Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The submarine , which was eventually to provide the best means of delivering the torpedo , was still an infant ; only one or two curious submersible craft had been built and they had not yet affected naval thinking . |
| 2 | If one could only graft the best aspects of Scimone and Devos onto one another , the roof would really lift off ! |
| 3 | ‘ Many farmers think it saves money only to treat the best cows in the herd — those which have had clinical mastitis or those with a known high cell-count . |
| 4 | Oh well , you can only make the best of the thing you 've got and that 's the best thing to do rather than |
| 5 | I have met nobody that is wholly satisfied with the body God gave them — but this is the body you 've got so you 'd better make the best of it . |
| 6 | For years those fans have suffered the frustration of supporting the team through thick and thin only to see the best seats at big matches filled by the detested ‘ fur-coat brigade ’ . |
| 7 | Glyn 's training suddenly got the better of him , but Jenna had no time to reply — the Frenchman did that smartly . |
| 8 | I inadvertently got the best vantage point on one of the most exciting holes in the world ! " |
| 9 | To coincide with the change , the Haslemere company have reorganised into three divisions — environmental , maritime and engineering — all of which will work together to find the best environmental solution . |
| 10 | ‘ Says he only wants the best men up the top of the tower . |
| 11 | We have all enjoyed the good value in price and cover offered by Autocover , our own Car Insurance Scheme , for the past eleven years . |
| 12 | The food plant for both the small tortoiseshell and the peacock is the stinging nettle , so to stand the best chance of finding their caterpillars , start inspecting large clumps of nettles about the middle of May . |
| 13 | I know how demanding they are and that they only expect the best . ’ |
| 14 | However , since then , Walsh , Gloucestershire 's beneficiary for 1992 , has not only enjoyed the best Test match spell of his career but , in revitalised fashion , he has been the early pace-setter by some margin in the English first-class bowling averages . |
| 15 | I am also visiting the various sites over coming weeks and look forward to hearing your views about how we can work together to secure the best outcome for AEA and its employees . |
| 16 | Parents naturally want the best for their children . |
| 17 | Goodness knows , it 's not a job that 's very lucrative , so they naturally want the best conditions . ’ |
| 18 | We spent a lot more time on note choice and really concentrated each song by getting rid of any filler parts or riffs and only keeping the best . |
| 19 | I only want the best of my girls on this job . |
| 20 | We only want the best teams on a project , if it is to stay on schedule . |
| 21 | True art , or the best art , has a dialogic structure , many voices , and so has the good society . |
| 22 | ‘ The Marriott not only has the best service in town , but the best business facilities as well , ’ commented Travel Agent Magazine . |
| 23 | She bent down to retrieve the best china from the floor , whilst Ray picked up teaspoons with one hand and dabbed at the goat 's milk with the other holding his handkerchief . |
| 24 | It suddenly seemed the best solution . |
| 25 | I believe there are enough pictures to represent this School adequately in three collections , as I would naturally expect the best of post-World War I British pictures to be present in the new Modern Art Museum . |
| 26 | So much for Barry boasting at school that Rebel only ate the best . |
| 27 | ‘ You only deserve the best , Madame , ’ Mr O'Hara replied . |
| 28 | Then she told herself he had only got the better of her because she was , as he had so rightly said , suffering from shock and exhaustion . |
| 29 | They are nevertheless honest enough to praise the good points of the car but are unable to concede that these points add up to a first-class package . |
| 30 | As an alternative , fuller and more flexible manual exposure control is provided on some machines in the form of a thumbwheel or pair of ± toggle switches which enable you to control the amount of increase or decrease in the exposure and so obtain the best possible picture . |