Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv prt] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALSO , Liverpool wo n't want to write off the best part of £1 million spent on recruiting Souness : £500,000 a year salary and £400,000 compensation to Rangers . |
| 2 | He has carried on the good work this term and is well on the way to establishing himself in the top 10 with 16 wins in the current campaign . |
| 3 | Second , identifying other people 's best practices gives you the benefit of their knowledge and experience ; you do n't have to try to work out the best way of performing a particular task — you just learn from whoever is already doing it that way . |
| 4 | The Overseas Development Minister , Lynda Chalker , is to visit Russia to try to work out the best way to distribute British emergency food supplies . |
| 5 | Somehow working with a young cast in Dublin has brought out the best in Parker as a director to create the film that is already being talked about as the best rock movie in years . |
| 6 | Mr Major has worked out the best way to do this is to read out lists . |
| 7 | He still wants to take on the best in the world , but the best do not seem to want him . |
| 8 | They 'd got out the best china and crystal glasses , the damask napkins , the ebony-handled knives . |
| 9 | What a lack of self-confidence this implies : the present wants both to patronise the past by adjudicating on its political acceptability , and also to be flattered by it , to be patted on the back and told to keep up the good work . |
| 10 | FRANCIS Lee told crisis club Manchester City 's supporters and shareholders today : ‘ I 'm ready to help bring back the good times to Maine Road but only with your backing . ’ |
| 11 | By not giving this to Athena , the Athenians were tactfully declining to cream off the best for the national goddess , thereby showing that all tribute that was collected was needed for utilitarian purposes . |
| 12 | IF ever there was a horse perfectly equipped to take on the best it 's Bradbury Star . |
| 13 | It seems to me that very few staff are addressing themselves to the kinds of things ( e.g. resources , teaching style , subject content , and attitudes and the hidden curriculum ) that can be used to bring out the best of the pupils ' cultures and backgrounds . |
| 14 | And until we 've looked honestly at the mess you 've landed in , we ca n't hope to work out the best way out of it . ’ |
| 15 | She figures they 're having a hard time positioning the thing and do n't want to mess up the good thing they have going with Windows . |
| 16 | TAPPA ZUKIE 'S label always seems to bring out the best in Dennis Brown , and this gentle lilt through the miseries of ghetto life is Dennis ' best for a while . |
| 17 | Try to work out the best solution to your background problem , then forget altogether about conventional seating ( one or two sofas , armchairs , occasional chairs ) . |
| 18 | While the tannery try to sort out the best hides before they 're sent , these flaws can not be helped , so Klondyke cut round them , since otherwise the scar might eventually open up and spoil or even split the strap . |
| 19 | That is to say , they attempt to follow up the best scoring hypothesis depth-first and back-track to earlier interpretations only if the current interpretation appears to be failing . |
| 20 | Do carry on the good work , in September with encouragement to all new people in your class , and in January with the renewal of your own membership . |
| 21 | She 's sure to have got out the best china and baked a meat pie or something . |
| 22 | Please do keep up the good work . |
| 23 | We learnt that working together was a lot easier than going solo ; but arguing brought out the better ideas . ’ |
| 24 | That pompous skitch John Yeovil had just finished reading out the Best Dream nominations . |
| 25 | Thrifty villagers had sorted out the best for their own uses , present or future . |
| 26 | Gary Shandling , host of the ceremony in Los Angeles , warned the audience after Clapton had picked up the Best Album Grammy : ‘ If you are up in any other categories against Eric Clapton , I would go home now . ’ |
| 27 | We tend to think that it is a modern problem , trying to set up the best lifestyle so that the need for personal commitment to the home is balanced with other social and career activities . |
| 28 | And also when we , when we 've worked out the best fit preference , I 'll explain a bit more about how the dynamic relationship |
| 29 | It could n't have been anything else but Dad had put out the best wood the first time ; some of the rest was rotten . |
| 30 | Council house building has all but stopped , while sales have stripped out the better stock . |