Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [prep] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My chances of making an honest marriage or even of keeping up my business would be less than dust without the good will of my neighbours . |
| 2 | In general , members of the association are required to exercise their professional skill and judgement to the best of their ability and faithfully to carry out their professional responsibilities with integrity . |
| 3 | This is not to set themselves up as nutritionists or as medical experts — but to use the knowledge available to them from every quarter sensibly , and to ensure that others are using their knowledge and expertise in the best interests of the counsellee . |
| 4 | just pushing it in and hope for the best |
| 5 | Stick yourself in the general direction of Manchester , and hope for the best ? |
| 6 | What I 'll just get on with my jibe and hope for the best . |
| 7 | For example , the two competing public interests in employment cases are : ( a ) a person should be held to his promise ; and ( b ) every person should be free to exercise his skill and experience to the best advantage of himself and of those who may want to employ him ( see Lord Atkinson in Morris ( Herbert ) v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 ) . |
| 8 | Systems involving the repeated return to the forest and removal of the best trees are referred to as ‘ polycyclic ’ . |
| 9 | This whole approach would not necessarily require an immersion into the business environment but could draw on partnerships as a clearing house for the illumination and dissemination of the best practice around . |
| 10 | Instead of diminishing the richness of broadcasting , the ‘ fully developed broadcasting market ’ would bring about a wider ‘ range , quality and penetration of the best ’ . |
| 11 | Among the many items the Group offers are corporate health programmes designed to suit any company 's requirements , advice on incorporating fitness equipment , training programmes and seminars and guidance on the best software to buy to inform on exercise and nutrition matters . |
| 12 | Blatcham station never exuded sweetness and light at the best of times , but the last train from London pulled into an atmosphere of peculiarly depressing gloom and resentment : gloom of the fatigued and silent travellers , and resentment of the station staff , who evidently considered it a gross imposition that they were compelled to keep open the station until 11.20 for a handful of passengers returning from some nocturnal debauch in the metropolis . |
| 13 | They will be served by maximising influence , full involvement and insistence on the best standards . |
| 14 | If the exchange has a contractual duty of care , it is probably limited to acting with reasonable care and skill in the best interests of the market as a whole , and for legitimate reasons . |
| 15 | In the time of Acts , real and deep-seated prejudice was dealt with by a clear commitment to the terms and truth of the good news of God as God himself declares it to be . |
| 16 | Julia Eccleshare 's monthly Children 's Book News and preview of the best of forthcoming titles . |
| 17 | But Dilys Powell could reasonably complain of Jamaica Inn ( 1939 ) that there was ‘ hardly any suspense , hardly any of the building up to a climax which makes the dullest American film tolerable ’ , and enthuse about Carol Reed 's A Girl Must Live ( 1939 ) , saying it showed how the British could make ‘ a comedy which has the speed and glitter and impudence of the best American comedies . ’ |
| 18 | This may lead to the destruction of further historic pubs which are considered redundant ; conversely , this may well lead to the further restoration and conservation of the best historic sites . |
| 19 | We liked the positive action and shape of the best changing lever . |
| 20 | This deviant case analysis , while yielding important insights , can not be regarded as providing all the variables needed to explain firm by firm variations , as more research is necessary to construct a more refined typology , in particular one which could distinguish between the different types of professional integration here revealed , i.e. attitudinal , dependence on court , and dependence on the good opinion of high status practitioners . |
| 21 | He always admired the culture , manners and civilization of the better type of Englishman . ’ |
| 22 | He seeks stimulus and perspective from the best management writers , profiting from their profit-making experiences . |
| 23 | Then , if production of the good is socially worthwhile , the revenues will exceed the cost of production . |
| 24 | You can really choose the best of the tools and technology for the best users . |