Example sentences of "[vb mod] make [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it 's too late now , so let's make the best of it . |
| 2 | Let's make the best of it we can . |
| 3 | If it were to happen in a few year 's time when we have the lottery money , then I think the Sutherland Collection Collection is something that anybody concerned with heritage should make the highest possible priority . |
| 4 | At this point Fleischmann decided that as the whole thing was going ahead , then he should make the best of it and then get away for home in England immediately . |
| 5 | Rabbits do n't relish the prospect of sharing a home with rats but they are unable to move them out and must make the best of it . |
| 6 | We must make the best of it . ’ |
| 7 | If you do n't , then you must make the best of living here . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , we must make the best of it , ’ said her mother . |
| 9 | To meet these aspirations we must make the best use of our human , technological , material and financial resources and this must be done within the framework of a well planned and a well managed system . |
| 10 | We must make the best of an occasion which has overtaken us but which neither of us would want , given the choice . ’ |
| 11 | You must make the best of me , Papa . |
| 12 | But it was no use bemoaning her fate — she must make the best of it and hope that time would eventually heal the biggest wound she had ever experienced . |
| 13 | To-night he must make the shortest time of it he could to Strata Marcella , reassure himself that his father 's grave had not been desecrated , and warn the prior of Isambard 's malignant interest in it . |
| 14 | ‘ Our Matthew 'll make the best sailor there ever was ! ’ she declared . |
| 15 | As she scowled he continued , ‘ You 'll make the best of this opportunity . |
| 16 | If it 's bad , being a little rebel , I think oh well , I 'll make the best of it . |
| 17 | Come in with me as my lieutenant , and we 'll make the biggest fortune ever seen in Cornwall . |
| 18 | The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place . |
| 19 | Five years ago , Mrs Thatcher had a commanding lead over Mr Kinnock as the person who ‘ would make the best Prime Minister ’ . |
| 20 | The 19 per cent who thought in 1987 he would make the best Prime Minister compares with 28 per cent today . |
| 21 | In theory , as mass is the best sound insulation , it would seem that building a new brick wall alongside the party wall would make the best improvement . |
| 22 | One plausible result might , of course , be that the PLP would make the best of it , tolerating B as their Leader because he was the choice of the Party . |
| 23 | In the case of the powerpack they have been greatly influenced by the work of Professor Thring and his colleagues , and have proposed a hybrid powerpack which would make the best use of an internal combustion engine and electric motor and would reduce fuel consumption by some 50% and toxic emissions by 80% . |
| 24 | She would make the best of these few days up here , work and yet take time to relax and most of all to forget Fernando Serra . |
| 25 | A total of 25.8pc now think he would make the best Prime Minister — up 0.8pc from July , while Mr Major 's rating has fallen again , from 17.7pc to 16.1pc . |
| 26 | LETHAL Weapon star Mel Gibson would make the hunkiest Father Christmas , according to a survey . |
| 27 | To the followers of the ‘ classical economists ’ , who argued that the industrialized state would make the greatest possible contribution to public welfare if competition were to remain unshackled , the period between the middle of the nineteenth century and the present day has been marked by increasing government interference with the economy . |
| 28 | Thus an almost instant hot accompaniment of chopped pineapple flavoured Creole fashion with fresh or dried thyme , a touch of vinegar , a grate of fresh ginger and a little garlic would make the simplest roast or grilled pork rather special . |
| 29 | A measure of the difference between Mr Major 's personal standing and Mrs Thatcher 's is that , whereas a mere 19 per cent of voters on Friday and Saturday said they thought Mr Major would make the worst Prime Minister , nearly double that proportion , 34 per cent , thought the same of Mrs Thatcher five years ago . |
| 30 | Not only were we not interested in how socialism was realized , we did n't believe it would make the slightest difference to the position of women even if it were . |