of sexual development because they were regulated by reason and a knowledge of the providential laws of human nature . |
| 5 | She and Mother were the best of friends , and she knew that I was daft over dollies and wanted one so badly . |