Example sentences of "the best [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Woburn order included dwarf plums and cherries , French pears , an Elruge nectarine , and other fruit , with more young trees ‘ to make good those that died last year ’ in accordance with Gurle 's guarantee to supply ‘ the best of every sort in case any fail or die ’ .
2 In order to make the best of a case at this stage most claimants will need advice and assistance because preparing a case for appeal involves three tasks : establishing the facts of the case , understanding the applicable legal rules and integrating facts and law in a well-constructed argument which includes meeting the reasons put forward by the adjudication officer for denying the claim .
3 Michelham Country Foods are at the Priory to provide you with the best of A Taste of Sussex .
4 " Make it the best of a week 's "
5 To get the best of a player like Back you have to develop the back row around him , to make the most of his speed and to cover his natural deficiency at the line-out .
6 ‘ It 's a celebration of the best of a woman when a designer makes a great dress , and it takes a certain intelligence to carry it off .
7 One has to make the best of a situation , after all .
8 That is not to say that someone who is using word processing or a similar application will not be able to make the best of a desktop publishing package but rather to point out that new skills will need to be learned , new concepts understood .
9 We must make the best of an occasion which has overtaken us but which neither of us would want , given the choice . ’
10 P. W. Conolly , when District Judge at Negombo , wrote that ‘ when parties quarrel and assault each other , it is no uncommon thing for the person who has got the best of the struggle to have an animal brought to the spot , and a charge of cattle stealing is preferred against the unfortunate man who has been assaulted . ’
11 It would be somewhat difficult to pick the best of the Villa San Paolo 's many attractions , but , if we were pushed to it , we would go for the stupendous view from the swimming pool .
12 Where the claimant company 's profits or the amounts available for surrender as group relief by a surrendering company have not been ascertained , the profits to be covered and/or the amount(s) claimed may be given as an estimate to the best of the claimant 's ability .
13 Northern England will be mostly dry , with the best of the sun in the east .
14 She neither bowed nor smiled and the words were grave but her eyes , he thought , seemed to gather all that was left of the best of the sun .
15 This indicates that the Revenue will be prepared to accept returns containing estimated figures provided they are identified , drawn to the inspector 's attention and made to the best of the company 's ( adviser 's ? ) ability .
16 Only a week ago , he was in New York beating the world champion , Abdi Bile , and the best of the rest at this distance .
17 Like the more accessible Senegalese acts like Xalam or Super Diamono , Ifang Bondi combine the strength of their own culture with the best of the rest , interpreted by a stunningly androgynous dancer .
18 When the dust or the snow settles , the play-offs will comprise 10 teams — six division winners and two wild-card teams ( the best of the rest ) from each conference .
19 Only the French can claim anything like a faintly reasonable return when our champions meet the best of the rest .
20 The single is a taster from the forthcoming Pogues compilation of out-takes and oddities , ‘ The Best Of The Rest ’ set for release on June 8 .
21 The Best of The Rest — The Pogues ( WEA ) .
22 The best of the rest were Capenhurst 's and in their Enterprise dinghy and in his Laser .
23 and here 's the best of the rest … our action round up
24 Even if the best of the top n interpretations is taken , there is no guarantee that it is the best of all possible interpretations .
25 As it stands , it is among the best of the poetry of the Oxford Movement , and probably a longer life would have produced the mastery foreseen by Bridges and James .
26 By arguing that general managers would have to " harness the best of the consensus management approach and avoid the worst of the problems it can present " ( DHSS 1983 : 17 ) , Griffiths appeared to recognise the difficulties of managing a multiprofessional service while seriously underestimating the power of doctors in particular to resist being managed .
27 to be , in some measure , celebratory , showing the best of the child and a clear view of his/her growing development
28 The best of the management bunch , that 's for sure . ’
29 Crash-cutting the best of the sight gags to a bass-heavy mix of Tone Loc 's ‘ Wild Thing ’ , editing the pedestrian plot down to is essential equation ( relaxed grown-up sorts out uptight kid note the difference to the standard Hughes formula : relaxed kids sort out uptight grown-up ) , it 's three minutes of pure cinematic bliss .
30 Alas , Castle Master , though widely regarded as the best of the Freescape games , suffers from the similar snail-paced somnambulance as its soporific stablemates .
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