Example sentences of "may be [art] most [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lifetime ’ partners do not refer to a finite time period but to partners since first sexual intercourse ‘ so far ’ ; this may be the most inaccurate measure because of difficulties of recall , whereas discrepancies over shorter time intervals are much smaller . |
| 2 | Smells and odours may be the most powerful single distraction of all — especially if they 're delicious cooking smells — because they 're the most pervasive and difficult to deal with . |
| 3 | b Day patients and outpatients were not included in the calculation although this may be the most cost-effective form of treatment . |
| 4 | If a suitable source of commercially bred animals is available and occasional large batches of age-matched animals are required , the purchase of mice may be the most efficient and cost-effective approach . |
| 5 | For large companies , with established financial control systems , invoice discounting , which simply provides cash against invoices , may be the most appropriate method . |
| 6 | It is no real answer to say that authors could withdraw the article and resubmit elsewhere , as the chosen journal may be the most appropriate one . |
| 7 | Nonetheless his advice may be the most appropriate for expert witnesses to give in court cases where the levels of arousal are clearly at the most extreme ( e.g. rapes and assaults , Kuehn , 1974 ) . |
| 8 | The trouble is that although Radio 3 may be the most successful network of its kind in the world , it appeals to a minority — estimated at just five per cent of the population , mostly white , male and over 50 . |
| 9 | There may be the most practical methods of purchase for people in remote rural areas , but avoid any mail order or catalogue offer unless there is a free home trial period or bona fide money-back guarantee . |
| 10 | Even in the presence of considerable creative ability and effort , under these circumstances the compromise solution may be the most economic answer . |
| 11 | In particular , if one wishes to infer the nature of uncontrolled transition from experiments with controlled disturbances , as considered in Section 18.1 , then this type may be the most relevant . |
| 12 | Otherwise you 'll grow to hate your notebook , which would be unfortunate because portable computing may be the most effective way yet to exploit time spent away from the office . |
| 13 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 14 | Intellectual prowess may be valued in the research department , whereas persuasion may be the most valued skill in marketing . |
| 15 | Vulcan is probably the most powerful laser in Europe , and may be the most versatile high-power laser in the world . |
| 16 | In some ways your home may be the most suitable place and this is certainly a good way to start and gain some experience . |
| 17 | If the proposed catering enterprise is novel and the market for the service is uncertain ( e.g. the launching of a new type of fast-food outlet ) , a limited liability company may be the most suitable form of business , since if the venture fails the liability of those concerned with financing the business will be protected . |
| 18 | Hours may be the most emotive issue in the new deal but are only one aspect of juniors ' working conditions that need improvement . |
| 19 | Whilst it may be the most objective away of practising social psychology , experiments and the scientific theories to which they give rise , may not be the most useful or appropriate means of understanding the individual in society . |
| 20 | Speaking as you would to an ordinary child , of a similar level of linguistic ability , may be the most natural response and in most cases this is likely to be a safe strategy . |
| 21 | There may be the most intense pruritus all over the external genitalia and blood may be drawn as a result of the vigorous scratching this induces . |
| 22 | Legislating for seemly relationships between the government and the Congress may be the most urgent need ; creating the circumstances in which the patchwork of titularly and hopefully autonomous regions that make up the Russian Federation have an incentive to hang together is , in the long run , more important . |
| 23 | We have to acknowledge , therefore , that the proper balance between the theoretical and the practical is not the only curricular problem with which schools are faced , though it may be the most pressing . |
| 24 | They have been rewarded by what may be the most remarkable statistic of this election : for the first time since 1966 the party in office has improved its position in Scotland . |
| 25 | This reality may be the most difficult one of all to accept . |
| 26 | Synthetic data which are themselves a GIS-derived product may be the most difficult to deal with . |
| 27 | But polls suggest that it may be the most popular party within all the black linguistic groups ; and the fighting in the mostly-Zulu province of Natal between the ANC and Inkatha shows that plenty of South Africa 's 8m Zulus take the ANC 's side . |
| 28 | In The Guardian Robin Denselow touched on subjects closer to the heart of this book : ‘ The Smiths may be the most popular band in Britain but the contradictions within this tunefully doomy quartet seem ever more bizarre . |
| 29 | There is some justification , in that RPM may be the most direct method of maintaining high prices . |
| 30 | In temperate areas , members of the genus Cooperia usually play a secondary role in the pathogenesis of parasitic gastroenteritis of ruminants although they may be the most numerous trichostrongyle present . |