Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1762 he was involved in the clash between moderate and evangelical factions over appointments of clergy to Edinburgh charges , and his well-meaning attempts to secure the best qualified candidates and to appease all sides provoked further animosity over civil and judicial promotions . |
| 2 | From here it 's a simple juggling act to find the best sizes to suit the application . |
| 3 | Molla Khayr al-Din ( Hayreddin ) , Hoca to Suleyman , and Molla Ata Allah ( Ataullah ) , Hoca to Selim II , for example , themselves not having students other than the sultan , were at some pains to choose the best available to invest as . |
| 4 | Prost clocked a record qualifying lap time of one minute 21.179 seconds to eclipse the best efforts of team mate Damon Hill , and must now be a warm favourite to seal his fourth world drivers ' title with victory tomorrow . |
| 5 | We have engaged a top barrister to mount the best defence possible for this nationally important site ( 3 ) . |
| 6 | I want listeners in this country to hear the best of the World Service . |
| 7 | The shape matrices are then tested against those of the appropriate sub-dictionaries to find the best match , either between the unknown word and a dictionary entry , or a composite for suffixed forms . |
| 8 | The TGAT report is long and difficult in places , but has made a skilful attempt to match the best of teacher practice in the field of assessment with the general constraints imposed by TNC . |
| 9 | Now France says it wants to concentrate its effort to help less developed countries to make the best use of computer technology through its World Centre for Informatics , in Paris . |
| 10 | It seemed such an impossible feat to make the best of a bad deal that he made no attempt at it . |
| 11 | The staff will appreciate a head 's professional confidence and patience in these turbulent times , who addresses dilemmas without panic , develops procedures with care and good humour , and who maintains a radical determination to use the National Curriculum to do the best possible , on the evidence , for the children in our care . |
| 12 | But it 's much easier these days to get the best information on which to base your decision . |
| 13 | Charmed in spite of his suspicion that all this was nothing more than an elaborate strategy to get the best strawberries , the young man leaned on his fork . |
| 14 | These flies are usually quite secretive , living in herbage on or near the ground , and so the fungus has evolved an elaborate strategy to obtain the best wind dispersal of its spores . |
| 15 | She may have been more assertive for a while as she found her feet , but she is remembered mainly for the way she consulted staff and her obvious concern to do the best in every situation . |
| 16 | It really is important to shop around and read the fine print to find the best deal . |
| 17 | He stayed in Parliament despite ill health to ensure the good health of the the Labour party he believed in . |
| 18 | The publication of land registers for the greater part of the country represents a major opportunity to secure the better use of massive acreages of underused land . |
| 19 | When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue . |
| 20 | But for all these criticisms there was still a serious and effective attempt to involve the best minds in the country in laying a foundation for curriculum decision making and to provide an instrument to ensure that detailed curriculum plans reflected this . |
| 21 | To establish a tropics-wide base for sustainable timber production , permanent ‘ forest estates ’ have to be established in the producer countries , with high public profiles and proper controls and more co-operation between the trade and environmental movements to create the best conditions for such management in appropriate forest lands . |
| 22 | We all have a deep longing to see the Good News of Christ 's love spreading throughout the world . |
| 23 | It is certainly not the intention of the black community to undermine the good work being done by current transracial adopters and foster-parents , who have opened their homes to black children . |
| 24 | All in all , a great place to enjoy the best of both worlds . |
| 25 | The Complete Hedgehog beat off all rivals to win the best documentary video at the National Video awards in London — it also won prizes for best direction , best production and best distribution : |
| 26 | The modern social worker 's role is an enabling one , helping elderly people to make the best use of their own inner resources as well as the many social services available , and to retain some independence for as long as possible . |
| 27 | Those who can fully grieve over an unexpected disaster , like the sudden loss of a limb or blindness , will be in a far better state to make the best use of the faculties left . |
| 28 | And here 's an interesting thing I learned from the Independent on Sunday last weekend : as its correspondent David Lister put it , ‘ An international competition to find the best of the worst new verse has been wound up because poets on both sides of the Atlantic can no longer distinguish between ‘ good bad ’ poetry and ‘ bad good ’ poetry . ’ |
| 29 | In the exercise of his powers a receiver is under a duty to the debtor company to take reasonable care to obtain the best price reasonably possible at the time of sale ; this duty is also owed to a guarantor of the company 's debts . |
| 30 | Family outings on bikes are a good way to make the best of summer days . |