Example sentences of "his [noun] for the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) . |
| 2 | Douglas Groom , checkout assistant at Bramingham Park , was delighted to learn that his nomination for the Good Neighbour Scheme had been successful . |
| 3 | He smiles broadly as he describes his nomination for the Best Actor award alongside Nick Nolte for Princes of Tides , as ‘ wonderful , fabulous and an honour . |
| 4 | It is sometimes a way of endowing a person with a responsibility that trains him to fulfil various roles in the future , or that it is hoped will change his character for the better , or that endows its holder with prestige , or that gives him a certain hold on other people and makes them more likely to act in his interests . |
| 5 | Another child makes the family wretched with his crying for the better part of an hour . |
| 6 | He had lived with his past for the best part of fifty years , and his book tells what he had come to know of it over that interval of time , with help from the theories of Marx and Freud . |
| 7 | She 'd been waiting outside his office for the best part of three hours when his secretary came to tell her that he 'd just phoned in . |