Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] 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 | There 's been a lot of hot air generated over many years about grass cutting standards but it 's not an idle thought when I say if anybody wants to see where the best grass cutting takes place then they should visit . |
| 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 | So we want to put only the best wild animals in it , and here in these jungles of yours you 've got some of the rarest animals in the world . |
| 6 | He still wants to take on the best in the world , but the best do not seem to want him . |
| 7 | In this final stage of the diet we are looking to put together the best diet for your own metabolism and make-up , based on your findings . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | IF ever there was a horse perfectly equipped to take on the best it 's Bradbury Star . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Next , he began to wonder why the best he could hope for in a Welsh shirt was the occasional entrance as substitute . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Try to work out the best solution to your background problem , then forget altogether about conventional seating ( one or two sofas , armchairs , occasional chairs ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They aim to collect together the best practices from within the group . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | However , you will probably have obstacles such as window reveals , door openings and built-in furniture in the room , all competing to be the centre of attention , and you have to work out the best ‘ centre point ’ while trying to avoid having very thin cut-tile borders and edges anywhere . |
| 22 | We hope you find the current issue still of interest and we plan to keep up the good work during the coming year seeking out happenings/events/ stories to retell for you , but as it is your newspaper do contact us with your own ideas and suggestions at any time . |