Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to be pandering to the silliest stereotypes . |
| 2 | Health Promotion will be looking for the best young smile of the week . |
| 3 | Essentially , you will be looking for the fullest possible information , not only about how fantastic the colour is , but about all the other factors we have been discussing , and how candid are the comments on the shortcomings . |
| 4 | The Labour Party should be advocating in the strongest terms a substantial increase in Child Benefit , even if this means increasing income tax on people earning as ‘ little ’ as £14,000 , together possibly with increases in excise duties . |
| 5 | He had always claimed to be acting for the best ; not selfishly , but for all men , as the great sage Confucius had said a ruler should act . |
| 6 | ‘ I wo n't march off and ask what the hell is going on because I know he will be acting in the best interests of the team . |
| 7 | He 'll be racing against the best , but racing through the wind the fastest , is the biggest challenge . |
| 8 | We work closely with the national pensioners convention , with whom we were founder members , and shall be joining in the greatest demonstration by senior citizens in London on the twenty ninth of this month . |
| 9 | We should not be converging to the lowest common denominator in Europe . |
| 10 | As it happens , he would n't be arriving at the best possible moment : William Charles , 14 years his brother 's senior , was finding his own fame and fortune rather on the wane just at that time — he did n't need those supercilious letters from William Jowett in Jamaica to remind him of that . |
| 11 | In doing so the student will not merely be preparing in the best possible way for his examination : he will also be developing his mind as a working instrument and preparing himself for legal practice . |
| 12 | In negotiating this or that pay increase , they must be supposed to be settling for the best terms they can get in all the circumstances of the negotiation . |
| 13 | During the first few weeks in a Home everyone concerned with the resident , and of course the resident too , will be thinking about the best care for the person . |
| 14 | She claimed to be quoting from the highest rituals when she wrote , |