Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [verb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report 's authors say they want the best for everyone |
| 2 | Compares the use of three different sets of formulae to determine which provides the best model to employ for bigram and trigram models . |
| 3 | Ulster 's geographic isolation means it needs the best possible transport links . |
| 4 | In the Summer Term of 1989 the LEA published and distributed a short booklet ( Leeds City Council 1989e ) which was ‘ intended to help parents to appreciate what constitutes the best primary school practice and also to highlight aspects of education that the Authority wishes to promote ’ . |
| 5 | ARSENAL boss George Graham reckons he has the best job in football — but he knows even he could suffer a Brian Clough-like backlash if the Gunners fail to win a trophy for the second year running . |
| 6 | Narrowing your focus helps you to achieve the best results . |
| 7 | What teacher do you like the best ? |
| 8 | Candidate Ian Cameron said he had the best chance of overturning Labour 's majority . |
| 9 | Candidate Ian Cameron said he had the best chance of overturning Labour 's majority . |
| 10 | Clayton used to rush out and buy both papers each Sunday to judge who had the best picture . |
| 11 | But too much mist obscures the question what it is like to be a chimp for even the best-meaning efforts to make them make the best of meaning . |
| 12 | pressing it twice , so the lea , bu , you know , the less button pressing you do the better . |
| 13 | Now and again the Lady Francesca asks us to take the good nuns gifts of embroidery . ’ |
| 14 | Our many years of experience , together with established offices in all the major offshore financial , and yachting , centres enables us to give the best possible services to our clients of all nationalities . |
| 15 | He had gone into his father 's firm of solicitors where his looks endeared him to wives in divorce cases , although his extreme reluctance to take decisions prevented them obtaining the best results . |
| 16 | PRICE : Our excellent reputation and years of experience coupled with our overall size allows us to negotiate the best possible rates which of course , we pass on to our customers resulting in outstanding value without sacrificing any quality . |
| 17 | Good controls allow you to get the best of both comfort and economy at the same time . |
| 18 | Next I listened to a message from Andy Kennedy talking about the unreached peoples of the 10–40 window , which includes Saudi Arabia , and how the Lord wanted them to hear the good news . |
| 19 | YOUR MONEY DO you want the best possible return on your savings ? |
| 20 | But production only reached 421,000 last year and the real bright spot was Land-Rover , whose Discovery model helped it achieve the best year for sales since the first Land-Rover rolled out in 1948 , while productivity jumped 25 per cent . |
| 21 | The Primitive Methodists , whose work was mostly amongst working people , admitted with a sorrow they could not hide that ‘ the growing worldliness of men needs a faithful and independent ministry ; the increased educational facilities and the advance of science challenge us to put the best talent we can produce into the pulpit ’ . |
| 22 | Our kits are easy to assemble and our extensive knowledge and experience is always on hand to help you achieve the best possible end result . |
| 23 | Our mum said you missed the best night of your life . |
| 24 | His co-pilot radioed the command centre , requesting a fix in order to enable him to plot the best route back to Britain , or at least to the channel where he could be picked up by the coastguard or a spotter plane . |
| 25 | Now there 's a new scheme to help us sort the good furniture men from the cowboys . |
| 26 | Reveals a source : ‘ Chris reckoned he deserved the best as he was spending so much time and money in the place . ’ |
| 27 | In order to have what seems the best of Stevenson 's thought before us , I shall now develop an attitude theory of ethics , largely based on his work ( though also drawing on that of A.J. Ayer ) , in which the strictly emotivist thesis is dropped and the concept of emotive meaning gives way to one of valuational meaning . |
| 28 | Moran says he has the best collection of medieval furniture in private hands in the country , and he wants the hall to set it off . |
| 29 | Bilhah , since then , has given Jacob two sons for Rachel , and again Rachel feels she has the better of me . |
| 30 | Eleven years as the principal tour operators in Nidri enable us to choose the best accommodation in town . |