Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] the best [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Oh yes it says this is the first world cup the new way of playing the qualifying rounds , this is the first world cup where every team has to play each other and it should mean the best sides make the semi-finals .
2 On the geographical point , if a party is to secure a seat it must have the best part of a quota of votes after transfers at the end of the count .
3 Bernice calculated that it would take the best part of an hour to reach them on foot .
4 for Moore , to say that an act was right was to say that no alternative action would produce better consequences , while to say that it was ‘ a duty ’ or ‘ obligatory ’ was to say that it would produce the best consequences possible .
5 It will provide the best facilities in the area for people suffering from mental health problems .
6 There is no certainty that it will produce the best weights , and there is no knowing when to stop it , but it seems to work well in practice .
7 What they do have in common is that in all cases industry will be looking for the location where it can make the best profit .
8 Since it can take the best part of a day to book an international phone call , some foreign businessmen bring their own alternative — the Magnavox Magnaphone .
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