Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't deliver these resources overnight but I can say that when we talk about building the Best Banking and Financial Services Group , we do n't simply mean the best for our shareholders . |
| 2 | The signatories of the Charter have accepted responsibility for maintaining the good code of practice and also agree to disseminate the document through their organisations , encouraging their managers to actively participate . |
| 3 | Data analysts must not be put off using the best techniques available in case they are misunderstood , but they have an important responsibility to explain what they have done to try to ensure that misunderstandings do not arise . |
| 4 | A rich , moist soil and an open situation he considered ideal for producing the best blooms . |
| 5 | Because , after getting the best of a long hard duel with Urizen , Goodshot Rich flew the last to win a thrilling race all out . |
| 6 | After spending the better part of the morning crouched down painting skirting-boards , she felt as though she 'd been put through a mangle . |
| 7 | A lord taking over a forfeited estate could not entirely take for granted the good will of the affinity , at least in the short term . |
| 8 | A lord taking over a forfeited estate could not entirely take for granted the good will of the affinity , at least in the short term . |
| 9 | It is very important that we recognize the possibility of accepting the best features of comprehensive schools while getting rid of the worst , remembering with reasonable humility that the schools were introduced in the first place as experimental , and that all the trial and error may not yet be over . |
| 10 | He had an intuitive capability of bringing the best out in people . |
| 11 | This , some researchers think , is not an effective way of stimulating the best research : some element of competition or selectivity is necessary . |
| 12 | ENGLAND are planning a tour of South Africa in 1994 as part of their long-term aim of becoming the best rugby side in the world . |
| 13 | The Arsenal pair might just be capable of staging the best road show since Hope and Crosby — but Ipswich had very few laughs at Highbury . |
| 14 | With close colleagues there is more chance of explaining the best way of ‘ making it easy for them ’ , of getting them on your side as allies . |
| 15 | As a result , they have the knack of employing the best architects , but not getting the best out of them . |
| 16 | He wanted people to get on with the urgent business of living the good life set out in the Eightfold Path , and not to waste time or energy in speculation and debate . |
| 17 | Though her long musical career has seemed very erratic , the overview provided by Greatest Hits 1965–1992 from I Got You Babe and the brilliant Gypsies , Tramps and Thieves right up to The Shoop Shoop Song — proves she has a great voice and a devilish way of picking the best tunes . |
| 18 | And yet , for this crucial deciding match , they stopped short of picking the best XI for the circumstances . |
| 19 | Evil and aggression , in this sense , exist in every society , as a means of defining the good and the peaceful ( or cowardly ) ( see Campbell , this volume ) . |
| 20 | When you accept these books , you not only save £21.51 ( and the Lotto Game comes free ) ; you automatically become a member of this celebrated Club with over twelve years ' experience of recommending the best children 's books . |
| 21 | Prospects for long-term forecasting are being examined , with the aim of recommending the best approach to use . |
| 22 | The Monnet Plan however , committed France to economic growth , with the aim of surpassing the best pre-war levels of industrial output by 1950 , and thus marked a revolutionary change in attitudes from the economic stagnation of the Third Republic . |
| 23 | Now that it is a more viable way of getting the best possible house , young design talent could quickly transform domestic building . |
| 24 | STEPHEN BROADBENT from Gloucester reminds us of a useful way of getting the best of both worlds . |
| 25 | I ought to say , however , that I am in the habit of writing on any scientific topic which may arise , and have such excellent opportunities of getting the best scientific information , that I have no doubt I could please you on any subject connected with my department of science which you may suggest . |
| 26 | It took many years for linguists and sociolinguists to devise ways of getting the best of both worlds . |
| 27 | But kids have a long tradition of getting the better of adults , going back to the Famous Five and beyond . |
| 28 | Although clients like to boast of buying the best advertising advice , they do n't always have the sense or the courage to take it . |
| 29 | Mr Clarke said social services departments would ‘ use their own , voluntary or private provision , according to which they judge the best way of providing the best quality service ’ . |
| 30 | If is the total cost of providing the good , then the change in per capita costs of providing the good is |