Example sentences of "[art] good of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thereafter Heybridge fought well throughout and had far the better of the play . |
| 2 | Cambridge struck 38½ to Oxford 's 40 in the first minute and despite the Light Blues having the better of the tide , the crews were level at Beverley Brook . |
| 3 | The visitors also got the better of the try count , scoring five tries to Worthing 's four in a fast-moving match . |
| 4 | Yes , in that sense , in that sense , the unconscious thought was expressed but the , but the point was , i the anxiety as it were got the better of the dream , did n't it , if you woke up ? |
| 5 | A trio of English runners featured in the women 's 1500 metres where the two 800 metres runners got the better of the specialist at the distance , Christina Cahill . |
| 6 | Over her supine body Andrew and Horatia 's eyes met and she took the initiative , knowing she had to get the better of the marquis straight away . |
| 7 | There was plenty of open rugby but with Instonians gaining the better of the forward encounters especially in the loose , their three-quarters had the better opportunities to move the ball . |
| 8 | ‘ But I have had by far the better of the deal because the consultancy advice I have had from her has outweighed that ten times over . |
| 9 | Though no-one was prepared to admit that Roman Catholics had got the better of the argument , some Protestants felt a certain dissatisfaction with an afterlife in which all earnest endeavour , for better or worse , was at an end . |
| 10 | This is to inform you all that me and my Companions have Unanamously agreed and likewise made Oath to Each other that if There is not a speedy Altaration made for the Good of the poore that you have corn thinking to make your fortunes of shall have it burnt to the Ground whether it Be in Stacks or Barns for the fire that took place Last Week was but the begining of your Troble , we know every Stack of Corn about this Country , and Every Barn that hath Corn concealed in it for the Purpos of starving the Poore But we are Determind if thare is to Be Starvation it shall be a General thing not a parcial one for both Gentle and Simple shall Starve if any Do . |
| 11 | P. W. Conolly , when District Judge at Negombo , wrote that ‘ when parties quarrel and assault each other , it is no uncommon thing for the person who has got the best of the struggle to have an animal brought to the spot , and a charge of cattle stealing is preferred against the unfortunate man who has been assaulted . ’ |
| 12 | It would be somewhat difficult to pick the best of the Villa San Paolo 's many attractions , but , if we were pushed to it , we would go for the stupendous view from the swimming pool . |
| 13 | Where the claimant company 's profits or the amounts available for surrender as group relief by a surrendering company have not been ascertained , the profits to be covered and/or the amount(s) claimed may be given as an estimate to the best of the claimant 's ability . |
| 14 | Northern England will be mostly dry , with the best of the sun in the east . |
| 15 | She neither bowed nor smiled and the words were grave but her eyes , he thought , seemed to gather all that was left of the best of the sun . |
| 16 | This indicates that the Revenue will be prepared to accept returns containing estimated figures provided they are identified , drawn to the inspector 's attention and made to the best of the company 's ( adviser 's ? ) ability . |
| 17 | Only a week ago , he was in New York beating the world champion , Abdi Bile , and the best of the rest at this distance . |
| 18 | Like the more accessible Senegalese acts like Xalam or Super Diamono , Ifang Bondi combine the strength of their own culture with the best of the rest , interpreted by a stunningly androgynous dancer . |
| 19 | When the dust or the snow settles , the play-offs will comprise 10 teams — six division winners and two wild-card teams ( the best of the rest ) from each conference . |
| 20 | Only the French can claim anything like a faintly reasonable return when our champions meet the best of the rest . |
| 21 | The single is a taster from the forthcoming Pogues compilation of out-takes and oddities , ‘ The Best Of The Rest ’ set for release on June 8 . |
| 22 | The Best of The Rest — The Pogues ( WEA ) . |
| 23 | The best of the rest were Capenhurst 's and in their Enterprise dinghy and in his Laser . |
| 24 | and here 's the best of the rest … our action round up |
| 25 | Even if the best of the top n interpretations is taken , there is no guarantee that it is the best of all possible interpretations . |
| 26 | As it stands , it is among the best of the poetry of the Oxford Movement , and probably a longer life would have produced the mastery foreseen by Bridges and James . |
| 27 | By arguing that general managers would have to " harness the best of the consensus management approach and avoid the worst of the problems it can present " ( DHSS 1983 : 17 ) , Griffiths appeared to recognise the difficulties of managing a multiprofessional service while seriously underestimating the power of doctors in particular to resist being managed . |
| 28 | to be , in some measure , celebratory , showing the best of the child and a clear view of his/her growing development |
| 29 | The best of the management bunch , that 's for sure . ’ |
| 30 | Crash-cutting the best of the sight gags to a bass-heavy mix of Tone Loc 's ‘ Wild Thing ’ , editing the pedestrian plot down to is essential equation ( relaxed grown-up sorts out uptight kid note the difference to the standard Hughes formula : relaxed kids sort out uptight grown-up ) , it 's three minutes of pure cinematic bliss . |