Example sentences of "[adv] the best of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , nobody has recorded the progress of the likes of Peter M'kata , Eric Majola , Solomon Mhlaba , Gassiem Jabaar , Bomza Nkohla , Salie Fredericks , Ronnie Louw , Cissie Damons , Lenny Mathews or Desmond Kramer , although virtually all of them were players of note , arguably the best of their generation . |
| 2 | Today ranked number eight , he was taking on the best of British , Jeremy Bates . |
| 3 | On April 26 , Lisa is to go to the Royal College of Music , in London , to take on the best of British players in the national finals . |
| 4 | Now , the academics ( or rather the best of them ) have caught up with the real world . |
| 5 | For perhaps the best of reasons , parents were reluctant to subject their daughters to even the slightest diminution in their standard of life . |
| 6 | But would the Welsh 1971 side , perhaps the best of all , have achieved it in 1972 , the season that Wales and Scotland did not play in Ireland . |
| 7 | Slater pointed to the Motorola 88110 — not yet formally announced due to some lingering problems — as ‘ perhaps the best of the current crop of microprocessors ’ , adding that it is a shame that it wo n't make an impact because it does n't have the customers . |
| 8 | Special mention simply must be make of the members of the Cathedral 's Catholic Mothers group who helped Mrs Roberton with the lynches , and who were perhaps the best of all the many good things that happened to our 1981 Christian Aid programme . |
| 9 | So the best of luck to JS , ‘ the family firm ’ in more ways than one . |
| 10 | Your old ships , my lord King , were already engaged with the ships of Earl Siward and getting much the best of it . |
| 11 | And now in the firelight there is only the best of music to play . |
| 12 | Even these modest broadcasts show only the best of the bunch . |
| 13 | On the distinction between education and training , we have done a great deal to bring together the best of education and of training . |
| 14 | Griffiths trains just three horses at Nantgaredig , Carmarthen , and Norton 's Coin is easily the best of them , supplying the permit holder with all his three wins last season . |
| 15 | In the most competitive of the three preliminary rounds , designed to get horses used to the arena before the cup begins in earnest , she and Forester had easily the best of a four horse jump-off . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's easily the best of us , technically , ’ Alison went on . |
| 17 | Wadkins got away with not the best of drives at the 18th but he had a gap , hit a five-iron to 45ft and then holed it across all sorts of slopes and burrows . |
| 18 | Alexander was not the best of men , certainly not the ideal Christian knight but , as a king , he ruled Scotland well . |
| 19 | Not the best of sons for any mother . |
| 20 | He is the first to admit that he was not the best of patients . |
| 21 | Tabitha Zu , The Hinnies and The Cuckoos are Stollercoaster 's featured bands and , to be honest , they 're not the best of the new bunch . |
| 22 | Not the best of subjects to inject a little bit of humour but we did find er traces of it nevertheless . |
| 23 | ‘ Although he is not the best of our cooks , ma'am . |
| 24 | It 's not the best of the campaigns but it sets the parameters , ’ he says.The message from the ‘ Mouth ’ is far more strident and inspiring . |
| 25 | It 's not the best it 's not the best of roads though . |
| 26 | Seb was not the best of patients . |
| 27 | At the best of times , the industry is very competitive , but this is not the best of times . |
| 28 | Had a er not the best of starts but they 've taken control of the game for my money o over the last period . |
| 29 | It is not the best of assignments , says one experienced blue-beret wearer , but it is still better than Lebanon . |
| 30 | Newsome is not the best of defenders i agree . |