Example sentences of "and [verb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | and despite my inbuilt irreverence for all sacred stones of all establishment temples , I too had grown up with an aura of awe for the British and all things British , and London was meant to encompass represent and symbolize the best of the best of it all . |
| 2 | Maurice Melloul 's guidelines for the success of the purchasing agent in Dow corning sum up the professionalism that lies behind the words : ‘ The agent must : exercise close cost control build long term relationships bring negotiations to a ‘ win-win ’ conclusion promote and sell the best image of his company be knowledgeable about the supplier 's market and end-use applications . ’ |
| 3 | It is gratifying to know that such an organisation supports us in our endeavours and appreciates the good that we do . |
| 4 | The first rule of surviving a disaster , I had written , was to accept that it had happened and make the best of what was left . |
| 5 | Most of the brains of the organisation , or those academics who were able to pull Establishment strings and make the best of college connections , were billeted fairly comfortably near B.P. or had private transport , and were therefore able to take part in the social life that was organised for the community . |
| 6 | ‘ Divide into groups of four and make the best paper aeroplane ’ . |
| 7 | You 've got to take what you can in this world and make the best of it . |
| 8 | We have got , each one of us , to take our place as we find it in this world and make the best of it , and pull together with the others around us … |
| 9 | My message is not that teachers ought to quit complaining and make the best of a bad job . |
| 10 | While other options were being carried out , and before the text was ready to receive entries for completely new words and meanings , it might well be desirable to begin to assemble these new entries and hold them ready in advance , so as to speed production and make the best use of the system 's storage capacity . |
| 11 | ‘ I appreciate it , and if I get a nice sky in a picture then fine , I 'll manipulate it in the darkroom and make the best of it . |
| 12 | No , nobody 's ever asked me , but I did say yes , but only because I want to believe it , I do n't care if the rest of you do n't , but I think its very important that you , you 've got the body that your born with and I think its very important just to go on with it and make the best of it . |
| 13 | I noticed that this did not feature in their party political broadcast , wrongly entitled ’ Made in Britain ’ and alleging that virtually nothing was made in Britain , when we not only have the successes mentioned by my hon. Friend the Member for Bury , South ( Mr. Sumberg ) in his constituency but export far more television sets than we import and make the best hi-fi in the world , and when one in ten personal computers sold in the world are made in this country — in Scotland . |
| 14 | Within the limits imposed by the descriptors , ie mandatory learning outcomes and performance criteria , centres are free to implement PSD modules in a variety of ways to meet local needs and make the best use of existing resources , including the expertise of teaching staff and others . |
| 15 | But the Command insisted that the Pathfinders must pathfind with what they had and make the best of it . |
| 16 | I never told you I just everything 's going round in the room I just had and make the best of it . |
| 17 | But which party genuinely looks to the future and offers the best for our children ? |
| 18 | This has meant attempting to diversify energy imports with regard to the nature and the location of sources as well as achieving and maintaining the best possible balance between stability and flexibility in supply arrangements . |
| 19 | Each registered nurse , midwife and health visitor shall act , at all times , in such a manner as to justify public trust and confidence , to uphold and enhance the good standing and reputation of the profession , to serve the interests of society , and above all to safeguard the interests of individual patients and clients . |
| 20 | ‘ But we will all go and make the best of a bad situation . |
| 21 | Mr makes there was an under , enumeration of figures and that has been made clear in the reply the reply is quite clear about the basis on which the structure plan is being promulgated and the total projected total population in two thousand and six regards the historical data , that should be taken , as far as I 'm concerned , as matters of fact , will of course not be absolutely accurate and as far as projected data is concerned all that we can do any of us can do is to try and make the best estimates possible and I am satisfied that our officers will have done that . |
| 22 | They were therefore accused of putting the clock back and bringing the best hope of Christendom to an impasse . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've discussed the idea of continental championships in each of the disciplines and bringing the best skiers together for a Masters final late in the season . |
| 24 | Just for the hell of it last night I thought I ‘ d go through the scores so far and pick the best possible legal team . |
| 25 | They did in the first century , and they do still when the Christians come out of their ghettos and chatter the good news in the streets . |
| 26 | Mr Lamont clearly had his hands tied by the Public Sector Borrowing Requirement figures and made the best of a bad job with £1.5bn in tax cuts and other incentives mainly for small businesses . |
| 27 | And if you are lucky enough to stumble upon a village show you will be warmly welcomed and given the best seats in the house — which might mean a patch of ground under the village banyan tree . |
| 28 | I usually lift and clamp the best swedes and leave the smaller and damaged roots to be grazed in situ by sheep . |
| 29 | In this ‘ evangelism equals church planting ’ model , the priority may be seen as a desire to make sure every community throughout the earth is covered by a church that is alive and preaching the good news of Jesus Christ . |
| 30 | And she would do it , Emily clenched her hands into fists , she would fight to the last breath to keep her heritage and to preserve the good name of the Grenfells . |