Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] the best " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAUREEN Baines gave a flipping good performance when she took part in a contest to find the best pancake tosser in the North-East . |
| 2 | He has now launched a scholarship to find the best young cricketers in England . |
| 3 | We 're , we 're paid to do a job to get the best for everything . |
| 4 | Anyone who remembers the magic of the wah way infested '60s , or indeed the brilliance of The Jam is probably far too old and knackered to go to gigs , so here 's a chance to grab the best of both worlds , all in one band ! |
| 5 | Anyone who remembers the magic of the wah way infested '60s , or indeed the brilliance of The Jam is probably far too old and knackered to go to gigs , so here 's a chance to grab the best of both worlds , all in one band ! |
| 6 | Gamesmanship apart , is there really a chance to salvage the best opportunity yet for peace in the Basque region ? |
| 7 | Within the National Health Service there may well be a commitment to provide the best possible medical care that the state of medical knowledge will allow and yet this may be tempered by the requirement to act within tight financial constraints . |
| 8 | The architect or the engineer working within the civil service may believe this to be unnecessary red tape and their culture may be dominated by a concern to do the best possible job conforming to the highest professional standards . |
| 9 | The fruit , vegetables and herbs you grow yourself often make the most delicious dishes , which is why Marshalls Seeds is running a competition to find the best family recipes . |
| 10 | CHEF Jerry Toth struck gold when he came top in a competition to find the best in Britain . |
| 11 | Rather as one might almost unconsciously adjust the position of a book to get the best light from a bedside lamp without ever really thinking of angles and directions , so must the tiger get himself into the most appropriate location vis-a-vis the three-dimensional world of scents known to both himself and his normal prey . |
| 12 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 13 | We have a duty to obtain the best value for money for the taxpayer . |
| 14 | One group of villagers are so delighted they 're holding a celebration to mark the best harvest in years . |
| 15 | To my way of thinking , penguins are superb examples of evolution fitting out a bird to make the best use of its environment — the only potential problem being man . |
| 16 | Commander Michael Porter , Tory chairman of the council 's education committee , said he had hoped for a decision that would ‘ provide us with a way to achieve the best possible education for pupils in south Reading , allowing us to set up a super new school designed for the demands of the 21st century , and a sixth form college . ’ |
| 17 | The Asians will not want to lose ground in the mixed doubles in the build-up to Atlanta and the Belfast match will provide them with an opportunity to test the best in Europe . |
| 18 | Those who argued its virtues saw in this new kind of school an opportunity to blend the best in primary and secondary habits and , in particular , to extend for two extra years some of the freedom associated with good primary-school practice . |
| 19 | The final phase in the procedure involved giving parents advice about prospective job opportunities for their children , and this was considered to be the most difficult part of the work as it meant balancing all the different factors in an attempt to situate the best applicant in the best position . |
| 20 | Arrangements for exhibitors at the 1993 fair are being streamlined in an attempt to create the best possible climate for business . |
| 21 | Of late , the Laney range has focused on solid state technology to fuel its best-selling Linebacker range , resisting the current fetish for sticking a single valve into the preamp section in an attempt to provide the best of both worlds . |
| 22 | In Germany notably , where the government was a good deal less influenced by domestic opinion than in France and Britain , there was marked official sensitivity to the comments of foreign newspapers and an anxiety to present the best possible face to the outside world . |
| 23 | Public-sector land owners were often under an obligation to obtain the best price possible , which was unlikely to happen in times of such severely-restrained demand and when an urban-land market hardly existed at all . |
| 24 | Readers must be warned that it has been the practice of governments in recent years to alter the departmental structure from time to time , ostensibly in an effort to find the best possible framework for policy co-ordination , but — it may be suggested — with less elevated political motives in mind too . |