Example sentences of "best [noun] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consensus , however , is that we are moving in the right direction and the further 1% cut in base rates and its knock-on effect on mortgages is the best tonic the country could get . |
| 2 | A group of shearling rams , currently being prepared for sale this season , is widely considered to contain some of the best sheep the flock has ever produced . |
| 3 | Four of his favourite and best titles The Cat in the Hat ( the origin of it all ) , The Cat in the Hat Comes Back , Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks ( Collins , £2.99 each ) are published in desirable pocket-sized editions , which only suffer a little from the reduced type size . |
| 4 | As a delinquent nine-year-old at his prep school , he had once been required by the headmaster to write out in his best handwriting the whole of the third chapter of Ecclesiastes , old Gumboil , economical in this as in all matters , believing that writing lines should combine punishment with literary and religious education . |
| 5 | The death sentence is the best sentence a court of law could have imposed under the present circumstances . |
| 6 | ‘ If you 're the best lay the platoon has to offer , I can only hope the Germans win this bloody war . ’ |
| 7 | Often that money is the best investment a company can make . |
| 8 | Perhaps not the best saint the church should have chosen for such a profession . |
| 9 | ‘ It was one of the best classes the school has ever had , quite an academic one . |
| 10 | The Prince rose and waved him round the table to the chair next to his before serving them both with the best wine the clerk had tasted in months . |
| 11 | Even in its best days the circulation of the magazine had been limited to some eight hundred subscribers ( most of whom were " Eliot watchers " , according to Stephen Spender ) and by the time it had ceased publication that number had dropped to a couple of hundred . |
| 12 | Pending discovery and/or the administration of interrogatories the best particulars the plaintiff is able to give of such transactions is that the third to fifth defendants were knowingly concerned in each and every transaction of which the following payments and each of them represent the proceeds of such transactions namely : … |
| 13 | ‘ The best husband a woman could have . |
| 14 | And Mr Ashdown has been projected in photo opportunities across Britain as the best leader the country will never have . |
| 15 | " Officers had instructions from their employers that no English need apply and that the best chance a man could have to get employment would be that he could not speak the English language ; then he was sure to get a situation " . |
| 16 | You really are the best friend a person could ever have . ’ |
| 17 | Dear old Charlie , he thought sentimentally , the best friend a man ever had . |
| 18 | So viewed , the decision is entirely consistent with the test laid down by Best J. The benefit of the covenant to repay could not touch and concern the land because someone other than the owner for the time being of the term could take the benefit of it … |
| 19 | So forget Guns N' Roses and all the other pretenders , the Black Crowes are the best fun a rocker can have with their clothes on . |
| 20 | I think one of the , the best things a member of the royal family has done , is Prince Phillip and Prince of Wa , and Prince of Wales have actually opened their mouths up and said they 're opposed to wha a lo a lo a lot of what the present government policies are and it 's not , not before time , in my opinion ! |
| 21 | Not only is he one of the best goalkeepers the country ever produced , but the only Scottish internationalist who can honestly claim he was involved in the mysterious case of the missing meat . |
| 22 | The best method the Mafia can think of for distributing its heroin in America is a chain of pizza parlours , where the sons of top mafiosi are frequently offered jobs as a favour to their fathers . |
| 23 | george Best said ‘ You 're my best mate pal so you are , hic , you and me against the f**cking world , hic , f**cking best mate a bloke ever had , hic , do you want a fight or what , hic ’ George then vomited and began coughing up blood so I grabbed hold of Dennis Law who said ‘ Younaaaa theeeerm Maanchessterr Uuuniitedd younaanarr ’ . |
| 24 | Best brass THE sound of music will take over at Rhyl 's New Pavilion Theatre when 36 brass bands compete in the second annual Rhyl Festival of Brass , on the weekend of June 19–20 . |
| 25 | Edward Coleman , second Professor ( Principal ) of the College , said Hunter was one of the best friends the College ever had . |
| 26 | client 's best interests a transaction which is fee or commission earning can not be recommended or effected unless the Firm reasonable believes it to be in the Client 's best interests |
| 27 | If on the basis of the best information the system is seen to be heading for some sort of catastrophe then people not unnaturally lose confidence in it . |
| 28 | Mada Joyce also told the truth , which Martha considered the best virtue an adult could possess . |
| 29 | In a way , I suppose , it seems rather illogical to dismiss the value of the brochure altogether , for all types of customer , and at the same time suggest that the best way a customer can get the information s/he needs is to use a list of telephone numbers printed in the very brochure that is being dismissed . |
| 30 | Especially when he was the best fly-half the club had ever had . |