Example sentences of "do the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly always some compromise can be reached with the vendor , depending on whether it is a buyer 's or a seller 's market , but at least you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you 've been through everything with a fine tooth comb , that you 've done the best you possibly can and know what you are letting yourself in for ! |
| 2 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 3 | We continue experimenting with different transformations from the summary values until we have done the best we can to promote symmetry and Gaussian shape . |
| 4 | ‘ Her colleagues had done the best they could to administer first aid using dressings . |
| 5 | ‘ You have done the best you could . |
| 6 | Yer Mum 's done the best she can under the circumstances . ’ |
| 7 | In favour of rigorism , there is the apparent reasonableness of saying that if one fails to do all one can to promote happiness ( and , in particular , to reduce suffering ) one has not done the best one could do , and that must be wrong . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've done the best we can to put things right . |
| 9 | Madra helped Ratagan with the fire , and when Riven had done the best he could with his ripped clothing he wandered about the campsite looking for firewood . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've done the best I can but the cut 's in an awkward place . |
| 11 | Er , rural traffic calming , speed cameras , provision for cyclists , pedestrian are all new money with a road safety bias in it , so I think we 've done the best that we could this year . |
| 12 | He did n't hate her , and he certainly did n't want to hurt her , but he knew he had just done the best thing he could ever do for Sandra Bamfield . |
| 13 | In later years , offered the objection that celibacy is not always possible , Lewis the radio evangelist was to be quite unambiguous : ‘ faced with an optional question in an examination paper , one considers whether one can do it or not ; faced with a compulsory question , one must do the best one can … |
| 14 | It was now clear to her that France was alone and must do the best it could by its own efforts . |
| 15 | Having said that , each and every Rottweiler who is taken out into the public 's glare is an ambassador for the breed and we must do the best we can . |
| 16 | Identifying the need for a transformation , however , does not tell us which one will do the best job of achieving the five goals mentioned above : so far we have guides to diagnosis but not to cure . |
| 17 | I will do the best I can , naturally . |
| 18 | There comes a time when we have to decide which of the paints on the market will do the best job . |
| 19 | The task of strategy definition is to identify , precisely , the package of benefits that will do the best competitive job of presenting the brand to its target audience . |
| 20 | PAMELA : Well , I 'll do the best I can . |
| 21 | I 'll do the best I can for him . |
| 22 | Once you 've got that you could fiddle around with that and we used to lower a station down , tie the end , we 'd do the best we could to do it . |
| 23 | I went to do what I thought I could do the best . |
| 24 | The pragmatist thinks judges should always do the best they can for the future , in the circumstances , unchecked by any need to respect or secure consistency in principle with what other officials have done or will do . |
| 25 | I 'll just do the best I can . |
| 26 | ‘ The more expertise you have available the better , and I 'm just going to try and do the best job I can . |
| 27 | We all have to get on and do the best we can . |
| 28 | And then to try and do the best they can to buy the full range of health care services for the needs of , of their own population . |
| 29 | Harold Macmillan , prime minister since 1957 and an Anglican wanting to do the best for the Church , was sure to ask Fisher for his advice and would have felt scandalous if he had not . |
| 30 | Those who talked to Harold Macmillan at this time were sure that this cold politicking did not enter his head ; that he was sincere and only wanted to do the best that he could for the Church . |