Example sentences of "are [verb] [prep] best " in BNC.
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| 1 | Objectively the chances of reaching the Chancellor 's 3 per cent growth target in 1994 are mixed at best . |
| 2 | It is no accident that ‘ street furniture ’ and ‘ public art ’ are seen to best effect in a context which is entirely new — like London 's Broadgate office centre — or radically changed , such as the revived dockland areas in London , Liverpool , Cardiff and Swansea . |
| 3 | The classiest , most chocolatey chocolate puddings are made with best quality , slightly bitter dessert chocolate that is high in cocoa solids . |
| 4 | Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities . |
| 5 | True , he had frequently circumnavigated Ramsey Island but if the tides are used to best advantage then the Bitches will not be working as they are passed . |
| 6 | Dr Longstaff said : ‘ Our study will enable us to find out more about the causes of asthma , suggest ways of preventing it , and make sure the resources to treat it are used to best effect . ’ |
| 7 | These images build up into stereotypes ; generalizations about what is to be expected of older people , which are based at best on partial information rather than the full diversity of their real lives . |
| 8 | Family health services authorities are in a pivotal position to develop a research and development strategy which ensures that commissioning decisions are based on best available knowledge , that primary health care workers are adequately resourced , skilled , and motivated to participate in the research and development of the services they provide , and that evaluation of current and new patterns of care becomes routine . |
| 9 | Faced with a virtual infinity of demand , your role is to seek new resources and ensure that those resources are spent to best effect . |
| 10 | This is especially clear in the later stages of the market , when the relatively simple relations of speculative production have been joined and in many areas replaced by planned marketing operations in which certain types of work are positively promoted , of course with the corollary that other types are left at best to make their own way . |