Example sentences of "be [prep] the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resulting footage has to be about the best combat recreation ever put into a film can . |
| 2 | It used to be about the best bowling green in the in this part of the country . |
| 3 | It used to be about the best bowling green in the in this part of the country . |
| 4 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 5 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 6 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 8 | This gentle admonition did little to still the clamour of unilateralists in the churches ; yet there must surely be many Christians who have retained enough faith in divine Providence to believe that the world will not end unless God wills it and that , if He does , it will be for the best . |
| 9 | If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best . |
| 10 | As I shall say to her , it might all be for the best — now that he is king , I expect Edward will decide for himself whom to marry . ’ |
| 11 | For a brief moment , she actually thought he would defy the old man , but then her heart sank when he sheepishly replied , ‘ Perhaps it would be for the best , dear . ’ |
| 12 | Far more pupils are taken on than can hope to succeed in practice , and if you have not been able to impress any barrister sufficiently with your qualities to be taken on , it may perhaps be for the best that you are forced to look to a different career at this juncture . |
| 13 | In the end , however , this turned out to be for the best . |
| 14 | After all , it may be for the best . |
| 15 | ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel . |
| 16 | ‘ I truly feel it would be for the best . ’ |
| 17 | But I could see he looked sad as he added , ‘ I think it 'll be fer the best fer all of us . ’ |
| 18 | The offering had to cost him something — one of his herd of cattle or flock of sheep and goats ( a bird was permitted for the poor ) , and it had to be of the best — a male without blemish . |
| 19 | I believe that the Youth Training Programme could be amongst the best . |
| 20 | Lanham suggests that if cases such as these were treated as rape , this would devalue the crime , which would be against the best interest of women . |
| 21 | The choice of treatment may be skewed towards that which can be paid for , rather than that which may be in the best interests of or preferred by the patient . |
| 22 | ‘ We strongly believe that a North-east merger of Vaux 's and Brent Walker 's northern brewing and pub operations would be in the best interests of all , ’ said Vaux chairman Paul Nicholson . |
| 23 | One local farmer commented that for McCartney to put an end to the hunt might not necessarily be in the best interests of the deer . |
| 24 | This is because the law accepts that it may not always be in the best interests of a patient to receive further invasive , or aggressive , treatment . |
| 25 | The Remuneration Committee comprising all the Non-Executive Directors ( ‘ the Committee ’ ) has considered the question and concluded that it would now be in the best interests of the Company and its employees to bring forward proposals for such a scheme and an appropriate resolution is set out as Resolution 11 . |
| 26 | The disadvantage is that the individual councillor , if he is a member of such a group , may be required to sub-ordinate what he considers to be in the best interests of his electors to what his group so consider . |
| 27 | A very strong impression , even now , is of a lack of diversity in the planning and delivery of activities in ways that may not be in the best interests of the children . |
| 28 | ‘ A lot of people do n't want to be in the best band in the world because they do n't give a shit about themselves , ’ he remarks flatly , still playing with his half empty bottle of water . |
| 29 | I want to be in the best band in the world , it 's simple ! |
| 30 | In his petition , the Reporter claimed the move to the mainland would be in the best interests of the children . |