Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] the good of " in BNC.
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| 1 | An hour or so in the best of company , the bar is open , and all for £3 — what more can we do ? |
| 2 | Both house and mill were recently offered for sale and , although not in the best of condition , their potential was obvious . |
| 3 | I believe that the maintained grammar school offers the best hope at present of making accessible to a larger population than ever before the best of the qualities and habits of which it somewhat accidentally finds itself the custodian : respect for learning , the encouragement of deep and strenuous thought , a regard for style , and the tacit assumption of contracts of mutual responsibility between individuals and between an individual and his society . |
| 4 | Although this is undoubtedly the law , it often seems to be ignored , particularly in the United States , where pointless efforts are made by doctors , albeit often with the best of intentions . |
| 5 | Life was not quite a state of nature or a question of the survival of the fittest , but in times of no food parcels the partition separating us from that state was unpleasantly thin and even at the best of times it was thin enough to be able to hear most of what went on on the other side . |
| 6 | Though not in the best of health , Marian was determined to make her own way , accepting little else from Bloomsbury House except tickets for the occasional outing to the Wigmore Hall . |
| 7 | Having seen him safely in hospital , though not in the best of health myself , I called at the poll tax office and waited one and a half hours in a very smoky atmosphere to have the summons withdrawn . |