Example sentences of "[prep] good the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both instances it was a case of better the devil you know … |
| 2 | Fat lot of good the countryside done her . |
| 3 | Argentinian President Carlos Saúl Menem , speaking in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires , stated that he believed that the agreement " eliminated for good the possibility of armed conflict " between the UK and Argentina and would grant Argentina " broad possibilities " in the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 4 | Niamh 's victory came in a nail-biting final moment of the competition against Britain 's Sonia with Better The Devil You Know . |
| 5 | In the case of a preference , it makes payments made within the six months preceding the bankruptcy recoverable if they were made by the debtor under the influence of a desire to better the creditor ( see Re Ledingham-Smith [ 1992 ] Vol 5 Insolvency Intelligence 65 ) . |
| 6 | At best the thoroughness of the reviews must be in doubt . |
| 7 | To the extent that the rescues were ideologically inspired and the businesses ideologically managed , then at best the ideology distracted attention from the true nature of the problems to be faced , and at worst served as an excuse for purporting to resolve them by decisions which were patently perverse . |
| 8 | At best the relationship was paternalistic , at worst it was authoritarian and dehumanising . |
| 9 | At best the existence of some checks and balances , or statutory tripwires , may serve to alert the wary as to how things are moving . |
| 10 | At best the idea of action as produced by the following of a rule is an icon or model of the process by which actions are really generated . |
| 11 | At best the programme was rated no more than moderately effective , being considered completely ineffective in respect of home-school links . |
| 12 | At best the Unix business has three more months to get its act together , maybe 12 months at the outside , before irreversible damage sets in . |
| 13 | But in the absence of direct evidence for the place of manufacture , or at best the source of the raw materials , there has been a degree of reticence about interpreting the distribution of such goods . |
| 14 | At best the faker can try and render the surface somewhat weathered and pitted by treatment with hydrofluoric acid , but the presence of fluorides in the surface can be easily detected . |