Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the good [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing else was right , you had to go for the best in life , and I suppose we 've always felt that . ’ |
| 2 | Individual members of society were encouraged to work to the best of their abilities and improve themselves , and a translation of Samuel Smiles , Self Help became a bestseller . |
| 3 | So I 'm sorry Mr Chairman if the report is doom and gloom but that is the situation that does prevail we will endeavour to work to the best of our ability , or the lack of it but please remember the constraints that we are under and if we have got any views , to stand , and if we do want to help the people in Dundee and we do want to stop the government pilfering the British Rail pension scheme |
| 4 | Go to own in the best of British tradition and spend a month in the country . |
| 5 | We just have to play to the best of our ability and if that 's good enough we may get something out of it . ’ |
| 6 | A salmon is slippery enough to handle at the best of times , but one of this size … . |
| 7 | Hundreds of keen gardeners have been visiting Blenheim Palace … not to inspect Capability Brown 's work , but to look at the best of the country 's autumn flowers . |
| 8 | Officials who get through the qualifying round will be able to compete against the best in the world and there will also be prizes by British divisions . |
| 9 | This was recognised by Sir Ernest Gowers in The Complete Plain Words : [ L ] egal draftsmen have to ensure to the best of their ability that what they say will be found to mean precisely what they intended , even after it has been subjected to detailed and possibly hostile scrutiny by acute legal minds … |
| 10 | Ensuring smooth and just running of the case by encouraging parties and witnesses to perform to the best of their abilities ; and by checking unnecessary paperwork , disallowing repetition , speaking concisely , and always remaining aware of costs . |
| 11 | LENNIE Lawrence has promised to be ruthless in his Middlesbrough team selection in a bid to live with the best in the Premier League next season . |
| 12 | It was obvious at this stage that the race was going to develop into the best of the day so far and when Lofthouse moved ahead again with one lap to go , Robert had it all to do . |
| 13 | 1.13 Our fundamental assumption is that all pupils are entitled to an education that will provide the opportunity for them to develop to the best of their abilities a competence in and appreciation of English . |
| 14 | We give children the opportunity to develop to the best of their potential . |
| 15 | If the thought of a lengthy moorland return is unappealing , an alternative way to get to the best of the escarpment in a shorter time is to start from a parking area near a prominent standing stone on the unclassified road to Trecastle . |
| 16 | I want to argue that partnerships should actively begin to research into the best of business practice , understand what it is about and create structured opportunities for education to learn , transfer and absorb . |
| 17 | They are just suggestions for day and half-day excursions to take in the best of the scenery , rather than the villages the tours pass through . |
| 18 | The managers will also be asked to warrant to the best of their belief any warranties or indemnities contained in the sale and purchase agreement . |
| 19 | Such a transfer is difficult to achieve at the best of times . |
| 20 | It is difficult to achieve at the best of times , but is , perhaps , especially problematic in education . |