Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael had had a farm across the border , a lonely ruin near a place called Hackballs Cross , where it was said that men with guns had been known to train , and where certainly only the barest minimum of farming ever happened , enough to get the EC grants and little more . |
| 2 | Take a ride in a tuk tuk , a sort of motorbike with a passenger bit at the back , by far the quickest way to get around , although not necessarily the safest . |
| 3 | Again , contra Lawrence , it is obvious that for Eliot the idea that modern western society should adopt savage customs is seen as ludicrous and reprehensible , since he believed that not even the lowest of civilized people could adapt themselves to such society without deteriorating and frequently also corrupting the natives . |
| 4 | This would be all very well if we were on the high road to eliminating death altogether ; but this is a claim that not even the boldest scientist can make . |
| 5 | Our hospital organisation has grown up with no plan , with no system ; it is unevenly distributed over the country and indeed it is one of the tragedies of the situation that very often the best hospital facilities are available where they are least needed . |
| 6 | The corporate planning process is only one , and perhaps not the best , way of establishing those values throughout the organization . |
| 7 | ‘ I have had nothing but support from the chairman , and not even the slightest hint of the dreaded vote of confidence . |
| 8 | Little Bear , who is supposed to be asleep , keeps interrupting him — he 's scared of the dark and not even the biggest lantern from the cupboard can light up the night looming beyond the cave . |
| 9 | [ Furthermore ] no Englishman competent to judge doubts that our literature ranks among the two or three greatest in the world ; or that it is quite arguable that , if not perhaps the finest , it is the richest of all . |
| 10 | It lay across the most direct if not always the quickest route to Normandy ; in peace , wine and wool crossed the county , adding significantly to its wealth . |
| 11 | But the biggest , best organized and just about the nastiest was Famlio . |
| 12 | Similarly , in an extended theme , there will usually be one supreme climax , and once again the highest note is best reserved for that point . |
| 13 | Valuable information as to the different types of method available and more particularly the best present practice recommended for certain specified trades and industries is available from various reports , in particular the Odour Reports and subsequent research reports published by the working party and ADAS mentioned earlier . |
| 14 | And , in view of her theory that anorexics have a poor sense of their own size , weight and proportions in general , it may be interesting to examine more closely the status of the eldest child and more specifically the eldest daughter . |
| 15 | I was thinking more of ‘ Tight Like This ’ , made in 1928 and probably still the best record ever made . |
| 16 | He merely condemned the actions which preserved that regime , and then only the worst . |
| 17 | However important this is , it ought to be born in mind that what may appear to be the cheapest at the time may not necessarily be the most effective in solving a particular odour problem and consequently not the cheapest in the long term . |
| 18 | New Motor Cars ( MMC , 1992 a ) is the longest of all , and almost certainly the longest MMC report ever , at nearly 850 pages including appendices . |
| 19 | The Guildford Week is pleasantly filmed , and yet somehow the loveliest shot of all is The Oval in pristine snow . |
| 20 | Although many attribute to Lo Tak-shing possession of the most byzantine — and very possibly the cleverest -mind in Hong Kong politics , few claim to understand quite what he seems to be doing with it . |
| 21 | This is Chaplin 's third collaboration with Live Theatre and director Max Roberts , and very much the weakest . |
| 22 | The scale of the work varied but they were generally scenes from nature , the type of thing popularly believed to be the easiest to sell but not necessarily the easiest to paint . |
| 23 | This is generally the latest fully tested version , but not necessarily the latest version . |
| 24 | This is generally the latest fully tested version , but not necessarily the latest version . |
| 25 | This is generally the latest fully tested version , but not necessarily the latest version . |
| 26 | This is generally the latest fully tested version , but not necessarily the latest version . |
| 27 | This is generally the latest fully tested version , but not necessarily the latest version . |
| 28 | This is generally the latest fully tested version , but not necessarily the latest version . |
| 29 | This is generally the latest fully tested version , but not necessarily the latest version . |
| 30 | This is generally the latest tested version but not necessarily the latest version . |