Example sentences of "there be the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Hesslow , 1981 ) ( iii ) There are the greatest difficulties in fitting the particular theories of probability into any probabilistic idea of causation . |
| 2 | In the phone directory there are the barest summaries of thousands of lives — a name , place of abode and the occasional glimpse of intrigue . |
| 3 | And there are the latest shots of all the top WWF Superstars including , for the first time , the new macho powerhouse , Razor Ramon . |
| 4 | Nor , from the beginning of the indiscriminate sinking of British merchant ships by U-boats , could there be the slightest doubt among seamen who the enemy was ; but adjustment was difficult , and bread and butter questions such as pay and conditions of work were aggravated and complicated by wartime inflation , by manpower shortages and by excessive profits made by shipowners who grew even richer and more demanding out of the sweat and blood of their merchant crews . |
| 5 | She wished there were the faintest chance that he would drop being breezy . |
| 6 | Assessment became the field in which there were the largest number of changes and retractions in government policy . |
| 7 | People want too much too fast , and when there 's the merest hint of success on the horizon , there 's problems . ’ |
| 8 | There 's the largest — Zurich — and Basle , Geneva , Berne and the lovely Lausanne plus countless smaller communities , each with a special charm . |
| 9 | ‘ You realize there 's the best part of four million pounds in those contracts — most of it still to be paid to us . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Honey , I am absolutely shit-scared of spiders , and there 's the biggest son-of-a-bitch in the shower . |
| 11 | There 's no question that the high heels and blusher go on if there 's the slightest chance that they 'll do any good . |
| 12 | And call me at once if there 's the slightest change in the weather . ’ |
| 13 | You are n't going anywhere where there 's the slightest chance that you could cause more trouble . |
| 14 | Tonight he looks at Spielberg 's Jurassic Park and there 's the latest news on America 's summer releases . |
| 15 | In much of this there is the deepest kind of hypocrisy . |
| 16 | Apart from Bursa and Edirne , which constitute special cases and are dealt with in detail in the following chapters , the city for which there is the earliest reliable information concerning a continuous official muftilik of some importance appears to be Amasya , to the muftilik of which Ali Cemâlî , later Mufti of Istanbul , was appointed by Bayezid II in 888/1483–4 ( ? ) with the not inconsiderable salary of 30 akce a day . |
| 17 | For if there is the smallest hope of escape … if there is the merest chance that I could return to the world and to Grainne , I would tear this place down stone by stone . |
| 18 | For if there is the smallest hope of escape … if there is the merest chance that I could return to the world and to Grainne , I would tear this place down stone by stone . |
| 19 | Do come up for a day or so if there is the remotest possible chance . |
| 20 | However , this balance should only be attempted in cases where there is the clearest precedent for the court to contemplate the exercise of a restraining power . |
| 21 | I am saying Mr Major , as Prime Minister , if someone in my position is saying I believe , I believe , there is the best opportunity here for lasting peace , by which I mean a total cessation of violence , the least I expect is that you should listen to what I have to say . |
| 22 | This is when there is the greatest risk of the glider being lifted off the ground by the first strong gust . |
| 23 | ‘ You ca n't be certain you 're right and there is the greatest temptation to put them off and not to take them . |
| 24 | Of all the host countries , there is the greatest possibility in Syria , as in 1949 , that the Palestine refugee population could be resettled and persuaded to accept its lot as a permanent part of the host country . |
| 25 | In other words , these are the cases where there is the greatest public impact , so , while a small minority , these high-profile cases will tend to be used by the public as indicators of what is normally the outcome . |
| 26 | The new provisions hit hardest at the exploration stages of minerals projects , where there is the greatest risk . |
| 27 | In such cases there is the greatest need for effective search , analysis , evaluation and selection by those people involved in the making of purchase decisions , particularly where the item to be purchased is complex . |
| 28 | I agree with my hon. Friend that it is vital at this time , when there is the greatest risk of proliferation that the world has ever known and when the world 's greatest nuclear power is in a state of disintegration , that we ensure that while we take every positive and constructive step to try to deal with that very grave situation , we recognise the need to maintain our essential safeguard , our own nuclear deterrent . |
| 29 | There is the gravest risk of a rupture of the uterus if the section is not carried out and the natural labour process is permitted to continue . |
| 30 | Other members of her family are also asked the same questions , and if there is the slightest discrepancy it can be used as proof that she is not the person she claims to be . |