Example sentences of "be [verb] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been driving the best of the best-selling model , the X2 1.5 hatchback , updated at the last Motor Show . |
| 2 | If we are to reach the tens of millions in our nation and the tens of thousands in our communities , how are we to do it if not through church planting ? |
| 3 | You 've had to be like that all the time , otherwise you feel like you ai n't getting there , they 're getting the better of you , like … ’ cos you listen , do n't you , when you 've had the baby they are supposed to help you and advise you , so you take all their … but then you can only take so much , and you think these must be the mad ones , like . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ We 're in the midst of a critical floods situation but from what I hear we 're getting the better of it . |
| 5 | TODAY we are printing the first of two special tokens you 'll need to cash in with our latest EXCLUSIVE offer . |
| 6 | They have a superior front five , although the Pontypridd lock Mark Rowley had been getting the better of several big names lately and will relish the prospect of testing himself against Tony Copsey . |
| 7 | On the other hand , after seeing what he was doing with his electrified guitar , it is entirely possible that Mr Rossi 's aficionados are of the opinion that they are getting the best of both worlds . |
| 8 | The seeds you 've planted are sprouting the tenderest of young green shoots . |
| 9 | Buyers from all over the country have been attending the first of the annual auctions of holly and mistletoe . |
| 10 | The railway is currently under construction and will be using the trackbed of the long-closed Newbury Railway , previously standard gauge and originally Brunel 's broad gauge . |
| 11 | Er so I would regard this impo this criterion as critical very er it should be given the greatest of weight and erm must be left in . |
| 12 | I 'm using the both of right ? |
| 13 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |
| 14 | The second thinks of it as a canvas to be made the most of ; yet another surface to decorate or ornament . |
| 15 | And yet Stewart 's small wandering world could well be thought the richer of the two environments . |
| 16 | Consequently James would be directing The Best of Friends for half the day and Re:Joyce for the other . |
| 17 | When Speelman seemed to be getting the better of it , Timman suddenly sacrificed two pieces to expose his opponent 's king . |
| 18 | The Germans , he reckoned , were trying to wipe out the docks , yet somehow the city centre seemed to be getting the worst of it — and all the shops and offices and streets of little houses . |
| 19 | Then after lunch I will be giving the first of our seminars on marketing and salesmanship , with particular reference to leisure services and luxury products , to be followed by a discussion and work in groups . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm taking the two of you in . ’ |
| 21 | Over the next 2 days and 2 weekends in October , villagers will be making the most of their local fruit . |
| 22 | I could n't help but laugh when she replied : ‘ Oh , do n't worry , I 'm making the best of a bad job ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't know about that , but I do know it 's the only good look I 'm going to get for months so I 'm making the most of it . ’ |
| 24 | Only Ana 's predicament made it possible — that and a sneaky feeling of how wonderful it would be to get the better of el conde . |
| 25 | But , indeed , the whole general effect is to divorce Resident Tutors from the WEA ; the Resident Tutor would be excluded from urban areas , while on the other hand the WEA would be to say the least of it extremely circumscribed in rural areas . |
| 26 | Robert Bossu had pursued the dispute here to Shrewsbury in search of diversion in a time of frustration and inaction , a pity he must be denied the best of the joke that was so much more than merely a joke . |
| 27 | Then he had to remember that even after the rounds had been allocated and the stetches accounted for , he still had to include the acre or so of headland , the land on the outside of the field where the ploughs turned , which had to be ploughed the last of all . ’ |
| 28 | In Avondale Road , the Wilcox boys have risen from their beds at last and are making the most of their unsupervised occupancy of the house . |
| 29 | Major hotels and restaurants are making the most of new ideas like these and , realising the need to invest in the best modern equipment available , they are increasingly relying on equipment manufacturers to fit out their kitchens with these innovations . |
| 30 | We 've become better at making money in sluggish trading conditions and are making the most of the patchy recovery we 've seen in some of our markets . |