Example sentences of "be [num] [prep] the good [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having said that their newly-released album Going Blank Again is likely to be one of the better buys of the year and tonight 's showing should not have put anyone off . |
| 2 | You 're right about it being good just to be in the premier league and be one of the better teams . |
| 3 | It was a bold experiment that is almost certain to be rewarded with full houses and , as the acoustics are to be softened , by tonight 's performance it might prove to be one of the better stagings . |
| 4 | IF IT were n't for the presence of two eclipses , December would be one of the better months of the year . |
| 5 | The Silver Sabre has restored my confidence and I consider it to be one of the best machines that I have used . |
| 6 | Coventry used to be one of the best teams in England … they 've won the cup twice … now they 're in the second division and they had a hard time on saturday … five penalty kicks saw them through … with three tries … none of which were that dazzling … it was Hereford who entertained … their last try was something special something to remember … |
| 7 | The triangular site , bounded by Old Broad Street and Threadneedle Street , is reckoned to be one of the best properties in the City . |
| 8 | Sunday was Anguillan night , Thursday we had a barbeque buffet and Saturday a West Indian dinner which turned out to be one of the best meals I have ever tasted . |
| 9 | A taciturn man of medium height and powerful build , with a square , weather-beaten face , he was reputed to be one of the best skippers sailing out of Hull . |
| 10 | The majority of those questioned considered it to be one of the best prospectuses published , easy to use , attractive and informative . |
| 11 | Driving off on the first day was Sandy Lyle … as a winner of the British Open and American Masters he 's got to be one of the best judges of courses around |
| 12 | Jamie has the ability to be one of the best players in the world — David Lloyd |
| 13 | ‘ Jamie has the ability to be one of the best players in the world , ’ says Lloyd . |
| 14 | You can be one of the best players in Britain but over here you are just a small fish . ’ |
| 15 | We 're very pleased , we put in about 18 months really hard work on this , we 've er done our development funding , we 've put in our plan which is said to be one of the best plans in the country , we worked very hard , we 're very pleased . |
| 16 | So that 's going to be one of the best things about being here — going to lots of concerts that I 'd never be able to see back home . |
| 17 | An attractive blue/grey body covered in jet black dots sets this plec apart from the more common species , and despite the added bonus of being a rarity , at £10.50 for a 4″ ( 10cm ) specimen , it has to be one of the best buys . |
| 18 | As can be seen from table 2 , practical exercises ought to be one of the best methods for library user education . |
| 19 | Scottish Equitable , which has more than £7 million in its Ethical Unit Trust , is considered to be one of the best examples of such a process . |
| 20 | It , in the nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties , must be one of the best subjects they could ever conceive of going into because the whole of the future of modern civilization depends on chemistry . |
| 21 | She would have liked them to go to his regimental museum and I still feel that would be one of the best homes for them . |
| 22 | And doomed to be one of the best detectives in the Met . |
| 23 | Thanks once again for producing what has to be one of the best mags around . |
| 24 | That 's very true and they have a the industry itself , you know , now has to pick itself up and say right we , you know , and it 's very easy to talk oneself into recession and January and February , normally fairly dull months anyway , we are now , on March the first , Saint David 's Day , at the brink of a season which could be one of the best seasons they ever have . |
| 25 | It is a very long novel ; on the other hand it seems to be one of the best novels ever written , and I would strongly recommend somebody who has perhaps read a little George Eliot to go on to that . |
| 26 | Whether this was Winston 's idea , or His Majesty 's I do not know , but I so strongly suspect His Majesty who we knew to be one of the best Kings we have ever had . |
| 27 | The success of the auctions is certain to convince many building societies that this may be one of the best ways to unload the vast numbers of repossessed properties they hold . |
| 28 | Teaching by example can be one of the best ways of passing on skills , provided of course that the example is good . |
| 29 | The launch of a Berkshire estate with a good , family house and 920 acres will be one of the best tests yet of the market between £3m and £5m . |
| 30 | It 's only the middle of April , but without a doubt this is going to be one of the best books of the year for me . |