Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] the best of " in BNC.

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1	Alas , Castle Master , though widely regarded as the best of the Freescape games , suffers from the similar snail-paced somnambulance as its soporific stablemates .
2	Motorways are dangerous enough place at the best of times .
3	A salmon is slippery enough to handle at the best of times , but one of this size … .
4	We have God-given talents for a reason so play to the best of your ability at all times Never be satisfied until you have given 100 per cent .
5	All at once she began to laugh , and her anger , never very swiftly roused at the best of times , left her entirely .
6	If one of these sub-systems does not work properly it will affect the working of the system as a whole and the motor car will not function to the best of its abilities .
7	This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are often ill-equipped or lacking in motivation and so do not perform to the best of their abilities .
8	This book established Kitto as a writer , and in the following years , he wrote a number of books — many of them based on the Scripture , including the work which is still regarded as the best of its kind , Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature .
9	The Jacksons , the Mullers , the Branwhites , and the Fripps all worked together to create a body of work that now stands among the best of British landscape painting .
10	I asked her to phone because I thought you might just recognise my voice and as we did n't part on the best of terms … ’
11	‘ And , as you 've already said , we did n't part on the best of terms .
12	One presumes Waterloo then asked for the best of three for just qualifying for Bath is worth a minimum of £1,500 .
13	The kitchen was bright and newly furnished with the best of domestic equipment .
14	Palace always had good quality wing-halves before and after Nick Collins , but he certainly ranked among the best of them .

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