Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This really is vintage material and would be worth the strongest recommendation at any price . |
| 2 | The resulting footage has to be about the best combat recreation ever put into a film can . |
| 3 | It used to be about the best bowling green in the in this part of the country . |
| 4 | It used to be about the best bowling green in the in this part of the country . |
| 5 | To my surprise and consternation I found the St Viger to be about the oldest hotel in Canada , probably First Class A-l in its time , but now somewhat run down , although the rooms were large and rather ornate . |
| 6 | Calcutta has to be about the worst place in the World to live . |
| 7 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 8 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 9 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 11 | This gentle admonition did little to still the clamour of unilateralists in the churches ; yet there must surely be many Christians who have retained enough faith in divine Providence to believe that the world will not end unless God wills it and that , if He does , it will be for the best . |
| 12 | If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best . |
| 13 | As I shall say to her , it might all be for the best — now that he is king , I expect Edward will decide for himself whom to marry . ’ |
| 14 | For a brief moment , she actually thought he would defy the old man , but then her heart sank when he sheepishly replied , ‘ Perhaps it would be for the best , dear . ’ |
| 15 | Far more pupils are taken on than can hope to succeed in practice , and if you have not been able to impress any barrister sufficiently with your qualities to be taken on , it may perhaps be for the best that you are forced to look to a different career at this juncture . |
| 16 | In the end , however , this turned out to be for the best . |
| 17 | After all , it may be for the best . |
| 18 | ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel . |
| 19 | ‘ I truly feel it would be for the best . ’ |
| 20 | But I could see he looked sad as he added , ‘ I think it 'll be fer the best fer all of us . ’ |
| 21 | video and film must be of the highest professional standard and rigorously edited |
| 22 | The honourable calling of a councillor must be of the highest worth for no councillor must lower himself or his calling by obtaining any illegal financial gain from his activities as a councillor . |
| 23 | His optics are internationally recognised to be of the highest quality . |
| 24 | ( The adult readers might like to list those books , and other reading matter , for which they have a particular affection or which they feel have made a contribution to their lives , and then check to see how many of them would be considered to be of the highest literary worth . ) |
| 25 | Tank stands should be of the highest quality . |
| 26 | The quality of illustrations and especially photographs in advertisements can be of the highest today and such work can cost thousands of pounds for just one picture . |
| 27 | It needs to be of the highest possible standard , and the music which is used within it should represent a variety of styles and traditions , as a preparation for leading worship in the wider Church . |
| 28 | If it 's of equal , or greater , importance than the material it goes with , you want your image to be of the highest quality and you 're prepared to spend the time to achieve something a bit special . |
| 29 | ( iv ) Security and confidentiality to be of the highest level due to the sensitivity of the information . |
| 30 | It is of capital importance that the microscope upon which CL equipment is mounted should be of the highest possible transmissivity . |