Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for the best [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Organizations do not search for the best mushroom on the prairie if they have an hour in which to find it ; they choose the first mushroom which satisfies their aspiration level .
2 Thus the best libretto ever written for the best opera ever written is scarcely tolerable as reading matter .
3 The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) .
4 He 'd probably asked for the best sherry available , she rightly guessed .
5 My hope is that everyone will fully co-operate for the best beginning and development of this ‘ Day ’ . ’
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