Example sentences of "have [to-vb] the best [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once .
2 If a new Prime Minister were needed for an emergency coalition and no obvious successor existed , the Sovereign would have to make the best choice possible .
3 If I had to give the best pen picture I could contrive of Harold Wilson , I would describe him as an immensely intelligent man , rather less — by my standards — than half-educated .
4 When we 've decided on the names , we then have to find the best person to approach for each potential guest , and that can be like a detective job .
5 People who possess wealth , whether it be wealthy people or simply small savers , have to decide the best form in which to hold that wealth .
6 You have to have very good equipment , and you have to have the best start possible .
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