Example sentences of "[adj -est] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consequences for the country , especially in the many cases where the recipient government is not able to sort out the resultant confusion , can at worst be disastrous . |
| 2 | Attempts to examine survival and replacement rates in rural society and in towns other than London have made it clear that conclusions can at best be tentative . |
| 3 | The establishment of such a correlation is not as easy as it might seem at first , because lead is only one ( and probably not one of the more important ) influences on the behaviour and intelligence of children , so that the correlation would at best be low , and hence require a large number of cases to be established at an acceptable level of statistical significance . |
| 4 | The expansionists acknowledge that the great worry about devaluation is that it will be inflationary and could at best be self-defeating or , at worst , bring in higher interest rates and slower growth . |
| 5 | They can at best be itchy , at worst venomous . |
| 6 | Indeed , one can point to notable successes such as the investigations of the intelligence agencies ( see above ) , but the sheer size of the federal bureaucracy means that oversight can at best be random and episodic . |
| 7 | Basing himself on authority from the United States , La Forest J. concluded that any other rule would at best be inefficient , and at worst could lead to financial chaos : see pp. 194–197 . |
| 8 | Best be quick , Ellie , he 's much sought after . |
| 9 | ‘ Best be careful then , ’ and he tugged gently at the vest . |
| 10 | With regard to The Machine Gunners , a Carnegie Medal winner , I would at best be ambivalent , and at worst , reluctant to invite pupils to share its particular emotional climate . |