Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj -est] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At worst it was looked upon as evil and at best no more than a utilitarian pest-destroyer . |
| 2 | The use of threats is at best an uncertain course leading to managed trade — and at worst a dangerous one leading to higher tariffs . |
| 3 | For the New Right and other influential sectors of political opinion the attempt to achieve racial equality through legal and political means is at best naïve political folly , and at worst a restriction on the workings of the market . |
| 4 | Besides , if Derek continues to drink , at best he probably has a year left to live and at worst a matter of months . ’ |
| 5 | But fascinating as his COUSIN BOBBY ( Cert PG ; W.E. ) is , only a film-maker whose Silence of the Lambs won five Oscars could get away with releasing what at best is a TV documentary and at worst a home movie . |
| 6 | ‘ Research , in the context of Brixton , was at best irrelevant and at worst a tool in the hands of the enemy … the enemy , of course , varying with the personal perspective of the speaker … |
| 7 | Against such a background of hopelessness , compounded by living circumstances which were at best dreary and unstimulating for patients and staff alike , and at worst a contravention of basic human rights and dignity , individuals had no opportunity to develop any other picture of themselves . |
| 8 | Here , in blissful ignorance of formidable evidence to the contrary , judges continue ‘ to regard imprisonment as at best an effective antidote to crime , and at worst a justified form of incapacitation , even for petty , persistent offenders ’ ( Downes , 1999 : 203 ) . |
| 9 | The janissaries , who were once the elite corps of the sultan 's army , had degenerated by the end of the eighteenth century into an unruly and lawless rabble , who were at best an embarrassment and at worst a threat to their rulers . |
| 10 | In Malaysia , environmental concern over the rainforests is now seen as at best a Western fashion , and at worst a cynical attempt by the wealthier nations to thwart Third World development . |
| 11 | I do n't intend to discuss the housing , whether seven hundred acres , sorry seven l land for seven hundred houses is owned by the City of York , that 's not part of our case one way or the other , but we have offered you a distribution of the Greater York provision figure between the districts , because from Barton Willmore 's very extensive experience of participation in local plan work up and down the country , I think we share the view that er City of York have , that Ryedale have , my colleagues to the left and right on this side of the table have , that there does need to be a distribution , otherwise there will be at best confusion as to whether local plans comply with the structure plan , and at worst a game of of pass the parcel and everybody will be conforming , but nobody will actually be possibly meeting the figures , and that is the situation that I do n't think anybody would wish to see as a result of er the outcome of of alteration number three , I mean I do n't know how the County Council would would really be able to say whether they thought a local plan conformed to the structure plan , without knowing what that distribution was , perhaps in some bottom draw manner which is not now the approved way of going about these things , so that I think there does need to be a distribution for the proper planning of York , and before coming on to our to explain our figures a little bit , I should also say , perhaps in in response to remarks Mr Thomas made earlier on about the general character of the York area and the need to protect that , that that course is precisely what the greenbelt is for , and what it does , it is n't necessary to extend that concept across the whole of the vale of York , and therefore to seek to er discount migration outside the greenbelt . |
| 12 | This much travelled man , with all of his promise was at best , a controversial figure , and at worst a family black sheep . |
| 13 | Yet this can be a difficult concept for many professionals who regard clients as at best an intrusion on , and at worst an irritation in , their working day . |