Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for the best [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are not many precedents for the same Secretary of State and the same Permanent Secretary serving together for the best part of six years . |
| 2 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
| 3 | With higher power , you need more light , so bigger lenses — so try 8x30 , 8x40 , 10x40 or 10x50 at a good store , and shop around for the best price . |
| 4 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 5 | ‘ First , because other insurers have intermediaries who are forced by competition to look around for the best price . |
| 6 | Each month we have a pair of Saucony shoes to give away for the best letter on a running issue . |
| 7 | They talked on for the best part of an hour , ending in agreement that there was no solution to this problem , short of the mass emigration of millions . |
| 8 | On the other hand there will be a greater onus to shop around for the best home for whatever spare cash you may have . |
| 9 | Unless something is done , dealer margins will continue in free fall and the customers will continue to shop around for the best price in the belief that service is universally lousy , and that 's in nobody 's interest . |
| 10 | After high school in Greece , to which the family returned when Mendoros was in his teens , he looked round for the best place to pursue his obsession — which is what brought him to Perth . |
| 11 | The Agent has , therefore , decided to encourage Great Indian Peninsula railwaymen to take a greater interest in such matters by the institution of a competition under the rules of which first , second and third prizes of Rs. 150 , Rs. 100 and Rs. 50 respectively will be awarded annually for the best station platform gardens and premises . |
| 12 | But you , you sat outside for the best part of quarter of an hour , twenty minutes , cos it was so sunny . |
| 13 | ‘ When you travel round the world , and being brought up in a family like mine , you learn that what happens on the field is actually very important to people elsewhere , and you feel , perhaps not so much a sense of responsibility , as a sense of focus in which people identify nationally for the best kind of reasons , and are made aware of who they are and what they came from . |
| 14 | In 1984 we had ended the opticians ' monopoly and taken off the ridiculous restrictions on advertising which prevented the public from shopping around for the best value . |
| 15 | The plaintiff can not shop around for the best offer , the two parties must deal with each other and strike an acceptable bargain through their own negotiating skill . |