Example sentences of "[vb base] the good " in BNC.

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1 Do not barge in if you think you are in the wrong , be prepared to be a little late , or concede the best position , but do not be bullied by those who shout at you .
2 To recruit for profit you have only one option : recruit the best and pay the best
3 People argue that by adopting a voluntary approach you lose the good and the bad .
4 Mr Clarke said social services departments would ‘ use their own , voluntary or private provision , according to which they judge the best way of providing the best quality service ’ .
5 Transend source good quality shareware from all over the world , we then review the best of them for these pages every month .
6 France , Germany and now the UK all produce Bries , although I think that the French varieties remain the best .
7 I should add that we remain the best of friends .
8 Vivoli 's sell the best ice cream in the world .
9 The result is an accumulation of beliefs , from purchasing people who believe they have the best sourcing to manufacturing people who believe they have the most cost-effective production ; from personnel people who believe they hire the best sales people to sales people who believe they sell the best products .
10 Maurice Melloul 's guidelines for the success of the purchasing agent in Dow corning sum up the professionalism that lies behind the words : ‘ The agent must : exercise close cost control build long term relationships bring negotiations to a ‘ win-win ’ conclusion promote and sell the best image of his company be knowledgeable about the supplier 's market and end-use applications . ’
11 I usually lift and clamp the best swedes and leave the smaller and damaged roots to be grazed in situ by sheep .
12 Gore-starved GAVIN MARTIN and DANNY KELLY pick the best war flicks of all time and say ‘ get 'em on TV — pronto ! ’
13 There are 16 of these guaranteed equity investments but financial advisers Pall Mall Money Management and Brooks Macdonald Gayer will each send a free guide to help Assets readers pick the best .
14 Just for the hell of it last night I thought I ‘ d go through the scores so far and pick the best possible legal team .
15 On a wire launch the best hope is for the car or winch driver to build up extra speed to get the glider as high as possible .
16 Henry VII , asking for such a loan in 1496 , told his people that ‘ this is a thing of so great weight and importance as may not be failed , and therefore fail ye not thereof for your said part … as ye intend the good and honour of us and of this our realm ; and as ye tender also the weal and surety of yourself ’ .
17 After reflection , you can select the best version or even combine the best elements from two or more versions .
18 The more money they make the better for them .
19 What is the use of going to open beaches when we must return to segregated residential areas and schools and suffer under the laws that make the best medical treatment the prerogative of the whites only in our country ?
20 Just make the best decision you possibly can in the light of the information contained in Chapter 4 .
21 Perkin , on her other side , murmured something to get her attention and for a while I watched Tremayne make the best of our table having been graced by the sponsor 's wife , a gushing froth of a lady in unbecoming lemon .
22 The first rule of surviving a disaster , I had written , was to accept that it had happened and make the best of what was left .
23 Most of the brains of the organisation , or those academics who were able to pull Establishment strings and make the best of college connections , were billeted fairly comfortably near B.P. or had private transport , and were therefore able to take part in the social life that was organised for the community .
24 ‘ Divide into groups of four and make the best paper aeroplane ’ .
25 And Elizabeth could , like the Macleans , make the best she could of it .
26 In the well-drained driest parts , the heavy clay loams make the best arable land ; in the wetter parts these clays are better kept in grass , and the sandy loams best for ploughing .
27 You 've got to take what you can in this world and make the best of it .
28 It may be comforting if you can acknowledge that in any moment you make the best choices you are able to in the situations in which you find yourself .
29 We have got , each one of us , to take our place as we find it in this world and make the best of it , and pull together with the others around us …
30 You should ask yourself whether you make the best of what you have , however little .
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