Example sentences of "[verb] at the good " in BNC.
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| 31 | Effective purchasing is important to ensure that quality materials and equipment are sourced at the best prices and made available when required . |
| 32 | The prose does the work , the illustrations interfere at the worst and supplement at the best — so much for pictures in the classroom . |
| 33 | Their comprehensive service goes from booking planes , ferries and trains at the best rates through to hotel bookings and visa emergency services . |
| 34 | Such a transfer is difficult to achieve at the best of times . |
| 35 | It is difficult to achieve at the best of times , but is , perhaps , especially problematic in education . |
| 36 | All at once she began to laugh , and her anger , never very swiftly roused at the best of times , left her entirely . |
| 37 | ‘ I disapprove of killing at the best of times , Ace , but , and this is vitally important , you must never kill anyone with a role in recorded history if you can possibly avoid it . |