Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Safrane 's design has been optimised to provide the best in passenger protection and the car has also been crash tested at 35 mph into an oblique barrier rather than the standard 30 mph ‘ head-on ’ impact test . |
| 2 | An all-female catering unit from Hainault , Essex , has won the first stage of a nationwide competition being held by Sutcliffe Catering to find the best Indian theme day at one of its units . |
| 3 | Cider makers and drinkers have been gathering to find the best farmhouse cider in Britain . |
| 4 | Every one of us , we would n't devote our time , our precious time serving in local government if we did n't believe in local government and did n't want to provide the best possible services to the people of this city . |
| 5 | Although buyers will want to secure the best possible deal for themselves , sellers will only want to sell if they too think that they will obtain a good deal . |
| 6 | Such families have been well placed to secure the best contacts and the best education , and rising young stars have often married into them , so social prestige and heredity have continued to count for a considerable amount . |
| 7 | This exhibition is organised to promote the best of Scottish design . |
| 8 | In place of bureaucracy , revolutionary leaders would simply need to borrow the best models furnished by the advanced countries and employ existing functionaries in the service of the new state . |
| 9 | ‘ While we want to preserve the best of the past , we do not want to build a monument to it . ’ |
| 10 | We want to restore the good image of football . |
| 11 | No toilet paper , long queues , one cubicle … you know what we 're talking about , but now we want to know the best of the worst . |
| 12 | We want to provide the best package and extend our services . ’ |
| 13 | It will not promise to provide the best price in between . |
| 14 | In practice a combination of teaching methods and media can be expected to provide the best basis for programmes of library user education , different methods being adapted to different parts of the programme and to the teachers and students concerned . |
| 15 | This analysis would be expected to provide the best chance of demonstrating a treatment effect , but no such response was found . |
| 16 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise seasonal goods — eg camping equipment will be promoted in the spring , ready for the summer . |
| 17 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise … goods . |
| 18 | B. Managers tried to find the best places for iron and steel works , in order to keep transport costs as low as possible . |
| 19 | This is a matter of constantly exploring out a few yards on almost every circle to try to find the best possible area of lift . |
| 20 | Both media have differing advantages and disadvantages for generating and receiving sound waves , and cetaceans are designed to reap the best of both worlds . |
| 21 | But as with physical wounds , it can sometimes run into complications caused by careless handling or the existence of unfavourable external or internal conditions which may delay recovery ; so the main concern of those caring for the bereaved should be to try to create the best possible conditions in which healing can take place , in which they feel loved and safe , and are permitted to take their time to absorb the fact of their loss and come to terms with it . |
| 22 | The logo and style are designed to reflect the best traditions of the Board and its policy of being at the leading edge of education for industry and commerce internationally . |
| 23 | The initiative will seek to identify the best examples of environmental management to be used for setting a benchmark for the future . |
| 24 | Irate pensioner Kevin Higgins told me : ‘ Just like Maxwell , he tried to play the good guy . |
| 25 | That 's one of the reasons why we want to play the best sides in Europe . ’ |
| 26 | But the court has to do the best it can by way of what are really conventional figures in relation to injuries , the court assessing , of course , on the individual facts of the case , what is sometimes called the tariff , making adjustments for particular facts of the particular case . |
| 27 | ‘ I always tried to do the best or what I thought was best . |
| 28 | I was er Chairman of Public Health and various chim , I was Chairman of the Road Safety , which I was very interested in I was very road safety conscious and we each were given a job which we tried to do the best we could with and then we well , whatever we were asked to do we began to make a good town , you know ? |
| 29 | I just tried to do the best I could . |
| 30 | A life assurance contract is designed to give the best return if the investment is maintained for the full term . |