Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saver Plus — the ideal combination if you are looking to make the most of your surplus cash but may need to call on it at a moment 's notice . |
| 2 | Now they 're going to leave the three of us here , to die on this island . ’ |
| 3 | If you can hold your feelings and examine them , force yourself to hear the voice and ask why it produces the response that it does , you are beginning to get the better of it , to break the fearful silence that surrounds it and , incidentally , to add another voice to your writing repertoire . |
| 4 | In complete contrast , the hard-up Blues , who are now some £5m in the red , are failing to make the most of a sound defence because , as I have written repeatedly throughout the last 12 months , they are seriously short of creative ability in midfield . |
| 5 | ‘ For many members of the team this may be their one and only opportunity of playing in a major fixture at Twickenham and they will certainly be wanting to make the most of it . |
| 6 | I mean , you 're just in a cell , you 're locked up , it makes you think , ‘ Right , that was my mistake , but next time I 'm going to get further , I 'm going to get the better of them . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ replies Craftsman Browne , ‘ but I 'm going to make the most of it — Geordie and I are going to hire a car and drive into the States to visit Yellowstone Park , getting back in time to spend a night in the Cadillacs Club in Medicine Hat … . ’ |
| 8 | You ca n't use the double-width switch with transfer lace , because the first needle to transfer will be trying to transfer the second of the two needles that are transferring . |
| 9 | It was our first home , and we were going to make the best of it . |
| 10 | However , if you think your anger is going to get the better of you , then you 'd better be realistic and responsible . |
| 11 | Such barbarism is part and parcel of the liberal capitalist state : the throw-away society is trying to justify the throwing-away of human life . |
| 12 | To the cynical and not so cynical , it seemed clear that Britain was seeking to secure the best of two worlds : to take advantage of the market opportunities for its own industrial goods that a free trade area would provide , while still retaining its special economic arrangements with the Commonwealth , especially its cheap food policy . |
| 13 | ‘ I was going to give the two of you a few more minutes out there , but if you 've exhausted old times you can come and meet Luke Scott . ’ |
| 14 | Nathan Bryce might have a temporary advantage , but no slate-eyed , ruthless , mercenary businessman with a calculator instead of a heart was going to get the better of her . |