Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the good " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just down the road is the fantastic club , ‘ Future Pace ’ , which is regarded as the best disco on the island , with its ritzy piano bar and restaurant on the roof terrace . |
| 32 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 33 | This book established Kitto as a writer , and in the following years , he wrote a number of books — many of them based on the Scripture , including the work which is still regarded as the best of its kind , Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature . |
| 34 | He is regarded as the best English player in the league and is set to become the burgeoning sport 's first pin-up boy . |
| 35 | Word of mouth is regarded as the best kind of advertising . |
| 36 | The chartered company continued to be regarded as the best type of organization for carrying on overseas trade , but a grant to an individual proprietor began to be seen as the best way to set up a new colony to which settlers would come to cultivate the land . |
| 37 | Dean scored almost 1200 runs in first-class matches at an average around 70 , and it was easy to see why he is regarded as the best one-day player in the world . |
| 38 | Alas , Castle Master , though widely regarded as the best of the Freescape games , suffers from the similar snail-paced somnambulance as its soporific stablemates . |
| 39 | It 's widely regarded as the best in town and is within strolling distance of the city centre and Maschsee . |
| 40 | This latter region produces a type referred to as rasht silk , which is generally regarded as the best in the world . |
| 41 | Since the dominant conception of pollution control work is utterly pragmatic , doing the job is regarded as the best way of learning the job ( cf. |
| 42 | A liberal-democratic polity and a capitalist economy fit so snugly together in mutual support that democracy is regarded as the best possible political shell for capitalism . |
| 43 | The Board held that , on the somewhat complex facts of the particular case , it mattered not whether the subsequent promise was regarded as the best evidence of the benefit intended to be conferred or as the positive bargain , the benefit on the faith of which the promise was given . |
| 44 | Many databases include terms from controlled indexing languages and also support searching on the text of the record , thus offering what might be regarded as the best of both worlds . |
| 45 | The main area for the manufacture of fine broadcloths was the southern Cotswolds , notably in the Stroud valley , where there was not only a supply of high-quality local wool — Cotswold wool was generally regarded as the best in England — but also quantities of fuller 's earth and available water power ( 65 , pp.153–6 ; 84 , p.309 ) . |
| 46 | Gordon , a 41 year old builder who says he only works to fund his fishing , is regarded as the best ‘ lure ’ fisherman in Britain . |
| 47 | The seasonally adjusted total , regarded as the best underlying guide , rose by 53,000 last month to reach 2,604,000 9.2pc of the workforce and the highest number since October 1987 . |
| 48 | The seasonally adjusted figure , regarded as the best long-term guide , rose by a lower-than-expected 22,100 in January to 2,995,100 . |
| 49 | One of the best ways of deciding which floorcovering to use where is to work around the house , thinking about what each room will need for the best combination of looks , durability , ease of cleaning and comfort , all at a price you can afford . |
| 50 | Japan 's chip-makers head for the good life |
| 51 | Scott , from South Shields , is one of the five men nominated for the Best Director Oscar for his gripping work Thelma and Louise , a violent female buddy buddy movie labelled waggishly as Bitch Cassidy . |
| 52 | Seasonal style Great ideas for Christmas decorations READERS ' HOMES MICROWAVE MAGIC We test for the best CHRISTMAS COOKERY Festive dishes with a difference WINTER GARDENS How to breathe life into yours |
| 53 | In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months . |
| 54 | On the radio link Richie reported that he had scored a net 69 , which was likely to stand as the best score of the day . |
| 55 | The Redlands Hotel in Hough Green , Chester , was picked as the best small hotel or guest house in the North West and Midlands . |
| 56 | The best consultants are as hard to find as the best managers |
| 57 | Early on , the RCM tried hard to play down differences with policy statements which leaned some way towards orthodoxy without limiting the freedom of the RCM to act in what it regarded as the best interests of individual children . |
| 58 | While Enzo Ferrari always had the ability to attract the best drivers in the world , including the one he regarded as the best of all — the legendary Italian Tazio Nuvolari — the one man he never managed to get was Britain 's Stirling Moss . |
| 59 | Elton John is being considered for the best actor nomination for his Coca-Cola advert . |
| 60 | He always looks for the best in people or in any given situation . |